diff --git a/gui/web/package.json b/gui/web/package.json
index 8fe0a3658..b437ddabd 100644
--- a/gui/web/package.json
+++ b/gui/web/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     "react-router-dom": "^5.0.0",
     "react-scripts": "2.1.8",
     "react-tooltip-lite": "^1.10.0",
-    "stellar-sdk": "^3.0.0"
+    "stellar-sdk": "^3.0.0",
+    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "react-scripts start",
diff --git a/gui/web/src/kelp-ops-api/getUserData.js b/gui/web/src/kelp-ops-api/getUserData.js
index 72522832c..b102f21f7 100644
--- a/gui/web/src/kelp-ops-api/getUserData.js
+++ b/gui/web/src/kelp-ops-api/getUserData.js
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
+
 export default () => {
+    const userIDKey = 'user_id';
+    
+    let userId = localStorage.getItem(userIDKey);
+    if (userId == null) {
+        userId = uuidv4();
+        localStorage.setItem(userIDKey, userId);
+    }
+    
     return {
-        ID: "1347129431489",
+        ID: userId,
     };
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gui/web/yarn.lock b/gui/web/yarn.lock
index 1bff8b6e9..d39d519e0 100644
--- a/gui/web/yarn.lock
+++ b/gui/web/yarn.lock
@@ -10307,6 +10307,11 @@ uuid@^3.0.1, uuid@^3.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.0.tgz#b23e4358afa8a202fe7a100af1f5f883f02007ee"
   integrity sha512-HjSDRw6gZE5JMggctHBcjVak08+KEVhSIiDzFnT9S9aegmp85S/bReBVTb4QTFaRNptJ9kuYaNhnbNEOkbKb/A==
 
+uuid@^8.3.2:
+  version "8.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz#80d5b5ced271bb9af6c445f21a1a04c606cefbe2"
+  integrity sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==
+
 validate-npm-package-license@^3.0.1:
   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validate-npm-package-license/-/validate-npm-package-license-3.0.4.tgz#fc91f6b9c7ba15c857f4cb2c5defeec39d4f410a"