diff --git a/client/random.js b/client/random.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e79ccfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/random.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/a/105074/515584
+// Strictly speaking, it's not a real UUID, but it gets the job done here
+export function createUUID() {
+  function s4() {
+    return Math.floor((1 + Math.random()) * 0x10000).toString(16).substring(1);
+  }
+
+  return s4() + s4() + '-' + s4() + '-' + s4() + '-' + s4() + '-' + s4() + s4() + s4();
+}
diff --git a/client/webrtc.js b/client/webrtc.js
index e3594ee..1576b89 100755
--- a/client/webrtc.js
+++ b/client/webrtc.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { dataChannelConfig, peerConnectionConfig } from './config.js';
+import { createUUID } from './random.js';
 
 var localVideo;
 var localStream;
@@ -113,14 +114,4 @@ function errorHandler(error) {
     console.log(error);
 }
 
-// Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/a/105074/515584
-// Strictly speaking, it's not a real UUID, but it gets the job done here
-function createUUID() {
-  function s4() {
-    return Math.floor((1 + Math.random()) * 0x10000).toString(16).substring(1);
-  }
-
-  return s4() + s4() + '-' + s4() + '-' + s4() + '-' + s4() + '-' + s4() + s4() + s4();
-}
-
 pageReady();