diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 626cf3b..9d0920e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
     },
     "require": {
         "php": ">=8.1",
-        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.8",
-        "visus/cuid2": "^3.0 || ^4.1"
+        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.8"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "test": "vendor/bin/pest"
diff --git a/src/Client.php b/src/Client.php
index ae13aab..ac56494 100644
--- a/src/Client.php
+++ b/src/Client.php
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 use GuzzleHttp\Client as HttpClient;
 use OramaCloud\Client\Query;
 use OramaCloud\Telemetry\Collector;
+use OramaCloud\Traits\GeneratesUniqueId;
 use OramaCloud\Traits\ValidatesParams;
-use Visus\Cuid2\Cuid2;
 
 class Client
 {
     use ValidatesParams;
+    use GeneratesUniqueId;
 
     private $answersApiBaseURL;
     private $apiKey;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public function __construct(array $params, HttpClient $http = null)
             'answersApiBaseURL' => ['optional', 'string']
         ]);
 
-        $this->id = (new Cuid2())->toString();
+        $this->id = $this->generateUniqueId();
         $this->http = !is_null($http) ? $http : new HttpClient();
         $this->apiKey = $params['api_key'];
         $this->endpoint = $params['endpoint'];
@@ -74,11 +75,6 @@ public function search(Query $query)
         return $results;
     }
 
-    public function getCollector(): Collector|null
-    {
-        return $this->collector;
-    }
-
     private function init()
     {
         $response = $this->fetch('init', 'POST');
diff --git a/src/Telemetry/Collector.php b/src/Telemetry/Collector.php
index 4df89cb..5ce5791 100644
--- a/src/Telemetry/Collector.php
+++ b/src/Telemetry/Collector.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace OramaCloud\Telemetry;
 
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
-use GuzzleHttp\Promise\PromiseInterface;
 
 class Collector
 {
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ private function start()
     $this->flush();
   }
 
-  private function sendBeacon($body): PromiseInterface|null
+  private function sendBeacon($body)
   {
     if ($this->params == null || !isset($this->params['endpoint'])) {
       return null;
diff --git a/src/Traits/GeneratesUniqueId.php b/src/Traits/GeneratesUniqueId.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c44c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Traits/GeneratesUniqueId.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace OramaCloud\Traits;
+
+trait GeneratesUniqueId
+{
+    public function generateUniqueId($prefix = '')
+    {
+        return substr(str_replace('.', '', uniqid($prefix, true) . str_shuffle('abcdefghjkmnpqrstvwxyz0123456789')), 0, 24);
+    }
+}