diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e87acb..636e992 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ The content filename is the basename of the shellscript with the type of
 markup file appended to it (.html or .md), for example the file
 pages/html-example.html.
 
-If `mkpage` is used the filename is an UUID and a .md file with the same name.
-Example: 082ea44f-8633-4dc9-9ff2-f25ee6618013.sh + 082ea44f-8633-4dc9-9ff2-f25ee6618013.md => output/082ea44f-8633-4dc9-9ff2-f25ee6618013.html
+If `mkpage` is used the filename is a value from `openssl rand -hex 3` and a .md file with the same name.
+Example: ddc7ac.sh + ddc7ac.md => output/ddc7ac.html
+
+(either LibreSSL or regular OpenSSL should work)
 
 Markdown is supported. By default "smu"[0] is set as a Markdown processor,
 to change this set $markdown to your favorite Markdown-to-HTML converter in
diff --git a/mkpage b/mkpage
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a1317ec..65ff236
--- a/mkpage
+++ b/mkpage
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 # Metadata generator for static-site-scripts
 # It can also generate either the markdown pages or the html pages
 
-UUID_GEN_TOOL="uuidgen"
 VERSION=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
-page_id="$(which $UUID_GEN_TOOL)"
+page_id="$(openssl rand -hex 3)"
 
 gen_html() {
 	touch pages/${page_id}.html
@@ -15,14 +14,14 @@ gen_markdown() {
 }
 gen_metadata() {
 	cat << EOF > pages/${page_id}.sh
-	#!/bin/sh
-	title="$2"
-	description="$3"
-	timecreated="$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
-	timeupdated="$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
-	author="$4"
-	id="${page_id}"
-	url="${page_id}.html"
+#!/bin/sh
+title="$2"
+description="$3"
+timecreated="$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
+timeupdated="$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
+author="$4"
+id="${page_id}"
+url="${page_id}.html"
 EOF
 }
 show_help() {