diff --git a/apps/api/src/db.ts b/apps/api/src/db.ts
index 40cd549..3e10044 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/db.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/db.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export async function migrate() {
 
   await sql`
     CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS monitors (
-      id               TEXT PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid()::text,
+      id               TEXT PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT encode(gen_random_bytes(8), 'hex'),
       account_id       UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES accounts(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
       name             TEXT NOT NULL,
       url              TEXT NOT NULL,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/db.ts b/apps/web/src/db.ts
index 58de9e0..72cef93 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/db.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/db.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export async function migrate() {
 
   await sql`
     CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS monitors (
-      id               TEXT PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid()::text,
+      id               TEXT PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT encode(gen_random_bytes(8), 'hex'),
       account_id       UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES accounts(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
       name             TEXT NOT NULL,
       url              TEXT NOT NULL,