diff --git a/src/composer.json b/src/composer.json
index cc8af6b..c54d440 100644
--- a/src/composer.json
+++ b/src/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     "ext-pdo": "*",
     "ext-sqlite3": "*",
     "bit-badger/pdo-document": "^1",
-    "visus/cuid2": "^4",
     "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.8",
     "guzzlehttp/psr7": "^2.6",
     "http-interop/http-factory-guzzle": "^1.2",
diff --git a/src/composer.lock b/src/composer.lock
index b9e6d91..3ab3a8e 100644
--- a/src/composer.lock
+++ b/src/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "d19a824cbca9da75d5b5dafbc9fa1367",
+    "content-hash": "d03cca0e9df6892b1154d46aa43ddfe9",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "auth0/auth0-php",
@@ -107,16 +107,17 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "bit-badger/pdo-document",
-            "version": "v1.0.0-beta1",
+            "version": "v1.0.0-beta2",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://git.bitbadger.solutions/bit-badger/pdo-document",
-                "reference": "124426fa12069aa93e75f7e2946eb2c5ff83a591"
+                "reference": "50854275a8b39074966cf00370f30b3e68edc6e7"
             },
             "require": {
                 "ext-pdo": "*",
                 "netresearch/jsonmapper": "^4",
-                "php": ">=8.2"
+                "php": ">=8.2",
+                "phpoption/phpoption": "^1.9"
             },
             "require-dev": {
                 "phpunit/phpunit": "^11"
@@ -141,11 +142,12 @@
                     "role": "Developer"
                 }
             ],
-            "description": "Treat SQLite (and soon PostgreSQL) as a document store",
+            "description": "Treat SQLite and PostgreSQL as document stores",
             "keywords": [
                 "database",
                 "document",
                 "pdo",
+                "postgresql",
                 "sqlite"
             ],
             "support": {
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@
                 "rss": "https://git.bitbadger.solutions/bit-badger/pdo-document.rss",
                 "source": "https://git.bitbadger.solutions/bit-badger/pdo-document"
             },
-            "time": "2024-06-21T13:46:41+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-06-25T14:42:26+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "composer/semver",
@@ -2244,64 +2246,6 @@
             ],
             "time": "2024-05-31T15:07:36+00:00"
         },
-        {
-            "name": "visus/cuid2",
-            "version": "4.1.0",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/visus-io/php-cuid2.git",
-                "reference": "17c9b3098d556bb2556a084c948211333cc19c79"
-            },
-            "dist": {
-                "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/visus-io/php-cuid2/zipball/17c9b3098d556bb2556a084c948211333cc19c79",
-                "reference": "17c9b3098d556bb2556a084c948211333cc19c79",
-                "shasum": ""
-            },
-            "require": {
-                "php": "^8.1"
-            },
-            "require-dev": {
-                "ergebnis/composer-normalize": "^2.29",
-                "ext-ctype": "*",
-                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.9",
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.0",
-                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.7",
-                "vimeo/psalm": "^5.4"
-            },
-            "suggest": {
-                "ext-gmp": "*"
-            },
-            "type": "library",
-            "autoload": {
-                "files": [
-                    "src/compat.php"
-                ],
-                "psr-4": {
-                    "Visus\\Cuid2\\": "src/"
-                }
-            },
-            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
-            "license": [
-                "MIT"
-            ],
-            "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Alan Brault",
-                    "email": "alan.brault@visus.io"
-                }
-            ],
-            "description": "A PHP library for generating collision-resistant ids (CUIDs).",
-            "keywords": [
-                "cuid",
-                "identifier"
-            ],
-            "support": {
-                "issues": "https://github.com/visus-io/php-cuid2/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/visus-io/php-cuid2/tree/4.1.0"
-            },
-            "time": "2024-05-14T13:23:35+00:00"
-        },
         {
             "name": "vlucas/phpdotenv",
             "version": "v5.6.0",
diff --git a/src/convert-from-v3.php b/src/convert-from-v3.php
index 3ced31c..0b2685d 100644
--- a/src/convert-from-v3.php
+++ b/src/convert-from-v3.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php declare(strict_types=1);
 
-use BitBadger\PDODocument\{Configuration, Custom, Definition, Document, Mode};
+use BitBadger\PDODocument\{AutoId, Configuration, Custom, Definition, Document, Mode};
 use BitBadger\PDODocument\Mapper\ArrayMapper;
 use MyPrayerJournal\Domain\{History, Note, Recurrence, RecurrencePeriod, Request, RequestAction};
 use MyPrayerJournal\Table;
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ $reqs = Custom::array('SELECT data FROM mpj.request', [], new ArrayMapper());
 echo 'Found ' . sizeof($reqs) . ' requests; migrating to v4...' . PHP_EOL;
 
 Configuration::resetPDO();
-Configuration::$mode   = Mode::SQLite;
-Configuration::$pdoDSN = 'sqlite:./data/mpj.db';
+Configuration::$mode           = Mode::SQLite;
+Configuration::$pdoDSN         = 'sqlite:./data/mpj.db';
+Configuration::$autoId         = AutoId::RandomString;
+Configuration::$idStringLength = 12;
 
 Definition::ensureTable(Table::REQUEST);
 
@@ -28,30 +30,27 @@ function convertDate(string $date): string
 }
 
 foreach ($reqs as $reqJson) {
-    $req     = json_decode($reqJson['data']);
-    $notes   = array_map(fn(stdClass $note) => new Note(convertDate($note->asOf), $note->notes), $req->notes ?? []);
-    $history = array_map(fn(stdClass $hist) =>
-        new History(
-            asOf:   convertDate($hist->asOf),
-            action: RequestAction::from($hist->status),
-            text:   property_exists($hist, 'text') ? $hist->text : null),
-        $req->history);
+    $req         = json_decode($reqJson['data']);
     $recurParts  = explode(' ', $req->recurrence);
     $recurPeriod = RecurrencePeriod::from(end($recurParts));
     $recur       = match ($recurPeriod) {
         RecurrencePeriod::Immediate => new Recurrence(RecurrencePeriod::Immediate),
         default                     => new Recurrence($recurPeriod, (int)$recurParts[0])
     };
-    $v4Req = new Request(
-        id:           $req->id,
+    Document::insert(Table::REQUEST, new Request(
         enteredOn:    convertDate($req->enteredOn),
         userId:       $req->userId,
         snoozedUntil: property_exists($req, 'snoozedUntil') ? convertDate($req->snoozedUntil) : null,
         showAfter:    property_exists($req, 'showAfter')    ? convertDate($req->showAfter)    : null,
         recurrence:   $recur,
-        history:      $history,
-        notes:        $notes);
-    Document::insert(Table::REQUEST, $v4Req);
+        history:      array_map(fn(stdClass $hist) =>
+                          new History(
+                              asOf:   convertDate($hist->asOf),
+                              action: RequestAction::from($hist->status),
+                              text:   property_exists($hist, 'text') ? $hist->text : null),
+                          $req->history),
+        notes:        array_map(fn(stdClass $note) =>
+                          new Note(convertDate($note->asOf), $note->notes), $req->notes ?? [])));
 }
 
 echo PHP_EOL . 'done' . PHP_EOL;
diff --git a/src/lib/Domain/Request.php b/src/lib/Domain/Request.php
index 84adda5..8cb9656 100644
--- a/src/lib/Domain/Request.php
+++ b/src/lib/Domain/Request.php
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ use DateTimeImmutable;
 use Exception;
 use JsonSerializable;
 use MyPrayerJournal\Table;
-use PhpOption\{None, Option, Some};
-use Visus\Cuid2\Cuid2;
+use PhpOption\{None, Option};
 
 /**
  * A prayer request
@@ -30,12 +29,7 @@ class Request implements JsonSerializable
     public function __construct(public string $id = '', public string $enteredOn = '', public string $userId = '',
                                 public ?string $snoozedUntil = null, public ?string $showAfter = null,
                                 public Recurrence $recurrence = new Recurrence(RecurrencePeriod::Immediate),
-                                public array $history = [], public array $notes = [])
-    {
-        if ($id == '') {
-            $this->id = (new Cuid2())->toString();
-        }
-    }
+                                public array $history = [], public array $notes = []) { }
 
     /**
      * Get the current text for this request
@@ -118,7 +112,7 @@ class Request implements JsonSerializable
     public static function byId(string $id): Option
     {
         $req = Find::byId(Table::REQUEST, $id, self::class);
-        return ($req && $req->userId == $_SESSION['user_id']) ? Some::create($req) : None::create();
+        return ($req->getOrElse(new Request('x'))->userId == $_SESSION['user_id']) ? $req : None::create();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/start.php b/src/start.php
index 1581354..e889aa7 100644
--- a/src/start.php
+++ b/src/start.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php declare(strict_types=1);
 
 use Auth0\SDK\Exception\ConfigurationException;
-use BitBadger\PDODocument\{Configuration, Definition, DocumentException, Mode};
+use BitBadger\PDODocument\{AutoId, Configuration, Definition, DocumentException, Mode};
 use Dotenv\Dotenv;
 use MyPrayerJournal\{Auth, Table};
 use MyPrayerJournal\Domain\Request;
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ if (php_sapi_name() != 'cli') {
     $_REQUEST['time_zone'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_TIME_ZONE'] ?? 'Etc/UTC';
 }
 
-Configuration::$pdoDSN = 'sqlite:' . implode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, [__DIR__, 'data', 'mpj.db']);
-Configuration::$mode   = Mode::SQLite;
+Configuration::$pdoDSN         = 'sqlite:' . implode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, [__DIR__, 'data', 'mpj.db']);
+Configuration::$mode           = Mode::SQLite;
+Configuration::$autoId         = AutoId::RandomString;
+Configuration::$idStringLength = 12;
+
 Definition::ensureTable(Table::REQUEST);
 Definition::ensureFieldIndex(Table::REQUEST, 'user', ['userId']);