diff --git a/website/src/libs/api-v3/baseModel.js b/website/src/libs/api-v3/baseModel.js
index c5bc964af8..32fa63bf86 100644
--- a/website/src/libs/api-v3/baseModel.js
+++ b/website/src/libs/api-v3/baseModel.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export default function baseModel (schema, options = {}) {
   schema.add({
     _id: {
       type: String,
-      default: uuid.v4,
+      default: uuid,
       validate: [validator.isUUID, 'Invalid uuid.'], // TODO check for UUID version
     },
   });
diff --git a/website/src/models/user.js b/website/src/models/user.js
index c67e5f69e1..63eea0c504 100644
--- a/website/src/models/user.js
+++ b/website/src/models/user.js
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ schema.plugin(baseModel, {
   private: ['auth.local.hashed_password', 'auth.local.salt'],
 });
 
-
 schema.methods.deleteTask = function deleteTask (tid) {
   this.ops.deleteTask({params: {id: tid}}, () => {}); // TODO remove this whole method, since it just proxies, and change all references to this method
 };