diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c557c94..8918376 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ You can now use your domain with the `--host` flag for the `lt` client.
 lt --host http://sub.example.tld:1234 --port 9000
 ```
 
-You will be assigned a URL similar to `qdci.sub.example.com:1234`.
+You will be assigned a URL similar to `heavy-puma-9.sub.example.com:1234`.
 
 If your server is acting as a reverse proxy (i.e. nginx) and is able to listen on port 80, then you do not need the `:1234` part of the hostname for the `lt` client.
 
diff --git a/lib/ClientManager.js b/lib/ClientManager.js
index 2d798a1..a4199f9 100644
--- a/lib/ClientManager.js
+++ b/lib/ClientManager.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import Proxy from './Proxy';
 import on_finished from 'on-finished';
 import http from 'http';
 import pump from 'pump';
+import { hri } from "human-readable-ids";
 
-import rand_id from './rand_id';
 import BindingAgent from './BindingAgent';
 
 const NoOp = () => {};
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ClientManager {
 
         // can't ask for id already is use
         if (clients[id]) {
-            id = rand_id();
+            id = hri.random();
         }
 
         const popt = {
diff --git a/lib/rand_id.js b/lib/rand_id.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f76f6d8..0000000
--- a/lib/rand_id.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// all url safe
-// can't use uppercase because hostnames are lowercased
-const chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
-
-export default function rand_id() {
-    let randomstring = '';
-    for (var i=0; i<10; ++i) {
-        const rnum = Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length);
-        randomstring += chars[rnum];
-    }
-
-    return randomstring;
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ba80a0..0908e04 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "bluebird": "3.5.1",
     "book": "1.3.3",
     "debug": "3.1.0",
+    "human-readable-ids": "1.0.3",
     "koa": "2.4.1",
     "localenv": "0.2.2",
     "on-finished": "2.3.0",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 5dd08b0..7ba2106 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import tldjs from 'tldjs';
 import Debug from 'debug';
 import http from 'http';
 import Promise from 'bluebird';
+import { hri } from 'human-readable-ids';
 
 import ClientManager from './lib/ClientManager';
-import rand_id from './lib/rand_id';
 
 const debug = Debug('localtunnel:server');
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module.exports = function(opt) {
 
         const isNewClientRequest = ctx.query['new'] !== undefined;
         if (isNewClientRequest) {
-            const req_id = rand_id();
+            const req_id = hri.random();
             debug('making new client with id %s', req_id);
             const info = await manager.newClient(req_id);
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 265f847..156462e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -615,6 +615,12 @@ http-signature@~0.11.0:
     assert-plus "^0.1.5"
     ctype "0.5.3"
 
+human-readable-ids@1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/human-readable-ids/-/human-readable-ids-1.0.3.tgz#c8c6c6e95085ccb668087b7dd767834e26ca26d4"
+  dependencies:
+    knuth-shuffle "^1.0.0"
+
 indent-string@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/indent-string/-/indent-string-2.1.0.tgz#8e2d48348742121b4a8218b7a137e9a52049dc80"
@@ -733,6 +739,10 @@ keygrip@~1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/keygrip/-/keygrip-1.0.2.tgz#ad3297c557069dea8bcfe7a4fa491b75c5ddeb91"
 
+knuth-shuffle@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/knuth-shuffle/-/knuth-shuffle-1.0.8.tgz#929a467b0efd8d297bdcf318ca988a9f1037f80d"
+
 koa-compose@^3.0.0:
   version "3.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/koa-compose/-/koa-compose-3.2.1.tgz#a85ccb40b7d986d8e5a345b3a1ace8eabcf54de7"