diff --git a/srt2fcp.py b/srt2fcp.py
index 7521591..61576c7 100755
--- a/srt2fcp.py
+++ b/srt2fcp.py
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 import sys
 import os
 from optparse import OptionParser
-import tempfile
-import shutil
-import math
-import time
 import json
-import urllib.request
-import urllib.parse
+import math
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import time
 import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+import uuid
 import xml.sax.saxutils
 
 import ox
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ generator_template = '''<generatoritem id="Text%(id)s">
     <mediatype>video</mediatype>
 </sourcetrack>
 <itemhistory>
-    <uuid>BAA51DEC-ECB0-4879-9910-8E83B0EF7C1B</uuid>
+    <uuid>$(uuid)s</uuid>
 </itemhistory>
 </generatoritem>
 '''
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ fcp_footer = '''</xmeml>'''
 
 sequence_template = '''
 <sequence id="%(id)s ">
-	<uuid>72DC4146-6224-4400-BAAC-2AB6E0D3D292</uuid>
+	<uuid>$(uuid)s</uuid>
 	<updatebehavior>add</updatebehavior>
 	<name>%(id)s</name>
 	<duration>%(duration)s</duration>
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ class Fcp:
                 subs.append((start, end, value.split('\n')))
         self.sequences.append(sequence_template % {
             'id': os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(srt))[0],
+            'uuid': str(uuid.uuid1()).upper(),
             'duration': duration,
             'subs': '\n'.join([self.sub(*s) for s in subs])
         })
@@ -334,6 +336,7 @@ class Fcp:
         text = xml.sax.saxutils.escape('\n'.join(text).strip()).replace('\n', '&#13;')
         return generator_template % {
             'id': self.gid,
+            'uuid': str(uuid.uuid1()).upper(),
             'start': start,
             'end': end,
             'duration': end-start,