diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e8f6f45..33cf78b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@
         "@types/mime": "*"
       }
     },
+    "@types/uuid": {
+      "version": "3.4.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-tPIgT0GUmdJQNSHxp0X2jnpQfBSTfGxUMc/2CXBU2mnyTFVYVa2ojpoQ74w0U2yn2vw3jnC640+77lkFFpdVDw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "@types/node": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "@uifabric/azure-themes": {
       "version": "0.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@uifabric/azure-themes/-/azure-themes-0.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dff7965..bc0b93f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "@types/react-redux": "^7.0.0",
     "@types/redux": "^3.6.0",
     "@types/cors": "^2.8.4",
+    "@types/uuid": "^3.4.4",
     "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.0",
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@
     "webpack-cli": "^3.2.1",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.14",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
-    "nodemon": "^1.18.9"
+    "nodemon": "^1.18.9",
+    "uuid": "^3.3.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@uifabric/experiments": "^6.51.1",
diff --git a/playground/src/actions/index.ts b/playground/src/actions/index.ts
index 2827304..603bc0f 100644
--- a/playground/src/actions/index.ts
+++ b/playground/src/actions/index.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { action, GenericActionTypes, GenericAction, GenericActionLookup } from '../redux-utils/action';
 import { Dispatch } from 'redux';
 import { Store } from '../store';
+import uuid from 'uuid/v4';
 import * as todosService from '../service/todosService';
 
-let counter = 0;
-
 export const actions = {
-  add: (label: string) => action('add', { id: String(counter++), label }),
+  add: (label: string) => action('add', { id: uuid(), label }),
   remove: (id: string) => action('remove', { id }),
   edit: (id: string, label: string) => action('edit', { id, label }),
   complete: (id: string) => action('complete', { id }),
diff --git a/playground/src/components/TodoAppContainer.tsx b/playground/src/components/TodoAppContainer.tsx
index bd57851..4cc2935 100644
--- a/playground/src/components/TodoAppContainer.tsx
+++ b/playground/src/components/TodoAppContainer.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch: any) {
     remove: (id: string) => dispatch(actionsWithService.remove(id)),
     complete: (id: string) => dispatch(actionsWithService.complete(id)),
     edit: (id: string, label: string) => dispatch(actionsWithService.edit(id, label)),
-    clear: () => dispatch(actions.clear()),
+    clear: () => dispatch(actionsWithService.clear()),
     setFilter: (filter: FilterTypes) => dispatch(actions.filter(filter))
   };
 }
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 7b8a4d8..1f0e128 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ app.delete('/todos/:id', (req, res) => {
   delete store.todos[req.body.id];
 });
 
-app.post('/todos', (req, res) => {
+app.post('/todos', req => {
   store.todos = req.body;
 });