diff --git a/client/index.html b/client/index.html
index a84be5f..4aa45f3 100644
--- a/client/index.html
+++ b/client/index.html
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 <script src="js/im.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript">
 $(function(){
+  if (!cookies.get('sessionid')) {
+    cookies.set('sessionid', uid(40));
+  }
   var u = window.location.href.split("/");
   var p = 8000; // Node.js port
   u = u[0]+"//"+u[2]+":"+p;
diff --git a/client/js/im.js b/client/js/im.js
index cb529d4..a6642b4 100644
--- a/client/js/im.js
+++ b/client/js/im.js
@@ -1473,3 +1473,11 @@ AjaxIM.debug = true;
 function _dbg(msg) {
     if(AjaxIM.debug && window.console) console.log(msg);
 }
+
+function uid(n){
+   var chars='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789', nn='';
+   for(var c=0; c < n; c++){
+      nn += chars.substr(0|Math.random() * chars.length, 1);
+   }
+   return nn;
+}
diff --git a/server/dev/views/chat.jade b/server/dev/views/chat.jade
index fa060c1..78a3f2b 100644
--- a/server/dev/views/chat.jade
+++ b/server/dev/views/chat.jade
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ html(lang="en")
     script(src='/js/dateformat.js', type='text/javascript')
     script(src='/js/im.js', type='text/javascript')
     script(type='text/javascript').
-      $(function(){var im = AjaxIM.init({theme: "/themes/default"});});
+      $(function(){if (!cookies.get('sessionid')) cookies.set('sessionid', uid(40));
+      var im = AjaxIM.init({theme: "/themes/default"});});
   body.
     Hello.
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