diff --git a/src/jio/jio.intro.js b/src/jio/jio.intro.js
index ce9134892de321d4cb5160b3352d20a1a62bea41..4dcb0dc8cc0b469578eb6fc20d6744036d9386d1 100644
--- a/src/jio/jio.intro.js
+++ b/src/jio/jio.intro.js
@@ -1,2 +1,14 @@
 var jio = function(spec) {
 
+    var generateUuid = function () {
+        var S4 = function () {
+            return Math.floor(
+                Math.random() * 0x10000 /* 65536 */
+            ).toString(16);
+        };
+        return S4() + S4() + "-" +
+            S4() + "-" +
+            S4() + "-" +
+            S4() + "-" +
+            S4() + S4() + S4();
+    };