diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 2b15dbc..5e27719 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "@chakra-ui/react": "^2.4.6",
     "@emotion/react": "^11.10.5",
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.10.5",
+    "@fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs": "^5.0.1",
     "@next/font": "13.1.1",
     "eslint": "8.30.0",
     "eslint-config-next": "^12.0.4",
diff --git a/frontend/pages/index.jsx b/frontend/pages/index.jsx
index 5a35f5c..d2272b8 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/index.jsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/index.jsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import InfiniteScroll from "react-infinite-scroll-component";
 // prettier-ignore
 import { animateGreen, animateRed, scrollContainer, screenButtonContainer, createButton, sortText, relative } from "../styles/Card.module.css";
 // Dependencies
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
+import FingerprintJS from "@fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs";
 import ReactGA from "react-ga";
 
 import { useErrorToast } from "../hooks/useErrorToast";
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export default function Home() {
     try {
       const response = await fetch(`${API_URL}/posts?sort=${type}`, {
         headers: {
-          Authorization: `Basic ${btoa(localStorage.getItem("uuid"))}`,
+          Authorization: `Basic ${btoa(uuid)}`,
         },
       });
       const results = await response.json();
@@ -91,25 +91,21 @@ export default function Home() {
     ReactGA.initialize(TRACKING_ID);
     ReactGA.pageview(window.location.pathname);
 
-    // Check if user has visited already
-    if (localStorage.getItem("uuid") == null) {
-      // If not, add UUID to local storage.
-      localStorage.setItem("uuid", uuidv4());
-      setUUID(localStorage.getItem("uuid"));
-    } else {
-      setUUID(localStorage.getItem("uuid"));
-    }
+    // Set UUID to fingerprint ID
+    (async () => {
+      const getFingerprintId = async () => {
+        if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+          return null;
+        }
+        const fpPromise = FingerprintJS.load();
+        const fp = await fpPromise;
+        const result = await fp.get();
+        return result.visitorId;
+      };
 
-    // if (localStorage.getItem("sort") == null) localStorage.setItem("sort", "0");
-    // setSortMethod(parseInt(localStorage.getItem("sort")));
-    // if (localStorage.getItem("sort") !== "0") {
-    // 	fetchPosts(SORT_ICONS[parseInt(localStorage.getItem("sort")) % SORT_ICONS.length].name.toLowerCase())
-    // 		.then((res) => setPosts(res))
-    // 		.catch((error) => {
-    // 			console.error(error);
-    // 			addToast(error?.response?.data || error.message);
-    // 		});
-    // }
+      const fingerprintId = await getFingerprintId();
+      setUUID(fingerprintId);
+    })();
 
     (async () => {
       const res = await fetchPosts(SORT_ICONS[sortMethod].name.toLowerCase());
@@ -119,10 +115,6 @@ export default function Home() {
     setHasMorePosts(!(posts.length === 0));
   }, []);
 
-  // useEffect(() => {
-  // 	localStorage.setItem("sort", sortMethod);
-  // }, [sortMethod]);
-
   async function loadMore() {
     try {
       console.log("Loading");
@@ -130,9 +122,9 @@ export default function Home() {
         `${API_URL}/posts?offset=${posts.length}&sort=${SORT_ICONS[sortMethod].name.toLowerCase()}`,
         {
           headers: {
-            Authorization: `Basic ${btoa(localStorage.getItem("uuid"))}`,
+            Authorization: `Basic ${btoa(uuid)}`,
           },
-        },
+        }
       );
       const loadedPosts = await res.json();
       if (loadedPosts.length == 0) {
@@ -177,7 +169,7 @@ export default function Home() {
             fetchPosts(
               SORT_ICONS[
                 (sortMethod + 1) % SORT_ICONS.length
-              ].name.toLowerCase(),
+              ].name.toLowerCase()
             )
               .then((res) => setPosts(res))
               .catch((error) => {
@@ -228,7 +220,7 @@ export default function Home() {
             {posts.map(
               (
                 post,
-                i, //TODO theres an error here...duplicate keys
+                i //TODO theres an error here...duplicate keys
               ) => (
                 <div key={`${post._id}${i}`} className={relative}>
                   {/* this is the left and right indicators */}
@@ -266,7 +258,7 @@ export default function Home() {
                     key={`${post._id}${i}`}
                   />
                 </div>
-              ),
+              )
             )}
           </div>
         </InfiniteScroll>
diff --git a/frontend/pages/post/[id].jsx b/frontend/pages/post/[id].jsx
index 5d1acce..5b1c7f1 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/post/[id].jsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/post/[id].jsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import InfiniteScroll from "react-infinite-scroll-component";
 // prettier-ignore
 import { animateGreen, animateRed, scrollContainer, screenButtonContainer, createButton, sortText, relative } from "../../styles/Card.module.css";
 // Dependencies
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
+import FingerprintJS from "@fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs";
 import ReactGA from "react-ga";
 
 import { useErrorToast } from "../../hooks/useErrorToast";
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default function Home({ queriedPost, id }) {
     try {
       const response = await fetch(`${API_URL}/posts?sort=${type}`, {
         headers: {
-          Authorization: `Basic ${btoa(localStorage.getItem("uuid"))}`,
+          Authorization: `Basic ${btoa(uuid)}`,
         },
       });
       const results = await response.json();
@@ -101,25 +101,21 @@ export default function Home({ queriedPost, id }) {
     ReactGA.initialize(TRACKING_ID);
     ReactGA.pageview(window.location.pathname);
 
-    // Check if user has visited already
-    if (localStorage.getItem("uuid") == null) {
-      // If not, add UUID to local storage.
-      localStorage.setItem("uuid", uuidv4());
-      setUUID(localStorage.getItem("uuid"));
-    } else {
-      setUUID(localStorage.getItem("uuid"));
-    }
+    // Set UUID to fingerprint ID
+    (async () => {
+      const getFingerprintId = async () => {
+        if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+          return null;
+        }
+        const fpPromise = FingerprintJS.load();
+        const fp = await fpPromise;
+        const result = await fp.get();
+        return result.visitorId;
+      };
 
-    // if (localStorage.getItem("sort") == null) localStorage.setItem("sort", "0");
-    // setSortMethod(parseInt(localStorage.getItem("sort")));
-    // if (localStorage.getItem("sort") !== "0") {
-    // 	fetchPosts(SORT_ICONS[parseInt(localStorage.getItem("sort")) % SORT_ICONS.length].name.toLowerCase())
-    // 		.then((res) => setPosts(res))
-    // 		.catch((error) => {
-    // 			console.error(error);
-    // 			addToast(error?.response?.data || error.message);
-    // 		});
-    // }
+      const fingerprintId = await getFingerprintId();
+      setUUID(fingerprintId);
+    })();
 
     (async () => {
       const res = await fetchPosts("hot");
@@ -140,9 +136,9 @@ export default function Home({ queriedPost, id }) {
         `${API_URL}/posts?offset=${posts.length}&sort=${SORT_ICONS[sortMethod].name.toLowerCase()}`,
         {
           headers: {
-            Authorization: `Basic ${btoa(localStorage.getItem("uuid"))}`,
+            Authorization: `Basic ${btoa(uuid)}`,
           },
-        },
+        }
       );
       const loadedPosts = await res.json();
       if (loadedPosts.length == 0) {
@@ -191,7 +187,7 @@ export default function Home({ queriedPost, id }) {
             fetchPosts(
               SORT_ICONS[
                 (sortMethod + 1) % SORT_ICONS.length
-              ].name.toLowerCase(),
+              ].name.toLowerCase()
             )
               .then((res) => setPosts(res))
               .catch((error) => {
diff --git a/frontend/yarn.lock b/frontend/yarn.lock
index 8d6b1d5..f0dc565 100644
--- a/frontend/yarn.lock
+++ b/frontend/yarn.lock
@@ -1538,6 +1538,11 @@
     minimatch "^3.1.2"
     strip-json-comments "^3.1.1"
 
+"@fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs@^5.0.1":
+  version "5.0.1"
+  resolved "https://artifactory.rbx.com/artifactory/api/npm/npm-all/@fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs/-/fingerprintjs-5.0.1.tgz#e6ca2f88719b90e54a0fa8ab2896eee970948bb7"
+  integrity sha512-KbaeE/rk2WL8MfpRP6jTI4lSr42SJPjvkyrjP3QU6uUDkOMWWYC2Ts1sNSYcegHC8avzOoYTHBj+2fTqvZWQBA==
+
 "@humanwhocodes/config-array@^0.11.8":
   version "0.11.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@humanwhocodes/config-array/-/config-array-0.11.14.tgz#d78e481a039f7566ecc9660b4ea7fe6b1fec442b"