diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 71ed7dd..c3ad61e 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartunique',
-  version: '3.0.7',
+  version: '3.0.8',
   description: 'make things unique'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index be390fc..dbb1c61 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ export const uuid5 = (customStringArg: string, namespaceArg = plugins.uuid.v5.DN
   return plugins.uuid.v5(customStringArg, namespaceArg);
 };
 
-export const uni = (prefix: string = 'uni') => {
-  return `${prefix}_${`xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`.replace(/[xy]/g, (c) => {
+export const uni = (prefix: string = 'uni', lengthArg = 24) => {
+  return `${prefix}_${'x'.repeat(lengthArg).replace(/[xy]/g, (c) => {
     const r = (Math.random() * 16) | 0;
     const v = c === 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3) | 0x8;
     return v.toString(16);
   })}`;
 };
 
-export const uniSimple = (prefix: string = 'uni') => {
-  return `${prefix}${`xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`.replace(/[xy]/g, (c) => {
+export const uniSimple = (prefix: string = 'uni', lengthArg = 8) => {
+  return `${prefix}${'x'.repeat(lengthArg).replace(/[xy]/g, (c) => {
     const r = (Math.random() * 16) | 0;
     const v = c === 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3) | 0x8;
     return v.toString(16);