diff --git a/src/tuveWhiteboard.mxml b/src/tuveWhiteboard.mxml
index 9b4202a..e1987db 100644
--- a/src/tuveWhiteboard.mxml
+++ b/src/tuveWhiteboard.mxml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
    private var so:SharedObject = null;
    
    private function initApp():void {
-   	 myID = new Date().getTime();
+   	 myID = new Date().getTime() + Math.random();
      if (!nc) {
        nc = new NetConnection();
        // set the encoding to AMF0 - still waiting for AMF3 to be implemented on Red5