diff --git a/cmd/fermentord/main.go b/cmd/fermentord/main.go
index b9af318..2efb70e 100644
--- a/cmd/fermentord/main.go
+++ b/cmd/fermentord/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"git.joco.dk/sng/fermentord/internal/configuration"
 	"git.joco.dk/sng/fermentord/pkg/daemon"
 	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
+	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 )
@@ -32,8 +33,9 @@ func main() {
 	configuration.Initialize()
 	config := configuration.LoadConfiguration()
 
-	if config.Brew.UUID.IsNil() {
-		log.Fatal("Brew ID is not configured -- terminating")
+	_, err = uuid.FromString(config.Brew.UUID)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Brew ID is not configured: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// NATS
diff --git a/internal/configuration/global.go b/internal/configuration/global.go
index f9f7d07..db52d68 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/global.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/global.go
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 package configuration
 
 import (
-	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 type Configuration struct {
 	Brew struct {
-		UUID uuid.UUID `mapstructure:"uuid"`
+		UUID string `mapstructure:"uuid"`
 	} `mapstructure:"brew"`
 
 	NATS struct {
diff --git a/internal/dwingest/types.go b/internal/dwingest/types.go
index 90b2288..47464b5 100644
--- a/internal/dwingest/types.go
+++ b/internal/dwingest/types.go
@@ -2,19 +2,17 @@ package dwingest
 
 import (
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
 )
 
 type State struct {
 	Time     time.Time `json:"time"`
-	BrewUUID uuid.UUID `json:"brew_uuid"`
+	BrewUUID string    `json:"brew_uuid"`
 	State    string    `json:"state"`
 }
 
 type Tilt struct {
 	Time        time.Time `json:"time"`
-	BrewUUID    uuid.UUID `json:"brew_uuid"`
+	BrewUUID    string    `json:"brew_uuid"`
 	Color       string    `json:"color"`
 	Gravity     float64   `json:"gravity"`
 	Temperature float64   `json:"temperature"`
@@ -22,6 +20,6 @@ type Tilt struct {
 
 type Event struct {
 	Time     time.Time `json:"time"`
-	BrewUUID uuid.UUID `json:"brew_uuid"`
+	BrewUUID string    `json:"brew_uuid"`
 	Event    string    `json:"event"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/temperature/temperature.go b/pkg/temperature/temperature.go
index f99d330..c5715e2 100644
--- a/pkg/temperature/temperature.go
+++ b/pkg/temperature/temperature.go
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ package temperature
 
 import (
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
 )
 
 type TemperatureReading struct {
 	Time     time.Time `json:"time"`
-	BrewUUID uuid.UUID `json:"brew_uuid"`
+	BrewUUID string    `json:"brew_uuid"`
 	Ambient  float64   `json:"ambient"`
 	Chamber  float64   `json:"chamber"`
 	Wort     float64   `json:"wort"`