diff --git a/helpers/mu/index.js b/helpers/mu/index.js
index 1463524..f7b5db2 100644
--- a/helpers/mu/index.js
+++ b/helpers/mu/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import app from './server';
 import sparql from './sparql';
+import uuidV1 from 'uuid/v1';
+
+// generates a uuid
+const uuid = uuidV1;
 
 const mu = {
   app: app,
@@ -7,9 +11,10 @@ const mu = {
   SPARQL: sparql.sparql,
   query: sparql.query,
   update: sparql.update,
+  uuid: uuid
 }
 
 const SPARQL = mu.SPARQL, query = mu.query, update = mu.update;
 
-export { app , sparql, SPARQL, query, update };
+export { app , sparql, SPARQL, query, update, uuid };
 export default mu;
diff --git a/helpers/mu/package.json b/helpers/mu/package.json
index 85fb091..43e9201 100644
--- a/helpers/mu/package.json
+++ b/helpers/mu/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.18.0",
     "babel-preset-es2016": "^6.16.0",
     "babel-preset-es2017": "^6.16.0",
-    "supervisor": "^0.12.0"
+    "supervisor": "^0.12.0",
+    "uuid": "^3.0.0"
   }
 }