diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0cf3155..7457861 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ This will watch the project directory and restart as necessary.
 
 - Authn: https://github.com/dashbitco/mix_phx_gen_auth_demo/blob/auth/README.md
   - Mail client
-- Tokens and IDs? I'd love to use ULIDs or something
+- Tokens and IDs? I'd love to use some kind of short identifier (youtube-esque IDs) or something
diff --git a/db/migrations.ts b/db/migrations.ts
index 7a76bfb..98a5405 100644
--- a/db/migrations.ts
+++ b/db/migrations.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { query } from "@/db/mod.ts";
 
-const id = "id uuid primary key default uuid_generate_v4()";
+const id = "id uuid primary key default generate_ulid()";
 
 interface TableSpec {
   columns: string[];
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ begin;
 ${dropTables}
 
 create extension if not exists "uuid-ossp";
+create extension if not exists "pgcrypto";
+
+create or replace function generate_ulid() returns uuid
+    as $$
+        select (lpad(to_hex(floor(extract(epoch from clock_timestamp()) * 1000)::bigint), 12, '0') || encode(gen_random_bytes(10), 'hex'))::uuid;
+    $$ language sql;
 
 ${createTables}