diff --git a/src/client/scripts/esm/util/uuid.js b/src/client/scripts/esm/util/uuid.js
index 291134d36..d7f02d6d5 100644
--- a/src/client/scripts/esm/util/uuid.js
+++ b/src/client/scripts/esm/util/uuid.js
@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@ function generateID(length) {
 	return result;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Generates a random ID of the provided length, with the characters 0-9, a-z.
+ * @param {number} length - The length of the desired ID
+ * @returns {string} The ID
+ */
+function generateID_Base36(length) {
+	let result = '';
+	const characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'; // Base 62 characters
+	const charactersLength = characters.length;
+	for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+		result += characters.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * charactersLength)); // Coercing to an int with Math.floor
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
 /**
  * Generates a **UNIQUE** ID of the provided length, with the characters 0-9 and a-z.
  * The provided object should contain the keys of the existing IDs.
@@ -99,6 +114,7 @@ function base62ToBase10(base62Str) {
 
 export default {
 	generateID,
+	generateID_Base36,
 	genUniqueID,
 	generateNumbID,
 	base10ToBase62,
diff --git a/src/server/config/config.js b/src/server/config/config.js
index 274cc1666..eea2793f2 100644
--- a/src/server/config/config.js
+++ b/src/server/config/config.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if (!DEV_BUILD && !ARE_RATE_LIMITING) throw new Error("ARE_RATE_LIMITING must be
  * I recommend 2 seconds of latency for testing slow networks.
  */
 const simulatedWebsocketLatencyMillis = 0;
-// const simulatedWebsocketLatencyMillis = 1000; // 1 Second
+// const simulatedWebsocketLatencyMillis = 2000; // 2 Seconds
 if (!DEV_BUILD && simulatedWebsocketLatencyMillis !== 0) throw new Error("simulatedWebsocketLatencyMillis must be 0 in production!!");
 
 /** The domain name of the production website. */
diff --git a/src/server/game/invitesmanager/createinvite.js b/src/server/game/invitesmanager/createinvite.js
index 7500bcc1e..774b810ef 100644
--- a/src/server/game/invitesmanager/createinvite.js
+++ b/src/server/game/invitesmanager/createinvite.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ async function createInvite(ws, messageContents, replyto) { // invite: { id, own
 	const owner = ws.metadata.memberInfo.signedIn ? { member: ws.metadata.memberInfo.username } : { browser: ws.metadata.cookies["browser-id"] };
 	invite.owner = owner;
 
-	do { invite.id = uuid.generateID(5); } while (existingInviteHasID(invite.id));
+	do { invite.id = uuid.generateID_Base36(5); } while (existingInviteHasID(invite.id));
 
 	addInvite(ws, invite, replyto);
 }