diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f37c0978..3d3272be 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.8",
+ "getrandom",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
 ]
@@ -391,12 +391,6 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "349a06037c7bf932dd7e7d1f653678b2038b9ad46a74102f1fc7bd7872678cce"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "base64"
-version = "0.12.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3441f0f7b02788e948e47f457ca01f1d7e6d92c693bc132c22b087d3141c03ff"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -819,7 +813,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ef2b4b23cddf68b89b8f8069890e8c270d54e2d5fe1b143820234805e4cb17ef"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -831,7 +825,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "typenum",
 ]
 
@@ -1179,7 +1173,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
  "group",
  "pkcs8",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "sec1",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
@@ -1312,7 +1306,7 @@ version = "0.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d013fc25338cc558c5c2cfbad646908fb23591e2404481826742b651c9af7160"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -1499,17 +1493,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.1.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8fc3cb4d91f53b50155bdcfd23f6a4c39ae1969c2ae85982b135750cccaf5fce"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "wasi 0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -1519,7 +1502,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "js-sys",
  "libc",
- "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasi",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
@@ -1641,14 +1624,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "nostr-types",
  "parking_lot",
  "qrcode",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "rusqlite",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
- "textnonce",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
  "tokio",
@@ -1666,7 +1648,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5dfbfb3a6cfbd390d5c9564ab283a0349b9b9fcd46a706c1eb10e0db70bfbac7"
 dependencies = [
  "ff",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -2178,7 +2160,7 @@ checksum = "e5d732bc30207a6423068df043e3d02e0735b155ad7ce1a6f76fe2baa5b158de"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
- "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasi",
  "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
@@ -2188,7 +2170,7 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6a51313c5820b0b02bd422f4b44776fbf47961755c74ce64afc73bfad10226c3"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.8",
+ "getrandom",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2306,8 +2288,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "k256",
  "num_cpus",
  "pbkdf2",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand",
+ "rand_core",
  "reqwest",
  "rpassword",
  "scrypt",
@@ -2585,7 +2567,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7676374caaee8a325c9e7a2ae557f216c5563a171d6997b0ef8a65af35147700"
 dependencies = [
  "base64ct",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -2747,19 +2729,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.7.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6a6b1679d49b24bbfe0c803429aa1874472f50d9b363131f0e89fc356b544d03"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.1.16",
- "libc",
- "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
- "rand_core 0.5.1",
- "rand_hc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -2767,18 +2736,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f4c8ed856279c9737206bf725bf36935d8666ead7aa69b52be55af369d193402"
-dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.5.1",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2788,16 +2747,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90bde5296fc891b0cef12a6d03ddccc162ce7b2aff54160af9338f8d40df6d19"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.1.16",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2806,16 +2756,7 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.8",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_hc"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca3129af7b92a17112d59ad498c6f81eaf463253766b90396d39ea7a39d6613c"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.5.1",
+ "getrandom",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2879,7 +2820,7 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b033d837a7cf162d7993aded9304e30a83213c648b6e389db233191f891e5c2b"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.8",
+ "getrandom",
  "redox_syscall 0.2.16",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -3365,7 +3306,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8fe458c98333f9c8152221191a77e2a44e8325d0193484af2e9421a53019e57d"
 dependencies = [
  "digest",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3547,16 +3488,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "textnonce"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7743f8d70cd784ed1dc33106a18998d77758d281dc40dc3e6d050cf0f5286683"
-dependencies = [
- "base64 0.12.3",
- "rand 0.7.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.38"
@@ -3853,7 +3784,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httparse",
  "log",
  "native-tls",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rustls",
  "rustls-native-certs",
  "sha1",
@@ -4010,12 +3941,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "try-lock",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasi"
-version = "0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cccddf32554fecc6acb585f82a32a72e28b48f8c4c1883ddfeeeaa96f7d8e519"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -4496,7 +4421,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nix 0.25.1",
  "once_cell",
  "ordered-stream",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde-xml-rs",
  "serde_repr",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2f595579..9e3f0c7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ rusqlite = { version = "0.28", features = ["bundled", "chrono", "serde_json"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 sha2 = "0.10"
-textnonce = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 time = { version = "0.3", features = [ "formatting" ] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src/overlord/minion/subscription.rs b/src/overlord/minion/subscription.rs
index 3eaeadb9..b0e2b556 100644
--- a/src/overlord/minion/subscription.rs
+++ b/src/overlord/minion/subscription.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 pub struct Subscriptions {
     handle_to_id: HashMap<String, String>,
     by_id: HashMap<String, Subscription>,
+    count: usize,
 }
 
 impl Subscriptions {
@@ -11,11 +12,13 @@ impl Subscriptions {
         Subscriptions {
             handle_to_id: HashMap::new(),
             by_id: HashMap::new(),
+            count: 0,
         }
     }
 
     pub fn add(&mut self, handle: &str, filters: Vec<Filter>) {
-        let mut sub = Subscription::new();
+        let mut sub = Subscription::new(self.count);
+        self.count += 1;
         sub.filters = filters;
         self.handle_to_id.insert(handle.to_owned(), sub.get_id());
         self.by_id.insert(sub.get_id(), sub);
@@ -87,9 +90,9 @@ pub struct Subscription {
 }
 
 impl Subscription {
-    pub fn new() -> Subscription {
+    pub fn new(count: usize) -> Subscription {
         Subscription {
-            id: textnonce::TextNonce::new().to_string(),
+            id: format!("{}", count),
             filters: vec![],
             eose: false,
         }