diff --git a/public/javascripts/note_tree.js b/public/javascripts/note_tree.js
index 08ecc7987..7267949e0 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/note_tree.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/note_tree.js
@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@ const noteTree = (function() {
 
         let parentNoteId = 'root';
 
-        console.log('notePath: ' + notePath);
-        console.log('notePath chunks: ', notePath.split('/'));
-
         for (const noteId of notePath.split('/')) {
             console.log('noteId: ' + noteId);
 
@@ -315,8 +312,6 @@ const noteTree = (function() {
             parentNoteId = noteId;
         }
 
-        console.log("Title path:", titlePath.join(' / '));
-
         return titlePath.join(' / ');
     }
 
diff --git a/services/utils.js b/services/utils.js
index d0979dc12..28d4acaf1 100644
--- a/services/utils.js
+++ b/services/utils.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 
 function newNoteId() {
-    return randomString(8);
+    return randomString(12);
 }
 
 function newNoteTreeId() {
@@ -14,16 +14,10 @@ function newNoteHistoryId() {
     return randomString(12);
 }
 
-const ALPHA_NUMERIC = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
-
 function randomString(length) {
-    let result = '';
+    const token = randomSecureToken(32);
 
-    for (let i = length; i > 0; --i) {
-        result += ALPHA_NUMERIC[Math.floor(Math.random() * ALPHA_NUMERIC.length)];
-    }
-
-    return result;
+    return token.substr(0, length);
 }
 
 function randomSecureToken(bytes = 32) {