diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 754af5dc..19dcccba 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
         "sanitize-html": "^2.8.1",
         "sass": "^1.49.0",
         "usehooks-ts": "^2.9.1",
+        "uuid": "^9.0.0",
         "valtio": "^1.3.0",
         "youtube-api-v3-wrapper": "^2.3.0"
       },
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
         "@types/react-linkify": "^1.0.1",
         "@types/react-scroll": "^1.8.3",
         "@types/sanitize-html": "^2.8.0",
+        "@types/uuid": "^9.0.0",
         "eslint": "8.7.0",
         "eslint-config-next": "12.0.8",
         "eslint-plugin-valtio": "^0.4.1",
@@ -3154,6 +3156,12 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.16.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-hppQEBDmlwhFAXKJX2KnWLYu5yMfi91yazPb2l+lbJiwW+wdo1gNeRA+3RgNSO39WYX2euey41KEwnqesU2Jew=="
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/uuid": {
+      "version": "9.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kr90f+ERiQtKWMz5rP32ltJ/BtULDI5RVO0uavn1HQUOwjx0R1h0rnDYNL0CepF1zL5bSY6FISAfd9tOdDhU5Q==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@typescript-eslint/parser": {
       "version": "5.47.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/parser/-/parser-5.47.1.tgz",
@@ -7309,6 +7317,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-EPD5q1uXyFxJpCrLnCc1nHnq3gOa6DZBocAIiI2TaSCA7VCJ1UJDMagCzIkXNsUYfD1daK//LTEQ8xiIbrHtcw=="
     },
+    "node_modules/uuid": {
+      "version": "9.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MXcSTerfPa4uqyzStbRoTgt5XIe3x5+42+q1sDuy3R5MDk66URdLMOZe5aPX/SQd+kuYAh0FdP/pO28IkQyTeg==",
+      "bin": {
+        "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/v8-compile-cache": {
       "version": "2.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/v8-compile-cache/-/v8-compile-cache-2.3.0.tgz",
@@ -9576,6 +9592,12 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.16.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-hppQEBDmlwhFAXKJX2KnWLYu5yMfi91yazPb2l+lbJiwW+wdo1gNeRA+3RgNSO39WYX2euey41KEwnqesU2Jew=="
     },
+    "@types/uuid": {
+      "version": "9.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kr90f+ERiQtKWMz5rP32ltJ/BtULDI5RVO0uavn1HQUOwjx0R1h0rnDYNL0CepF1zL5bSY6FISAfd9tOdDhU5Q==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": {
       "version": "5.47.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/parser/-/parser-5.47.1.tgz",
@@ -12507,6 +12529,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-EPD5q1uXyFxJpCrLnCc1nHnq3gOa6DZBocAIiI2TaSCA7VCJ1UJDMagCzIkXNsUYfD1daK//LTEQ8xiIbrHtcw=="
     },
+    "uuid": {
+      "version": "9.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MXcSTerfPa4uqyzStbRoTgt5XIe3x5+42+q1sDuy3R5MDk66URdLMOZe5aPX/SQd+kuYAh0FdP/pO28IkQyTeg=="
+    },
     "v8-compile-cache": {
       "version": "2.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/v8-compile-cache/-/v8-compile-cache-2.3.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac4d8332..d3911bc4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "sanitize-html": "^2.8.1",
     "sass": "^1.49.0",
     "usehooks-ts": "^2.9.1",
+    "uuid": "^9.0.0",
     "valtio": "^1.3.0",
     "youtube-api-v3-wrapper": "^2.3.0"
   },
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
     "@types/react-linkify": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/react-scroll": "^1.8.3",
     "@types/sanitize-html": "^2.8.0",
+    "@types/uuid": "^9.0.0",
     "eslint": "8.7.0",
     "eslint-config-next": "12.0.8",
     "eslint-plugin-valtio": "^0.4.1",
diff --git a/pages/_app.tsx b/pages/_app.tsx
index 200d7665..d3455586 100644
--- a/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }: AppProps) {
   }
 
   useEffect(() => {
-
-    if (accountCookie) {
     setHeaders()
+    if (cookieData.account && cookieData.account.token) {
       console.log(`Logged in as user "${cookieData.account.username}"`)
 
       accountState.account.authorized = true
diff --git a/pages/new/index.tsx b/pages/new/index.tsx
index f78b6225..5f3bd215 100644
--- a/pages/new/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/new/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
 import { serverSideTranslations } from 'next-i18next/serverSideTranslations'
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
 import clonedeep from 'lodash.clonedeep'
 
 import ErrorSection from '~components/ErrorSection'
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import type { AxiosError } from 'axios'
 import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
 import type { PageContextObj, ResponseStatus } from '~types'
 import { GridType } from '~utils/enums'
+import { setCookie } from 'cookies-next'
 
 interface Props {
   context?: PageContextObj
@@ -122,6 +124,22 @@ export const getServerSideProps = async ({ req, res, locale, query }: { req: Nex
   // Set headers for API calls
   setHeaders(req, res)
 
+  // If there is no account entry in cookies, create a UUID and store it
+  if (!accountCookie(req, res)) {
+    const uuid = uuidv4()
+    const expiresAt = new Date()
+    expiresAt.setDate(expiresAt.getDate() + 60)
+
+    const cookieObj = {
+      userId: uuid,
+      username: undefined,
+      token: undefined,
+    }
+
+    const options = req && res ? { req, res } : {}
+    setCookie('account', cookieObj, { path: '/', expires: expiresAt, ...options })
+  }
+
   // Fetch latest version
   const version = await fetchLatestVersion()