diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e13750b..8b3d77d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3135e7ec2ef7b10c6ed8950f0f792ed96ee093fa088608f1c76e569722700c84"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -164,6 +165,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "strsim",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.5.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ac6a0c7b1a9e9a5186361f67dfa1b88213572f427fb9ab038efb2bd8c582dab"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -211,13 +224,20 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
- "rand",
+ "petname",
+ "rand 0.9.0-beta.1",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha256",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.10"
@@ -238,6 +258,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4567c8db10ae91089c99af84c68c38da3ec2f087c3f82960bcdbf3656b6f4d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.3.0-rc.0"
@@ -259,6 +290,12 @@ version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "07e28edb80900c19c28f1072f2e8aeca7fa06b23cd4169cefe1af5aa3260783f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -271,6 +308,15 @@ version = "1.70.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b192c782037fadd9cfa75548310488aabdbf3d2da73885b31bd0abd03351285"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.14"
@@ -379,6 +425,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "petname"
+version = "2.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9cd31dcfdbbd7431a807ef4df6edd6473228e94d5c805e8cf671227a21bad068"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap",
+ "itertools",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -412,17 +472,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.8.5"
+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"
 version = "0.9.0-beta.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c8478de76992f2825a1052cc2ae9d1401cdb62687761d4100ddd69a73dc3dc48"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0-beta.1",
+ "rand_core 0.9.0-beta.1",
  "zerocopy 0.8.14",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.9.0-beta.1"
@@ -430,7 +511,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f16da77124f4ee9fabd55ce6540866e9101431863b4876de58b68797f331adf2"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.9.0-beta.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -439,7 +529,7 @@ version = "0.9.0-beta.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a98fa0b8309344136abe6244130311e76997e546f76fae8054422a7539b43df7"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.3.0-rc.0",
  "zerocopy 0.8.14",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 17e066d..b1a9c23 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ anyhow = "1.0.95"
 serde_json = "1.0.135"
 serde = { version = "1.0.217", features = ["derive"] }
 sha256 = "1.5.0"
+petname = "2.0.2"
diff --git a/src/lobby.rs b/src/lobby.rs
index 8b5c283..8af57e4 100644
--- a/src/lobby.rs
+++ b/src/lobby.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use crate::{deck::Deck, player::Player};
+use petname::Generator;
 
 pub struct Lobby {
-    players: Vec<Player>,
-    deck: Deck,
+    pub id: String,
+    pub players: Vec<Player>,
+    pub deck: Deck,
 }
 
 impl Lobby {
@@ -10,7 +12,10 @@ impl Lobby {
         let players: Vec<Player> = Vec::new();
         let deck = Deck::new().shuffle();
 
+        let petname = petname::Petnames::default().generate_one(2, "-").expect("no words provided");
+
         Lobby {
+            id: petname,
             players,
             deck,
         }