diff --git a/senju/store_manager.py b/senju/store_manager.py
index a70a68f..591e984 100644
--- a/senju/store_manager.py
+++ b/senju/store_manager.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
-from tinydb import TinyDB, Query
-from uuid import UUID, uuid1
+from tinydb import TinyDB
 from pathlib import Path
-import time
+from logging import Logger
 
 from tinydb.queries import QueryImpl
 
@@ -10,41 +9,23 @@ DEFAULT_DB_PATH: Path = Path("/var/lib/senju.json")
 
 
 class StoreManager:
-    __slots__ = "_db"
+    __slots__ = "_db", "logger"
     _db: TinyDB
+    logger: Logger
 
     def __init__(self, path_to_db: Path = DEFAULT_DB_PATH) -> None:
         self._db = TinyDB(path_to_db)
-
-    def new_id(self) -> UUID:
-        _guard: int = 0
-        while True:
-            unix_timestamp: int = int(time.time())
-            id = uuid1(node=None, clock_seq=unix_timestamp)
-            if len(self._query(Query().id == id)) < 1:
-                break
-            _guard += 1
-            if _guard > 100:
-                raise Exception(
-                    "tried 100 random UUIDs but found no unused one")
-        return id
+        self.logger = Logger(__name__)
 
     def _query(self, query: QueryImpl) -> list[dict]:
         return self._db.search(query)
 
-    def load(self, key: UUID) -> Optional[dict]:
-        results = self._query(Query().id == str(key))
-        if len(results) < 1:
-            raise Exception("foobar")
-        elif len(results) > 2:
-            raise KeyError("The requested item did not exist in our database")
-        else:
-            return results[0]["data"]
+    def _load(self, id: int) -> Optional[dict]:
+        try:
+            return self._db.get(doc_id=id)
+        except IndexError as e:
+            self.logger.warning(f"could not get item with id {id}: {e}")
+            return None
 
-    def save(self, data: dict) -> UUID:
-        id = self.new_id()
-        self._db.insert({
-            "id": str(id),
-            "data": data
-        })
-        return id
+    def _save(self, data: dict) -> int:
+        return self._db.insert(data)
diff --git a/tests/test_store.py b/tests/test_store.py
index fc05ef1..66b3f01 100644
--- a/tests/test_store.py
+++ b/tests/test_store.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import pytest  # noqa: F401
 from senju.store_manager import StoreManager  # noqa: F401
 
 
-def test_temp_data_dir(store_manager: StoreManager):
+def test_save_and_load_any(store_manager: StoreManager):
     thing = {
         "color": "blue",
         "number": 19,
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ def test_temp_data_dir(store_manager: StoreManager):
             "no": "yes"
         }
     }
-    thing_id = store_manager.save(thing)
-    thing_loaded = store_manager.load(thing_id)
+    thing_id = store_manager._save(thing)
+    thing_loaded = store_manager._load(thing_id)
+
     if thing_loaded is None:
-        assert False, "the store manager load did not return anything"
+        assert False, "store manager load did not return anything but \
+            should have"
     for key in thing.keys():
         assert thing[key] == thing_loaded[key]