diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a6da459b..f7217819 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.2.1-beta.2
-	github.com/webmeshproj/api v0.11.4-0.20231109201546-44726ffeea69
+	github.com/webmeshproj/api v0.11.4-0.20231109225108-67650c62010a
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 321c6a7d..fc08ce6d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1576,6 +1576,8 @@ github.com/webmeshproj/api v0.11.2 h1:121MlNlwWNU2II3gF2v9I/x342s/yBKvDs+JqmjKDf
 github.com/webmeshproj/api v0.11.2/go.mod h1:xuYk93HM4aZWWlTh96Z2nIg1YhqcRG36nOfcifzHeM4=
 github.com/webmeshproj/api v0.11.4-0.20231109201546-44726ffeea69 h1:lnpiABZ5U10GCRacgmvUK9tCuBLTJqQg0vWmm4r8N6c=
 github.com/webmeshproj/api v0.11.4-0.20231109201546-44726ffeea69/go.mod h1:xuYk93HM4aZWWlTh96Z2nIg1YhqcRG36nOfcifzHeM4=
+github.com/webmeshproj/api v0.11.4-0.20231109225108-67650c62010a h1:uCOjrwdx5/0T527YDA3v1Rtnd7Xy49847j0pkrnLKUo=
+github.com/webmeshproj/api v0.11.4-0.20231109225108-67650c62010a/go.mod h1:xuYk93HM4aZWWlTh96Z2nIg1YhqcRG36nOfcifzHeM4=
 github.com/whyrusleeping/go-keyspace v0.0.0-20160322163242-5b898ac5add1 h1:EKhdznlJHPMoKr0XTrX+IlJs1LH3lyx2nfr1dOlZ79k=
 github.com/whyrusleeping/go-keyspace v0.0.0-20160322163242-5b898ac5add1/go.mod h1:8UvriyWtv5Q5EOgjHaSseUEdkQfvwFv1I/In/O2M9gc=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/daemoncmd/profiles.go b/pkg/cmd/daemoncmd/profiles.go
index d22f8343..1567ec98 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/daemoncmd/profiles.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/daemoncmd/profiles.go
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ func (id ProfileID) Bytes() []byte {
 	return []byte(id)
 }
 
+// IsEmpty returns whether the profile ID is empty.
+func (id ProfileID) IsEmpty() bool {
+	return id == ""
+}
+
 var profilesPrefix = []byte("profiles")
 
 // StorageKey returns the storage key for the profile ID.
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/daemoncmd/server.go b/pkg/cmd/daemoncmd/server.go
index a5468882..0a9fd190 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/daemoncmd/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/daemoncmd/server.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 
 	"github.com/webmeshproj/webmesh/pkg/context"
+	"github.com/webmeshproj/webmesh/pkg/crypto"
 	"github.com/webmeshproj/webmesh/pkg/storage/errors"
 	"github.com/webmeshproj/webmesh/pkg/storage/rpcsrv"
 	"github.com/webmeshproj/webmesh/pkg/version"
@@ -164,11 +165,19 @@ func (app *AppDaemon) PutConnection(ctx context.Context, req *v1.PutConnectionRe
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, newInvalidError(err)
 	}
-	err = app.connmgr.Profiles().Put(ctx, ProfileID(req.GetId()), Profile{req.GetParameters()})
+	profileID := ProfileID(req.GetId())
+	if profileID.IsEmpty() {
+		id, err := crypto.NewRandomID()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to generate connection ID: %v", err)
+		}
+		profileID = ProfileID(id)
+	}
+	err = app.connmgr.Profiles().Put(ctx, profileID, Profile{req.GetParameters()})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to store connection: %v", err)
 	}
-	return &v1.PutConnectionResponse{}, nil
+	return &v1.PutConnectionResponse{Id: profileID.String()}, nil
 }
 
 func (app *AppDaemon) GetConnection(ctx context.Context, req *v1.GetConnectionRequest) (*v1.GetConnectionResponse, error) {