should work so far

src/pv_controller/MqttBase.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
 from loguru import logger
+import uuid
 import threading
-import ssl
 
 
 
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ class AbstractMqttPublisher(threading.Thread):
 
         self.config = config
 
-        self.client = mqtt.Client(userdata=self)
+        client_id = f"pv-controller-{uuid.uuid4()}" 
+        logger.info(f"mqtt client id: {client_id}")
+        self.client = mqtt.Client(client_id=client_id, userdata=self)
 
         # consider this flag in the localLoop
         self.killBill = False