diff --git a/moonraker/server.py b/moonraker/server.py
index 4a0e6b0..658b24d 100755
--- a/moonraker/server.py
+++ b/moonraker/server.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import socket
 import logging
 import signal
 import asyncio
+import uuid
 from . import confighelper
 from .eventloop import EventLoop
 from .app import MoonrakerApp
@@ -509,6 +510,12 @@ def main(from_package: bool = True) -> None:
             startup_warnings.append(
                 f"Unable to create data path folder at {data_path}"
             )
+    uuid_path = data_path.joinpath(".moonraker.uuid")
+    if not uuid_path.is_file():
+        instance_uuid = uuid.uuid4().hex
+        uuid_path.write_text(instance_uuid)
+    else:
+        instance_uuid = uuid_path.read_text().strip()
     if cmd_line_args.configfile is not None:
         cfg_file: str = cmd_line_args.configfile
     else:
@@ -522,7 +529,8 @@ def main(from_package: bool = True) -> None:
         "debug": cmd_line_args.debug,
         "asyncio_debug": cmd_line_args.asyncio_debug,
         "is_backup_config": False,
-        "is_python_package": from_package
+        "is_python_package": from_package,
+        "instance_uuid": instance_uuid
     }
 
     # Setup Logging