diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5413685..e20dfbc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zenstackhq/proxy",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
   "description": "A CLI tool to run an Express server that proxies CRUD requests to a ZenStack backend",
   "main": "index.js",
   "publishConfig": {
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
     "express": "^4.19.2",
     "mixpanel": "^0.19.1",
     "semver": "^7.7.3",
-    "tsx": "^4.20.6"
+    "tsx": "^4.20.6",
+    "uuid": "^13.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/cors": "^2.8.17",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 003af7b..2457397 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ importers:
       tsx:
         specifier: ^4.20.6
         version: 4.21.0
+      uuid:
+        specifier: ^13.0.0
+        version: 13.0.0
     devDependencies:
       '@types/cors':
         specifier: ^2.8.17
@@ -1041,6 +1044,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-pMZTvIkT1d+TFGvDOqodOclx0QWkkgi6Tdoa8gC8ffGAAqz9pzPTZWAybbsHHoED/ztMtkv/VoYTYyShUn81hA==}
     engines: {node: '>= 0.4.0'}
 
+  uuid@13.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-XQegIaBTVUjSHliKqcnFqYypAd4S+WCYt5NIeRs6w/UAry7z8Y9j5ZwRRL4kzq9U3sD6v+85er9FvkEaBpji2w==}
+    hasBin: true
+
   uuid@9.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-b+1eJOlsR9K8HJpow9Ok3fiWOWSIcIzXodvv0rQjVoOVNpWMpxf1wZNpt4y9h10odCNrqnYp1OBzRktckBe3sA==}
     hasBin: true
@@ -2054,6 +2061,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   utils-merge@1.0.1: {}
 
+  uuid@13.0.0: {}
+
   uuid@9.0.1: {}
 
   vary@1.1.2: {}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 54e1fb3..93d4712 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import 'dotenv/config'
 import { getVersion } from './utils/version-utils'
 import { telemetry } from './telemetry'
 import { CliError } from './cli-error'
-
 export function createProgram() {
   const program = new Command()
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ export function createProgram() {
         : path.join(process.cwd(), options.schema)
 
       if (!fs.existsSync(zmodelPath)) {
-        console.error(`Error: ZModel schema file not found: ${zmodelPath}`)
+        console.error(`ZModel schema file not found: ${zmodelPath}`)
         console.error('Please provide a valid path using the -s option.')
         process.exit(1)
       }
diff --git a/src/telemetry.ts b/src/telemetry.ts
index b614658..7cdbb14 100644
--- a/src/telemetry.ts
+++ b/src/telemetry.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import isDocker from './utils/is-docker'
 import { isWsl } from './utils/is-wsl'
 import { getMachineId } from './utils/machine-id-utils'
 import { getPrismaVersion, getVersion } from './utils/version-utils'
+import { v5 as uuidv5 } from 'uuid'
 
 /**
  * Telemetry events
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export type TelemetryEvents = 'proxy:start' | 'proxy:complete' | 'proxy:error'
  */
 export class Telemetry {
   private readonly mixpanel: Mixpanel | undefined
-  private readonly hostId = getMachineId()
+  private readonly hostId = this.getDeviceId()
   private readonly sessionid = randomUUID()
   private readonly _os_type = os.type()
   private readonly _os_release = os.release()
@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ export class Telemetry {
     }
   }
 
+  private getDeviceId() {
+    const hostId = getMachineId()
+    // namespace UUID for generating UUIDv5 from DNS 'zenstack.dev'
+    return uuidv5(hostId, '133cac15-3efb-50fa-b5fc-4b90e441e563')
+  }
+
   get isTracking() {
     return !!this.mixpanel
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/machine-id-utils.ts b/src/utils/machine-id-utils.ts
index c3c89c5..5f29927 100644
--- a/src/utils/machine-id-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/machine-id-utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // modified from https://github.com/automation-stack/node-machine-id
 
 import { execSync } from 'child_process'
-import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
+import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
 
 const { platform } = process
 const win32RegBinPath = {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ function hash(guid: string): string {
   return createHash('sha256').update(guid).digest('hex')
 }
 
-function expose(result: string): string | undefined {
+function expose(result: string): string {
   switch (platform) {
     case 'darwin':
       return result
@@ -62,16 +63,13 @@ function expose(result: string): string | undefined {
 
 export function getMachineId() {
   if (!(platform in guid)) {
-    return randomUUID()
+    return uuid()
   }
   try {
     const value = execSync(guid[platform as keyof typeof guid])
     const id = expose(value.toString())
-    if (!id) {
-      return randomUUID()
-    }
     return hash(id)
   } catch {
-    return randomUUID()
+    return uuid()
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/zmodel-parser.ts b/src/zmodel-parser.ts
index 9c7b2f2..7fb80d6 100644
--- a/src/zmodel-parser.ts
+++ b/src/zmodel-parser.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ function parseGenerator(content: string): GeneratorConfig {
   // Match generator block for prisma client
   const generatorMatch = content.match(/generator\s+\w+\s*\{([^}]+)\}/s)
   if (!generatorMatch) {
-    throw new CliError('No generator block found in zmodel schema')
+    throw new CliError(
+      'No generator block found in zmodel schema.\nZenStack V3 is not supported, V3 will have built-in proxy support soon.'
+    )
   }
 
   const generatorBlock = generatorMatch[1]