diff --git a/hardware/sensorTag/79-sensorTag.html b/hardware/sensorTag/79-sensorTag.html
index 5bcbb092..19d21eb8 100644
--- a/hardware/sensorTag/79-sensorTag.html
+++ b/hardware/sensorTag/79-sensorTag.html
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@
         <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
     </div>
     <div class="form-row">
-        <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Topic</label>
+        <label for="node-input-topic"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Topic</label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-topic" >
     </div>
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-input-uuid"><i class="icon-tag"></i> UUID</label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-input-uuid" >
+    </div>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Temperature</label>
         <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-temperature" placeholder="">
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@
         defaults: {             // defines the editable properties of the node
             name: {value:"sensorTag"},   //  along with default values.
             topic: {value:"sensorTag"},
+            uuid: {value:undefined},
             temperature: {value:true},
             humidity: {value:true},
             pressure: {value:true},
@@ -101,6 +106,16 @@
         },
         labelStyle: function() { // sets the class to apply to the label
             return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";
+        },
+        oneditsave: function() {
+           var mac = $("#node-input-uuid").val();
+           //nasty hack as I can't get global replace to work
+           mac = mac.replace(/:/gi,'');
+           mac = mac.replace(/:/gi,'');
+           mac = mac.replace(/:/gi,'');
+           mac = mac.replace(/:/gi,'');
+           mac = mac.toLowerCase();
+           $("#node-input-uuid").val(mac);
         }
     });
 </script>
diff --git a/hardware/sensorTag/79-sensorTag.js b/hardware/sensorTag/79-sensorTag.js
index c1252983..61dbc24b 100644
--- a/hardware/sensorTag/79-sensorTag.js
+++ b/hardware/sensorTag/79-sensorTag.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ function sensorTagNode(n) {
     RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
     this.name = n.name;
     this.topic = n.topic;
+    this.uuid = n.uuid;
     this.temperature = n.temperature;
     this.pressure = n.pressure;
     this.humidity = n.humidity;
@@ -32,6 +33,12 @@ function sensorTagNode(n) {
     this.magnetometer = n.magnetometer;
     this.gyroscope = n.gyroscope;
     this.keys = n.keys;
+
+    if (this.uuid === "") {
+        this.uuid = undefined;
+    }
+    console.log(this.uuid);
+
     node=this;
 
     if ( typeof stag == "undefined") {
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ function sensorTagNode(n) {
                 enable();
             });
         });
-    });
+    },node.uuid);
     } else {
       //console.log("reconfig");
       enable();
diff --git a/hardware/sensorTag/README b/hardware/sensorTag/README
index b524fc69..2d6657ab 100644
--- a/hardware/sensorTag/README
+++ b/hardware/sensorTag/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This currently requires a slightly modified sensortag library
+This currently requires the sensortag library
 
 To install use the following command in the Node-Red directory
 
-npm install sensortag@https://api.github.com/repos/hardillb/node-sensortag/tarball
+npm install sensortag