diff --git a/src/card/model.rs b/src/card/model.rs
index 1bc01d8..4feaa86 100644
--- a/src/card/model.rs
+++ b/src/card/model.rs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ pub struct Sprite {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Card {
-    pub uuid: String,
+    pub uuid: u32,
     pub event: Events,
     pub cardtype: CardType,
     pub name: String,
@@ -241,14 +241,16 @@ pub struct Card {
 impl<'a> TryFrom<RawCard> for Card {
     type Error = &'static str;
 
-    fn try_from(payload: RawCard) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let uuid: String = "empty for now".into(); //str::from_utf8(payload.card_uuid).unwrap().into();
-        let event = decode_known_event(&payload.event_encoding);
-        let cardtype = CardType::from(payload.card_type);
-        let (name, trait1, trait2, trait3) = decode_packed_card_text(&payload.packed_card_text);
-        let secret = decode_secret(&payload.secret);
+    fn try_from(raw_card: RawCard) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let uuid: u32 = (u16::from_ne_bytes(raw_card.event_encoding) as u32) << 16
+            | (u16::from_ne_bytes(raw_card.card_uuid) as u32);
+
+        let event = decode_known_event(&raw_card.event_encoding);
+        let cardtype = CardType::from(raw_card.card_type);
+        let (name, trait1, trait2, trait3) = decode_packed_card_text(&raw_card.packed_card_text);
+        let secret = decode_secret(&raw_card.secret);
         let sprite = Sprite {
-            data: payload.sprite.to_vec(),
+            data: raw_card.sprite.to_vec(),
         };
         Ok(Self {
             uuid,