diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 062b31d..9f88473 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ func initShortener(log *logrus.Logger) (func(), error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not get config")
 	}
 	conf := config.Get()
+	if conf.Handlers.EnableDebugMode {
+		log.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+	}
 	store, err := store.New(conf.Store, log)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not create store")
diff --git a/static/src/Home/Home.js b/static/src/Home/Home.js
index 85bfed3..4c05d28 100644
--- a/static/src/Home/Home.js
+++ b/static/src/Home/Home.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ export default class HomeComponent extends Component {
   state = {
     links: []
   }
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.urlInput.focus()
+  }
   handleURLSubmit = () => {
     fetch('/api/v1/protected/create', {
       method: 'POST',
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ export default class HomeComponent extends Component {
           <Header size='huge'>Simplify your links</Header>
           <Form onSubmit={this.handleURLSubmit} autoComplete="off">
             <Form.Field>
-              <Input required size='big' action={{ icon: 'arrow right', labelPosition: 'right', content: 'Shorten' }} type='url' onChange={this.handleURLChange} name='url' placeholder='Paste a link to shorten it' />
+              <Input required size='big' ref={input => this.urlInput = input} action={{ icon: 'arrow right', labelPosition: 'right', content: 'Shorten' }} type='url' onChange={this.handleURLChange} name='url' placeholder='Paste a link to shorten it' />
             </Form.Field>
           </Form>
         </Segment >
@@ -55,14 +58,14 @@ export default class HomeComponent extends Component {
             </Card.Content>
             <Card.Content extra>
               <div className='ui two buttons'>
-                <Modal closeIcon trigger={<Button icon='qrcode' content='Show QR-Code'/>}>
+                <Modal closeIcon trigger={<Button icon='qrcode' content='Show QR-Code' />}>
                   <Modal.Header className="ui center aligned">{link[0]}</Modal.Header>
                   <Modal.Content style={{ textAlign: "center" }}>
                     <QRCode style={{ width: "75%" }} value={link[0]} />
                   </Modal.Content>
                 </Modal>
                 <Clipboard component="button" className="ui button" data-clipboard-text={link[0]} button-title="Copy the Shortened URL to Clipboard">
-                 <i class="clipboard icon"></i>
+                  <Icon name="clipboard" />
                   Copy to Clipboard
                 </Clipboard>
               </div>
diff --git a/store/util.go b/store/util.go
index 8e00af8..5b23c65 100644
--- a/store/util.go
+++ b/store/util.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package store
 
 import (
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/big"
 	"time"
+	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/boltdb/bolt"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -40,7 +42,10 @@ func (s *Store) createEntryRaw(key, value []byte) error {
 
 // createEntry creates a new entry
 func (s *Store) createEntry(URL, remoteAddr string) (string, error) {
-	id := generateRandomString(s.idLength)
+	id, err := generateRandomString(s.idLength)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "could not generate random string")
+	}
 	exists := s.checkExistence(id)
 	if !exists {
 		raw, err := json.Marshal(Entry{
@@ -57,11 +62,19 @@ func (s *Store) createEntry(URL, remoteAddr string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // generateRandomString generates a random string with an predefined length
-func generateRandomString(length uint) string {
-	letterRunes := []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789")
-	b := make([]rune, length)
-	for i := range b {
-		b[i] = letterRunes[rand.Intn(len(letterRunes))]
+func generateRandomString(length uint) (string, error) {
+	var result string
+	for len(result) < int(length) {
+		num, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(int64(127)))
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		n := num.Int64()
+		// Make sure that the number/byte/letter is inside
+		// the range of printable ASCII characters (excluding space and DEL)
+		if unicode.IsLetter(rune(n)) {
+			result += string(n)
+		}
 	}
-	return string(b)
+	return result, nil
 }