diff --git a/install/checkConfiguration.php b/install/checkConfiguration.php
index a02aa8a413..9ca48e5005 100644
--- a/install/checkConfiguration.php
+++ b/install/checkConfiguration.php
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ if (file_exists("../videos/configuration.php")) {
     exit;
 }
 
+
 $installationVersion = "14.0";
 
+require_once '../objects/functionSecurity.php';
+
 error_log("Installation: ".__LINE__." ". json_encode($_POST));
 header('Content-Type: application/json');
 
diff --git a/objects/functionSecurity.php b/objects/functionSecurity.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d06174dde6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/objects/functionSecurity.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+/*
+secure salt in PHP using standard characters and numbers.
+This code will generate a 10 to 32-character string
+*/
+function _uniqid() {
+    // Generate 16 bytes of random data
+    $randomBytes = random_bytes(16);
+
+    // Convert the binary data to a hexadecimal string
+    $hex = bin2hex($randomBytes);
+
+    // If you want a variable length output, you can truncate the MD5 hash
+    // For example, to get a random length between 10 and 32 characters:
+    $randomLength = rand(10, 32);
+    $randomString = substr($hex, 0, $randomLength);
+
+    return $randomString;
+}
+?>
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diff --git a/objects/functions.php b/objects/functions.php
index 8ae1821516..c178ce6104 100644
--- a/objects/functions.php
+++ b/objects/functions.php
@@ -11985,21 +11985,4 @@ function getValueOrBlank($array, $default=''){
     return $text;
 }
 
-/*
-secure salt in PHP using standard characters and numbers.
-This code will generate a 10 to 32-character string
-*/
-function _uniqid() {
-    // Generate 16 bytes of random data
-    $randomBytes = random_bytes(16);
-
-    // Convert the binary data to a hexadecimal string
-    $hex = bin2hex($randomBytes);
-
-    // If you want a variable length output, you can truncate the MD5 hash
-    // For example, to get a random length between 10 and 32 characters:
-    $randomLength = rand(10, 32);
-    $randomString = substr($hex, 0, $randomLength);
-
-    return $randomString;
-}
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+require_once $global['systemRootPath'].'objects/functionSecurity.php';
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