diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/account/account.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/account/account.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e58634c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/account/account.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// Copyright © 2021 Finn Herzfeld <finn@janky.solutions>
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package account
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/table"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/common"
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald"
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v0"
+)
+
+var (
+	GetAccountCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "account",
+		Aliases: []string{"accounts"},
+		Short:   "return a list of accounts",
+		Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+			requestID := signald.GenerateID()
+			err := common.Signald.RawRequest(v0.LegacyRequest{
+				Type: "list_accounts",
+				ID:   requestID,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal("error sending request: ", err)
+			}
+
+			c := make(chan v0.LegacyResponse)
+			go common.Signald.Listen(c)
+
+			var accounts []v0.Account
+			for {
+				message := <-c
+				if message.ID == requestID {
+					accounts = message.Data.Accounts
+					break
+				}
+			}
+
+			switch common.OutputFormat {
+			case "json":
+				err := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout).Encode(accounts)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatal(err, "error encoding response to stdout")
+				}
+				break
+			case "yaml":
+				err := yaml.NewEncoder(os.Stdout).Encode(accounts)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatal(err, "error encoding response to stdout")
+				}
+				break
+			case "table":
+				t := table.NewWriter()
+				t.SetOutputMirror(os.Stdout)
+				t.AppendHeader(table.Row{"Phone Number", "UUID", "Device ID", "Subscribed"})
+
+				for _, account := range accounts {
+					t.AppendRow(table.Row{account.Username, account.UUID, account.DeviceID, account.Subscribed})
+				}
+
+				t.Render()
+				break
+			default:
+				log.Fatal("Unsupported output format")
+			}
+		},
+	}
+)
diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/group.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/group/group.go
similarity index 92%
rename from cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/group.go
rename to cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/group/group.go
index fc27c40..3657b9e 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/group.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/group/group.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 // along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-package get
+package group
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	account     string
 	groupID     string
-	getGroupCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	GetGroupCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "group",
 		Aliases: []string{"groups"},
 		Short:   "return a list of Signal groups",
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	GetCmd.AddCommand(getGroupCmd)
-	getGroupCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&account, "account", "a", "", "the signald account to use")
-	getGroupCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&groupID, "group-id", "g", "", "if set, fetches the latest state of a group from the server (local state is used for legacy groups). If unset, return all groups")
-	common.Must(getGroupCmd.MarkFlagRequired("account"))
-
+	GetGroupCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&account, "account", "a", "", "the signald account to use")
+	GetGroupCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&groupID, "group-id", "g", "", "if set, fetches the latest state of a group from the server (local state is used for legacy groups). If unset, return all groups")
+	common.Must(GetGroupCmd.MarkFlagRequired("account"))
 }
diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/root.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/root.go
index a599851..47bff8f 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/root.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/root.go
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ package get
 
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/account"
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/get/group"
 )
 
 var GetCmd = &cobra.Command{Use: "get"}
+
+func init() {
+	GetCmd.AddCommand(group.GetGroupCmd)
+	GetCmd.AddCommand(account.GetAccountCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/list-accounts.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/list-accounts.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 136bc1b..0000000
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/list-accounts.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2018 Finn Herzfeld <finn@janky.solutions>
-//
-// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"math/rand"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/common"
-	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v0"
-)
-
-// listAccountsCmd represents the listAccounts command
-var listAccountsCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "list-accounts",
-	Short: "list of all the accounts registered to this signald instance.",
-	Long:  `Prints a list of all users to stdout.`,
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		requestID := fmt.Sprint("signaldctl-", rand.Intn(1000))
-		err := common.Signald.RawRequest(v0.LegacyRequest{
-			Type: "list_accounts",
-			ID:   requestID,
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal("error sending request: ", err)
-		}
-
-		c := make(chan v0.LegacyResponse)
-		go common.Signald.Listen(c)
-		for {
-			message := <-c
-			if message.ID == requestID {
-				for _, account := range message.Data.Accounts {
-					fmt.Println(account.Username)
-				}
-				break
-			}
-		}
-	},
-}
-
-func init() {
-	RootCmd.AddCommand(listAccountsCmd)
-}
diff --git a/signald/client-protocol/v0/signaldresponse.go b/signald/client-protocol/v0/signaldresponse.go
index 7a59ff6..1ac0349 100644
--- a/signald/client-protocol/v0/signaldresponse.go
+++ b/signald/client-protocol/v0/signaldresponse.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type Account struct {
 	Registered bool   `json:",omitempty"`
 	HasKeys    bool   `json:"has_keys,omitempty"`
 	Subscribed bool
+	UUID       string `json:",omitempty"`
 }
 
 // DataMessage is the main component of incoming text messages
diff --git a/signald/client-protocol/v1/requests.go b/signald/client-protocol/v1/requests.go
index d0edb38..d1935a8 100644
--- a/signald/client-protocol/v1/requests.go
+++ b/signald/client-protocol/v1/requests.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"math/rand"
 
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald"
 )
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ func (r *AcceptInvitationRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonGr
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "accept_invitation"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ func (r *ApproveMembershipRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonG
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "approve_membership"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ func (r *GetGroupRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonGroupV2Inf
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "get_group"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ func (r *GetLinkedDevicesRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response Linked
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "get_linked_devices"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ func (r *GetProfileRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response Profile, err
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "get_profile"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ func (r *JoinGroupRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonGroupJoin
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "join_group"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ func (r *ListContactsRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response ProfileLis
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "list_contacts"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ func (r *ListGroupsRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response GroupList, e
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "list_groups"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@ func (r *MarkReadRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) error {
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "mark_read"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	return conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ func (r *ProtocolRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) error {
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "protocol"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	return conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -300,7 +299,7 @@ func (r *ReactRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response SendResponse, err
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "react"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ func (r *RemoveLinkedDeviceRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) error {
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "remove_linked_device"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	return conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -345,7 +344,7 @@ func (r *ResolveAddressRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonAddr
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "resolve_address"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -377,7 +376,7 @@ func (r *SendRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response SendResponse, err
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "send"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -409,7 +408,7 @@ func (r *SetProfile) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) error {
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "set_profile"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	return conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ func (r *UpdateGroupRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response GroupInfo,
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "update_group"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -453,7 +452,7 @@ func (r *VersionRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonVersionMess
 	r.Version = "v1"
 	r.Type = "version"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -480,15 +479,3 @@ func (r *VersionRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonVersionMess
 	return response, nil
 
 }
-
-const idsize = 10
-
-var charset = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")
-
-func generateID() string {
-	id := make([]rune, idsize)
-	for i := range id {
-		id[i] = charset[rand.Intn(len(charset))]
-	}
-	return string(id)
-}
diff --git a/signald/client-protocol/v1alpha1/requests.go b/signald/client-protocol/v1alpha1/requests.go
index 4f8e6f5..65d3312 100644
--- a/signald/client-protocol/v1alpha1/requests.go
+++ b/signald/client-protocol/v1alpha1/requests.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"math/rand"
 
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald"
 )
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ func (r *AcceptInvitationRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonGr
 	r.Version = "v1alpha1"
 	r.Type = "accept_invitation"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ func (r *ApproveMembershipRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonG
 	r.Version = "v1alpha1"
 	r.Type = "approve_membership"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ func (r *GetGroupRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonGroupV2Inf
 	r.Version = "v1alpha1"
 	r.Type = "get_group"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ func (r *GetLinkedDevicesRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response Linked
 	r.Version = "v1alpha1"
 	r.Type = "get_linked_devices"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ func (r *JoinGroupRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonGroupJoin
 	r.Version = "v1alpha1"
 	r.Type = "join_group"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ func (r *ProtocolRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) error {
 	r.Version = "v1alpha1"
 	r.Type = "protocol"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	return conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ func (r *RemoveLinkedDeviceRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) error {
 	r.Version = "v1alpha1"
 	r.Type = "remove_linked_device"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	return conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ func (r *UpdateGroupRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonGroupV2
 	r.Version = "v1alpha1"
 	r.Type = "update_group"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -231,15 +230,3 @@ func (r *UpdateGroupRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response JsonGroupV2
 	return response, nil
 
 }
-
-const idsize = 10
-
-var charset = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")
-
-func generateID() string {
-	id := make([]rune, idsize)
-	for i := range id {
-		id[i] = charset[rand.Intn(len(charset))]
-	}
-	return string(id)
-}
diff --git a/signald/client-protocol/v1alpha2/requests.go b/signald/client-protocol/v1alpha2/requests.go
index 8f237a5..b5b99ba 100644
--- a/signald/client-protocol/v1alpha2/requests.go
+++ b/signald/client-protocol/v1alpha2/requests.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"math/rand"
 
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald"
 )
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ func (r *UpdateGroupRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response GroupInfo,
 	r.Version = "v1alpha2"
 	r.Type = "update_group"
 	if r.ID == "" {
-		r.ID = generateID()
+		r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
 	}
 
 	err = conn.RawRequest(r)
@@ -43,15 +42,3 @@ func (r *UpdateGroupRequest) Submit(conn *signald.Signald) (response GroupInfo,
 	return response, nil
 
 }
-
-const idsize = 10
-
-var charset = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")
-
-func generateID() string {
-	id := make([]rune, idsize)
-	for i := range id {
-		id[i] = charset[rand.Intn(len(charset))]
-	}
-	return string(id)
-}
diff --git a/signald/utils.go b/signald/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e0fa3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/signald/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package signald
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+)
+
+const idsize = 10
+
+var charset = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")
+
+// GenerateID is a helper function to generate random request IDs. 
+func GenerateID() string {
+	id := make([]rune, idsize)
+	for i := range id {
+		id[i] = charset[rand.Intn(len(charset))]
+	}
+	return string(id)
+}
diff --git a/tools/generator/requests.go.tmpl b/tools/generator/requests.go.tmpl
index 962d499..1b5b7f2 100644
--- a/tools/generator/requests.go.tmpl
+++ b/tools/generator/requests.go.tmpl
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import ({{if .Responses}}
   "encoding/json"
   "fmt"
   "log"{{end}}
-  "math/rand"
 
   "gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald"
 )
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ func {{$action.FnName}}(conn *signald.Signald) ({{if ne $action.Response ""}}res
   r := Request{Version: "{{.Version}}"}
 {{end}}  r.Type = "{{$type}}"
   if(r.ID == "") {
-    r.ID = generateID()
+    r.ID = signald.GenerateID()
   }
 
 {{if ne $action.Response ""}}
@@ -52,16 +51,4 @@ func {{$action.FnName}}(conn *signald.Signald) ({{if ne $action.Response ""}}res
   return conn.RawRequest(r)
 {{end}}
 }
-{{end}}
-
-
-const idsize = 10
-var charset = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")
-
-func generateID() string {
-  id := make([]rune, idsize)
-  for i := range id {
-    id[i]= charset[rand.Intn(len(charset))]
-  }
-  return string(id)
-}
+{{end}}
\ No newline at end of file