diff --git a/src/pix360core/fields.py b/src/pix360core/fields.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cdc84c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pix360core/fields.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+class Char32UUIDField(models.UUIDField):
+    def db_type(self, connection):
+        return "char(32)"
+
+    def get_db_prep_value(self, value, connection, prepared=False):
+        value = super().get_db_prep_value(value, connection, prepared)
+        if value is not None:
+            value = value.hex
+        return value
diff --git a/src/pix360core/models/content.py b/src/pix360core/models/content.py
index dcd9314..ff105f7 100644
--- a/src/pix360core/models/content.py
+++ b/src/pix360core/models/content.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
+from ..fields import Char32UUIDField as UUIDField
+
 import mimetypes
 import uuid
 
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ class File(models.Model):
         is_result (BooleanField): Whether this file is the result of a conversion
     """
 
-    id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4)
+    id = UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4)
     file = models.FileField(upload_to=file_upload_path)
     mime_type = models.CharField(max_length=256, default="application/octet-stream")
     conversion = models.ForeignKey(to='Conversion', on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True, blank=True)
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ class Conversion(models.Model):
         log (TextField): Log of the conversion
     """
 
-    id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4)
+    id = UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4)
     title = models.CharField(max_length=256, null=True, blank=True)
     url = models.URLField()
     downloader = models.CharField(max_length=256, null=True, blank=True)