diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
index eb10b6a9..b557ac4a 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
@@ -1794,6 +1794,7 @@ long LoginWrenchBoardExternal(CVars in, CVars &out) {
         if (ret > 0) {
             logfmt(logINFO, "External account already exists");
         } else {
+            load_db_record(in, "SELECT upper(md5(now()::text))||''|| upper(md5(now()::date::text)) AS sessionid");
             logfmt(logINFO, "Create new FB account");
             CVars xx;
             xx["username"] = in["email"];