diff --git a/yasmin/include/yasmin/logs.hpp b/yasmin/include/yasmin/logs.hpp
index 2942ecf..4d78223 100644
--- a/yasmin/include/yasmin/logs.hpp
+++ b/yasmin/include/yasmin/logs.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
 
 namespace yasmin {
 
@@ -32,14 +33,26 @@ extern LogFunction log_info;
 extern LogFunction log_debug;
 
 // Macros to use the function pointers for logging, passing file and function
+inline const char *extract_filename(const char *path) {
+  const char *filename = std::strrchr(path, '/');
+  if (!filename) {
+    filename = std::strrchr(path, '\\'); // Handle Windows-style paths
+  }
+  return filename ? filename + 1 : path;
+}
+
 #define YASMIN_LOG_ERROR(text, ...)                                            \
-  yasmin::log_error(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, text, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+  yasmin::log_error(extract_filename(__FILE__), __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, text,  \
+                    ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define YASMIN_LOG_WARN(text, ...)                                             \
-  yasmin::log_warn(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, text, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+  yasmin::log_warn(extract_filename(__FILE__), __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, text,   \
+                   ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define YASMIN_LOG_INFO(text, ...)                                             \
-  yasmin::log_info(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, text, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+  yasmin::log_info(extract_filename(__FILE__), __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, text,   \
+                   ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define YASMIN_LOG_DEBUG(text, ...)                                            \
-  yasmin::log_debug(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, text, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+  yasmin::log_debug(extract_filename(__FILE__), __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, text,  \
+                    ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 // Function to set custom log functions
 void set_loggers(LogFunction error, LogFunction warn, LogFunction info,
diff --git a/yasmin/yasmin/logs.py b/yasmin/yasmin/logs.py
index 38fbd92..b61b225 100644
--- a/yasmin/yasmin/logs.py
+++ b/yasmin/yasmin/logs.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+import os
 import yasmin
 import logging
 import inspect
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
     "YASMIN_LOG_WARN",
     "YASMIN_LOG_INFO",
     "YASMIN_LOG_DEBUG",
+    "get_caller_info",
 ]
 
 # define the logging configuration with custom format to include location data
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@
 
 def get_caller_info():
     frame = inspect.stack()[2]
-    file = frame.filename
+    file = os.path.basename(frame.filename)
     line = frame.lineno
     function = frame.function
     return file, function, line
diff --git a/yasmin_ros/src/yasmin_ros/yasmin_node.cpp b/yasmin_ros/src/yasmin_ros/yasmin_node.cpp
index ad17afe..2dafd0d 100644
--- a/yasmin_ros/src/yasmin_ros/yasmin_node.cpp
+++ b/yasmin_ros/src/yasmin_ros/yasmin_node.cpp
@@ -25,15 +25,14 @@ std::string generateUUID() {
   std::random_device rd;
   std::mt19937 gen(rd());
   std::uniform_int_distribution<> dis(0, 15);
+
   auto rand_hex_digit = [&gen, &dis]() {
     constexpr char hex_digits[] = "0123456789abcdef";
     return hex_digits[dis(gen)];
   };
 
   std::stringstream ss;
-  for (int i = 0; i < 32; ++i) {
-    if (i == 8 || i == 12 || i == 16 || i == 20)
-      ss << "_";
+  for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
     ss << rand_hex_digit();
   }
   return ss.str();
diff --git a/yasmin_ros/yasmin_ros/ros_logs.py b/yasmin_ros/yasmin_ros/ros_logs.py
index fe576a6..8e0a73b 100644
--- a/yasmin_ros/yasmin_ros/ros_logs.py
+++ b/yasmin_ros/yasmin_ros/ros_logs.py
@@ -14,42 +14,34 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-import inspect
 import yasmin
+import yasmin.logs
 from yasmin_ros.yasmin_node import YasminNode
 
 
 __all__ = ["set_ros_loggers"]
 
 
-def get_caller_info():
-    frame = inspect.stack()[2]
-    file = frame.filename
-    line = frame.lineno
-    function = frame.function
-    return file, function, line
-
-
 def ros_log_error(text: str) -> None:
-    file, function, line = get_caller_info()
+    file, function, line = yasmin.logs.get_caller_info()
     node = YasminNode.get_instance()
     node.get_logger().error(f"[{file}:{function}:{line}] {text}")
 
 
 def ros_log_warn(text: str) -> None:
-    file, function, line = get_caller_info()
+    file, function, line = yasmin.logs.get_caller_info()
     node = YasminNode.get_instance()
     node.get_logger().warn(f"[{file}:{function}:{line}] {text}")
 
 
 def ros_log_info(text: str) -> None:
-    file, function, line = get_caller_info()
+    file, function, line = yasmin.logs.get_caller_info()
     node = YasminNode.get_instance()
     node.get_logger().info(f"[{file}:{function}:{line}] {text}")
 
 
 def ros_log_debug(text: str) -> None:
-    file, function, line = get_caller_info()
+    file, function, line = yasmin.logs.get_caller_info()
     node = YasminNode.get_instance()
     node.get_logger().debug(f"[{file}:{function}:{line}] {text}")
 
diff --git a/yasmin_ros/yasmin_ros/yasmin_node.py b/yasmin_ros/yasmin_ros/yasmin_node.py
index b7f1be4..8ea45ee 100644
--- a/yasmin_ros/yasmin_ros/yasmin_node.py
+++ b/yasmin_ros/yasmin_ros/yasmin_node.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
         if not YasminNode._instance is None:
             raise RuntimeError("This class is a Singleton")
 
-        super().__init__(f"yasmin_{str(uuid.uuid4()).replace('-', '_')}_node")
+        super().__init__(f"yasmin_{str(uuid.uuid4()).replace('-', '')[:16]}_node")
 
         # executor
         self._executor = MultiThreadedExecutor()