diff --git a/server/routes/auth.ts b/server/routes/auth.ts
index ed98d088f..8e561400d 100644
--- a/server/routes/auth.ts
+++ b/server/routes/auth.ts
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ authRoutes.post('/jellyfin', async (req, res, next) => {
     if (user) {
       deviceId = user.jellyfinDeviceId ?? '';
     } else {
-      deviceId = Buffer.from(
-        `Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:85.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/85.0`
-      ).toString('base64');
+      deviceId = Buffer.from(`BOT_overseerr_${body.username ?? ''}`).toString(
+        'base64'
+      );
     }
     // First we need to attempt to log the user in to jellyfin
     const jellyfinserver = new JellyfinAPI(hostname ?? '', undefined, deviceId);