diff --git a/src/engine/helper/CMakeLists.txt b/src/engine/helper/CMakeLists.txt
index cd318d7c..3f37c3c3 100644
--- a/src/engine/helper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/engine/helper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project (helper_lib)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
-option (USE_NULL_UUID "When enabled linking to libuuid is avoided" OFF)
+option (USE_NULL_UUID "When enabled linking to libuuid is avoided" ON)
 
 set (CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ set_property(TARGET helper_lib PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<C
 target_include_directories(helper_lib PUBLIC ../../libs/ ../../engine ../ .)
 target_compile_definitions(helper_lib PRIVATE -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_UNICODE)
 
+if (USE_NULL_UUID)
+    target_compile_definitions (helper_lib PUBLIC -DUSE_NULL_UUID)
+endif()
+
 if (NOT USE_NULL_UUID)
     target_link_libraries(helper_lib PUBLIC uuid)
 endif()