diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc1061e..2cf3874 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 srtrelay
 config.toml
-/.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+# VSCode
+/.vscode
+# Jetbrains
+/.idea
+*.iml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/server.go b/api/server.go
index 789dec7..0395b42 100644
--- a/api/server.go
+++ b/api/server.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package api
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"sync"
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func (s *Server) Listen(ctx context.Context) error {
 	go func() {
 		defer s.done.Done()
 		err := serv.ListenAndServe()
-		if err != nil && err != http.ErrServerClosed {
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
 			log.Println(err)
 		}
 	}()
diff --git a/auth/http.go b/auth/http.go
index fe868c4..d36914d 100644
--- a/auth/http.go
+++ b/auth/http.go
@@ -14,18 +14,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 )
 
-var (
-	requestDurations = promauto.NewHistogramVec(
-		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-			Namespace:                   metrics.Namespace,
-			Subsystem:                   "auth",
-			Name:                        "request_duration_seconds",
-			Help:                        "A histogram of auth http request latencies.",
-			Buckets:                     prometheus.DefBuckets,
-			NativeHistogramBucketFactor: 1.1,
-		},
-		[]string{"url", "application"},
-	)
+var requestDurations = promauto.NewHistogramVec(
+	prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+		Namespace:                   metrics.Namespace,
+		Subsystem:                   "auth",
+		Name:                        "request_duration_seconds",
+		Help:                        "A histogram of auth http request latencies.",
+		Buckets:                     prometheus.DefBuckets,
+		NativeHistogramBucketFactor: 1.1,
+	},
+	[]string{"url", "application"},
 )
 
 type httpAuth struct {
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ type HTTPAuthConfig struct {
 }
 
 // NewHttpAuth creates an Authenticator with a HTTP backend
-func NewHTTPAuth(authConfig HTTPAuthConfig) *httpAuth {
+func NewHTTPAuth(authConfig HTTPAuthConfig) Authenticator {
 	m := requestDurations.MustCurryWith(prometheus.Labels{"url": authConfig.URL, "application": authConfig.Application})
 	return &httpAuth{
 		config: authConfig,
@@ -74,6 +72,7 @@ func (h *httpAuth) Authenticate(streamid stream.StreamID) bool {
 		"call":                 {streamid.Mode().String()},
 		"app":                  {h.config.Application},
 		"name":                 {streamid.Name()},
+		"username":             {streamid.Username()},
 		h.config.PasswordParam: {streamid.Password()},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/srt/server.go b/srt/server.go
index 3afb3e8..8b61971 100644
--- a/srt/server.go
+++ b/srt/server.go
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ func (s *ServerImpl) registerForStats(ctx context.Context, conn *srtConn) {
 
 func (s *ServerImpl) GetStatistics() []*relay.StreamStatistics {
 	streams := s.relay.GetStatistics()
-	for _, stream := range streams {
-		stream.URL = fmt.Sprintf("srt://%s?streamid=play/%s", s.config.PublicAddress, stream.Name)
+	for _, st := range streams {
+		st.URL = fmt.Sprintf("srt://%s?streamid=#!::m=request,r=%s", s.config.PublicAddress, st.Name) // New format
 	}
 	return streams
 }
diff --git a/srt/server_test.go b/srt/server_test.go
index d7d3187..5217b44 100644
--- a/srt/server_test.go
+++ b/srt/server_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestServerImpl_GetStatistics(t *testing.T) {
 	streams := s.GetStatistics()
 
 	expected := []*relay.StreamStatistics{
-		{Name: "s1", URL: "srt://testserver.de:1337?streamid=play/s1", Clients: 2, Created: streams[0].Created},
+		{Name: "s1", URL: "srt://testserver.de:1337?streamid=#!::m=request,r=s1", Clients: 2, Created: streams[0].Created}, // New Format
 	}
 	if err := compareStats(streams, expected); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ func (s *testSocket) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	if !ok {
 		return 0, io.EOF
 	}
-	len := copy(b, buf)
-	return len, nil
+	length := copy(b, buf)
+	return length, nil
 }
 
 func (s *testSocket) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
diff --git a/stream/streamid.go b/stream/streamid.go
index d83fbc8..17c61e2 100644
--- a/stream/streamid.go
+++ b/stream/streamid.go
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/IGLOU-EU/go-wildcard/v2"
 )
 
+const IDPrefix = "#!::"
+
 var (
 	InvalidSlashes      = errors.New("Invalid number of slashes, must be 1 or 2")
 	InvalidMode         = errors.New("Invalid mode")
 	MissingName         = errors.New("Missing name after slash")
 	InvalidNamePassword = errors.New("Name/Password is not allowed to contain slashes")
+	InvalidValue        = fmt.Errorf("Invalid value")
 )
 
 // Mode - client mode
@@ -41,9 +44,10 @@ type StreamID struct {
 	mode     Mode
 	name     string
 	password string
+	username string
 }
 
-// Creates new StreamID
+// NewStreamID creates new StreamID
 // returns error if mode is invalid.
 // id is nil on error
 func NewStreamID(name string, password string, mode Mode) (*StreamID, error) {
@@ -61,39 +65,77 @@ func NewStreamID(name string, password string, mode Mode) (*StreamID, error) {
 }
 
 // FromString reads a streamid from a string.
-// The accepted stream id format is <mode>/<password>/<password>.
-// The second slash and password is optional and defaults to empty.
+// The accepted old stream id format is <mode>/<password>/<password>. The second slash and password is
+// optional and defaults to empty. The new format is `#!::m=(request|publish),r=(stream-key),u=(username),s=(password)`
 // If error is not nil then StreamID will remain unchanged.
 func (s *StreamID) FromString(src string) error {
-	split := strings.Split(src, "/")
 
-	password := ""
-	if len(split) == 3 {
-		password = split[2]
-	} else if len(split) != 2 {
-		return InvalidSlashes
-	}
-	modeStr := split[0]
-	name := split[1]
+	if strings.HasPrefix(src, IDPrefix) {
+		for _, kv := range strings.Split(src[len(IDPrefix):], ",") {
+			kv2 := strings.SplitN(kv, "=", 2)
+			if len(kv2) != 2 {
+				return InvalidValue
+			}
 
-	if len(name) == 0 {
-		return MissingName
+			key, value := kv2[0], kv2[1]
+
+			switch key {
+			case "u":
+				s.username = value
+
+			case "r":
+				s.name = value
+
+			case "h":
+
+			case "s":
+				s.password = value
+
+			case "t":
+
+			case "m":
+				switch value {
+				case "request":
+					s.mode = ModePlay
+
+				case "publish":
+					s.mode = ModePublish
+
+				default:
+					return InvalidMode
+				}
+
+			default:
+				return fmt.Errorf("unsupported key '%s'", key)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		split := strings.Split(src, "/")
+
+		s.password = ""
+		if len(split) == 3 {
+			s.password = split[2]
+		} else if len(split) != 2 {
+			return InvalidSlashes
+		}
+		modeStr := split[0]
+		s.name = split[1]
+
+		switch modeStr {
+		case "play":
+			s.mode = ModePlay
+		case "publish":
+			s.mode = ModePublish
+		default:
+			return InvalidMode
+		}
 	}
 
-	var mode Mode
-	switch modeStr {
-	case "play":
-		mode = ModePlay
-	case "publish":
-		mode = ModePublish
-	default:
-		return InvalidMode
+	if len(s.name) == 0 {
+		return MissingName
 	}
 
 	s.str = src
-	s.mode = mode
-	s.name = name
-	s.password = password
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -140,3 +182,7 @@ func (s StreamID) Name() string {
 func (s StreamID) Password() string {
 	return s.password
 }
+
+func (s StreamID) Username() string {
+	return s.username
+}
diff --git a/stream/streamid_test.go b/stream/streamid_test.go
index 5d4e204..d9fa88a 100644
--- a/stream/streamid_test.go
+++ b/stream/streamid_test.go
@@ -1,36 +1,72 @@
 package stream
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestParseStreamID(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		streamID string
-		wantMode Mode
-		wantName string
-		wantPass string
-		wantErr  error
+		name         string
+		streamID     string
+		wantMode     Mode
+		wantName     string
+		wantPass     string
+		wantUsername string
+		wantErr      error
 	}{
-		{"MissingSlash", "s1", 0, "", "", InvalidSlashes},
-		{"InvalidName", "play//s1", 0, "", "", MissingName},
-		{"InvalidMode", "foobar/bla", 0, "", "", InvalidMode},
-		{"InvalidSlash", "foobar/bla//", 0, "", "", InvalidSlashes},
-		{"EmptyPass", "play/s1/", ModePlay, "s1", "", nil},
-		{"ValidPass", "play/s1/#![äöü", ModePlay, "s1", "#![äöü", nil},
-		{"ValidPlay", "play/s1", ModePlay, "s1", "", nil},
-		{"ValidPublish", "publish/abcdef", ModePublish, "abcdef", "", nil},
-		{"ValidPlaySpace", "play/bla fasel", ModePlay, "bla fasel", "", nil},
+		// Old school
+		{"MissingSlash", "s1", 0, "", "", "", InvalidSlashes},
+		{"InvalidName", "play//s1", 0, "", "", "", MissingName},
+		{"InvalidMode", "foobar/bla", 0, "", "", "", InvalidMode},
+		{"InvalidSlash", "foobar/bla//", 0, "", "", "", InvalidSlashes},
+		{"EmptyPass", "play/s1/", ModePlay, "s1", "", "", nil},
+		{"ValidPass", "play/s1/#![äöü", ModePlay, "s1", "#![äöü", "", nil},
+		{"ValidPlay", "play/s1", ModePlay, "s1", "", "", nil},
+		{"ValidPublish", "publish/abcdef", ModePublish, "abcdef", "", "", nil},
+		{"ValidPlaySpace", "play/bla fasel", ModePlay, "bla fasel", "", "", nil},
+		// New hotness - Bad
+		{"NewInvalidPubEmptyName", "#!::m=publish", ModePublish, "", "", "", MissingName},
+		{"NewInvalidPlayEmptyName", "#!::m=request", ModePlay, "", "", "", MissingName},
+		{"NewInvalidPubBadKey", "#!::m=publish,y=bar", ModePublish, "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported key '%s'", "y")},
+		{"NewInvalidPlayBadKey", "#!::m=request,x=foo", ModePlay, "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported key '%s'", "x")},
+		{"NewInvalidPubNoEquals", "#!::m=publish,r", ModePublish, "abc", "", "", InvalidValue},
+		{"NewInvalidPlayNoEquals", "#!::m=request,r", ModePlay, "abc", "", "", InvalidValue},
+		{"NewInvalidPubNoValue", "#!::m=publish,r=", ModePublish, "abc", "", "", MissingName},
+		{"NewInvalidPlayNoValue", "#!::m=request,s=", ModePlay, "abc", "", "", MissingName},
+		{"NewInvalidPubBadKey", "#!::m=publish,x=", ModePublish, "abc", "", "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported key '%s'", "x")},
+		{"NewInvalidPlayBadKey", "#!::m=request,y=", ModePlay, "abc", "", "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported key '%s'", "y")},
+		// New hotness - Standard
+		{"NewValidNameRequest", "#!::m=publish,r=abc", ModePublish, "abc", "", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidPlay", "#!::m=request,r=abc", ModePlay, "abc", "", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidNameRequestRev", "#!::r=abc,m=publish", ModePublish, "abc", "", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidPlayRev", "#!::r=abc,m=request", ModePlay, "abc", "", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidPassPub", "#!::m=publish,r=abc,s=bob", ModePublish, "abc", "bob", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidPassPlay", "#!::m=request,r=abc,s=alice", ModePlay, "abc", "alice", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidPassPubOrder", "#!::s=bob,m=publish,r=abc123", ModePublish, "abc123", "bob", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidPassPlayOrder", "#!::m=request,s=alice,r=def", ModePlay, "def", "alice", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidPubUsername", "#!::s=bob,m=publish,r=abc123,u=eve", ModePublish, "abc123", "bob", "eve", nil},
+		{"NewValidPlayUsername", "#!::m=request,s=alice,r=def,u=bar", ModePlay, "def", "alice", "bar", nil},
+		{"NewValidPubUsernameOrder", "#!::s=bob,m=publish,u=eve,r=abc123", ModePublish, "abc123", "bob", "eve", nil},
+		{"NewValidPlayUsernameOrder", "#!::m=request,u=bar,s=alice,r=def", ModePlay, "def", "alice", "bar", nil},
+		// New Hotness - Unicode
+		{"NewValidUnicodePub", "#!::m=publish,r=#![äöü,s=bob", ModePublish, "#![äöü", "bob", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidUnicodePlay", "#!::m=request,r=#![äöü,s=alice", ModePlay, "#![äöü", "alice", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidUnicodePassPub", "#!::m=publish,s=#![äöü,r=bob", ModePublish, "bob", "#![äöü", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidUnicodePassPlay", "#!::m=request,s=#![äöü,r=alice", ModePlay, "alice", "#![äöü", "", nil},
+		{"NewValidUnicodeUserPub", "#!::s=bye,m=publish,u=#![äöü,r=art", ModePublish, "art", "bye", "#![äöü", nil},
+		{"NewValidUnicodeUserPlay", "#!::m=request,u=#![äöü,r=eve,s=hai", ModePlay, "eve", "hai", "#![äöü", nil},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			var streamid StreamID
 			err := streamid.FromString(tt.streamID)
-			if err != tt.wantErr {
-				t.Errorf("ParseStreamID() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
-			}
+
 			if err != nil {
+				if err.Error() != tt.wantErr.Error() { // Only really care about str value for this, otherwise: if !errors.Is(err, tt.wantErr) {
+					t.Errorf("ParseStreamID() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				}
 				if streamid.String() != "" {
 					t.Error("str should be empty on failed parse")
 				}
@@ -48,6 +84,9 @@ func TestParseStreamID(t *testing.T) {
 			if str := streamid.String(); str != tt.streamID {
 				t.Errorf("String() got String = %v, want %v", str, tt.streamID)
 			}
+			if str := streamid.Username(); str != tt.wantUsername {
+				t.Errorf("Username() got String = %v, want %v", str, tt.wantUsername)
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -72,7 +111,7 @@ func TestNewStreamID(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			id, err := NewStreamID(tt.argName, tt.argPassword, tt.argMode)
-			if err != tt.wantErr {
+			if !errors.Is(err, tt.wantErr) {
 				t.Errorf("ParseStreamID() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 			}
 			if err != nil {