diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46a1f69..c8319f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^17.0.19",
     "@types/react-copy-to-clipboard": "^5.0.4",
     "@types/react-router-dom": "^5.3.3",
+    "@types/uuid": "^9.0.2",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.33.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.33.0",
     "axios": "^1.2.1",
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@
     "ts-node": "^10.5.0",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^3.12.0",
     "typescript": "^4.4.0",
+    "uuid": "^9.0.0",
     "webpack": "^5.69.1",
     "webpack-cli": "^4.9.2",
     "webpack-livereload-plugin": "^3.0.2"
diff --git a/src/plugin_state.ts b/src/plugin_state.ts
index 0d7fae6..762ecfb 100644
--- a/src/plugin_state.ts
+++ b/src/plugin_state.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ import {
 
 import { getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+
 import axios from 'axios';
 
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+
 export type UpdateGrafanaPluginSettingsProps = {
   jsonData?: Partial<DataExporterPluginMetaJSONData>;
   secureJsonData?: Partial<DataExporterPluginMetaSecureJSONData>;
@@ -97,19 +101,25 @@ class PluginState {
 
   static createGrafanaToken = async () => {
     const baseUrl = '/api/auth/keys';
-    const keys = await this.grafanaBackend.get(baseUrl);
-    const existingKey = keys.find((key: { id: number; name: string; role: string }) => key.name === 'DataExporter');
+    const keys = await this.grafanaBackend.get(baseUrl, { includeExpired: true });
+    const existingKeys = keys.filter((key: { id: number; name: string; role: string }) =>
+      _.includes(key.name, 'DataExporter')
+    );
 
-    if (existingKey) {
-      // @ts-ignore
-      // for some reason, there is no `options` argument in Grafana's public types for BackendSrv but it exists
-      await this.grafanaBackend.delete(`${baseUrl}/${existingKey.id}`, undefined, { showSuccessAlert: false });
+    console.log('existingKeys', existingKeys);
+
+    if (!_.isEmpty(existingKeys)) {
+      for (let key of existingKeys) {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        // for some reason, there is no `options` argument in Grafana's public types for BackendSrv but it exists
+        await this.grafanaBackend.delete(`${baseUrl}/${key.id}`, undefined, { showSuccessAlert: false });
+      }
     }
 
     return await this.grafanaBackend.post(
       baseUrl,
       {
-        name: 'DataExporter',
+        name: `DataExporter_${uuidv4()}`,
         role: 'Admin',
         secondsToLive: null,
       },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5dfa76b..52bd088 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3945,6 +3945,11 @@
   dependencies:
     source-map "^0.6.1"
 
+"@types/uuid@^9.0.2":
+  version "9.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.2.tgz#ede1d1b1e451548d44919dc226253e32a6952c4b"
+  integrity sha512-kNnC1GFBLuhImSnV7w4njQkUiJi0ZXUycu1rUaouPqiKlXkh77JKgdRnTAp1x5eBwcIwbtI+3otwzuIDEuDoxQ==
+
 "@types/webpack-dev-server@3":
   version "3.11.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/webpack-dev-server/-/webpack-dev-server-3.11.6.tgz#d8888cfd2f0630203e13d3ed7833a4d11b8a34dc"
@@ -12944,7 +12949,7 @@ uuid@8.3.2, uuid@^8.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz#80d5b5ced271bb9af6c445f21a1a04c606cefbe2"
   integrity sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==
 
-uuid@9.0.0:
+uuid@9.0.0, uuid@^9.0.0:
   version "9.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.0.tgz#592f550650024a38ceb0c562f2f6aa435761efb5"
   integrity sha512-MXcSTerfPa4uqyzStbRoTgt5XIe3x5+42+q1sDuy3R5MDk66URdLMOZe5aPX/SQd+kuYAh0FdP/pO28IkQyTeg==