diff --git a/src/Rand.cpp b/src/Rand.cpp
index f92dc75..bc0b3c3 100644
--- a/src/Rand.cpp
+++ b/src/Rand.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #include "Rand.hpp"
 
-#include <chrono>
-
 std::unique_ptr<std::mt19937> Rand::generator;
 
 int32_t Rand::rand(int32_t startInclusive, int32_t endExclusive) {
@@ -28,17 +26,13 @@ float Rand::randFloat(float startInclusive, float endExclusive) {
 }
 
 float Rand::randFloat(float endExclusive) {
-    std::uniform_real_distribution<float> dist(0.0f, endExclusive);
-    return dist(*Rand::generator);
+    return Rand::randFloat(0.0f, endExclusive);
 }
 
 float Rand::randFloat() {
-    std::uniform_real_distribution<float> dist(0.0f, 1.0f);
-    return dist(*Rand::generator);
+    return Rand::randFloat(0.0f, 1.0f);
 }
 
-void Rand::init() {
-    // modern equivalent of srand(time(0))
-    uint64_t seed = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
+void Rand::init(uint64_t seed) {
     Rand::generator = std::make_unique<std::mt19937>(std::mt19937(seed));
 }
diff --git a/src/Rand.hpp b/src/Rand.hpp
index 4240910..1c770e2 100644
--- a/src/Rand.hpp
+++ b/src/Rand.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 namespace Rand {
     extern std::unique_ptr<std::mt19937> generator;
 
-    void init();
+    void init(uint64_t seed);
 
     int32_t rand(int32_t startInclusive, int32_t endExclusive);
     int32_t rand(int32_t endExclusive);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6a7eca6..c4ccb10 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int main() {
 #else
     initsignals();
 #endif
-    Rand::init();
+    Rand::init(getTime());
     settings::init();
     std::cout << "[INFO] OpenFusion v" GIT_VERSION << std::endl;
     std::cout << "[INFO] Protocol version: " << PROTOCOL_VERSION << std::endl;