1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/subsurface-desktop-main.cpp b/subsurface-desktop-main.cpp
index d084f2a5f..2b7bf89f6 100644
--- a/subsurface-desktop-main.cpp
+++ b/subsurface-desktop-main.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #else
 	git_libgit2_init();
 #endif
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the random number generator - not really secure as
+	 * this is based only on current time, but it should not matter
+	 * that much in our context. Moreover this is better than
+	 * the constant numbers we used to get before.
+	 */
+	qsrand(time(NULL));
+
 	setup_system_prefs();
 	copy_prefs(&default_prefs, &prefs);
 	fill_profile_color();