diff --git a/flow/IRandom.h b/flow/IRandom.h
index 7201404a32..0a1716e3f9 100644
--- a/flow/IRandom.h
+++ b/flow/IRandom.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ void setThreadLocalDeterministicRandomSeed(uint32_t seed);
 
 // Returns the random number generator that can be seeded. This generator should only 
 // be used in contexts where the choice to call it is deterministic.
+//
+// This generator is only deterministic if given a seed using setThreadLocalDeterministicRandomSeed
 Reference<IRandom> deterministicRandom();
 
 // A random number generator that cannot be manually seeded and may be called in 
diff --git a/flow/flow.cpp b/flow/flow.cpp
index 98a2e484f4..55b5e637e7 100644
--- a/flow/flow.cpp
+++ b/flow/flow.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void setThreadLocalDeterministicRandomSeed(uint32_t seed) {
 
 Reference<IRandom> deterministicRandom() {
 	if(!seededRandom) {
-		seededRandom = Reference<IRandom>(new DeterministicRandom(1, true));
+		seededRandom = Reference<IRandom>(new DeterministicRandom(platform::getRandomSeed(), true));
 	}
 	return seededRandom;
 }