diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 0952f2f..6beaeb3 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if '__main__' == __name__:
 	print('''this is a library file, which is not meant to be executed''')
 	exit(-1)
 
-import sys, time, pickle, os, logging
+import sys, time, pickle, os, logging, random
 from local_config import conf
 
 RATE_GLOBAL = 0x01
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ logging.basicConfig(
 log = logging.getLogger()
 log.plugin = log.info  # ... probably fix this sometime (FIXME)
 
+random.seed(os.urandom(8))
+
 def debug_enabled():
 #	return True
 	return False
diff --git a/plugins.py b/plugins.py
index ab80649..5664eb9 100644
--- a/plugins.py
+++ b/plugins.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if '__main__' == __name__:
 	print('''this is a plugin file, which is not meant to be executed''')
 	exit(-1)
 
-import time, random, unicodedata, re, sys, urllib.request, json
+import time, unicodedata, re, sys, urllib.request, json
 import types
 import traceback
 import urllib.parse
diff --git a/urlbot.py b/urlbot.py
index d5e15d6..4b13f0f 100755
--- a/urlbot.py
+++ b/urlbot.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import sys, re, time, pickle, random
+import sys, re, time, pickle
 import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, html.parser
 from common import *