diff --git a/codemp/cgame/cg_main.c b/codemp/cgame/cg_main.c
index 91d0204ae5..b9c926d787 100644
--- a/codemp/cgame/cg_main.c
+++ b/codemp/cgame/cg_main.c
@@ -2403,6 +2403,8 @@ void CG_Init( int serverMessageNum, int serverCommandSequence, int clientNum )
 	const char	*s;
 	int i = 0;
 
+	Rand_Init( trap->Milliseconds() );
+
 	BG_InitAnimsets(); //clear it out
 
 	trap->RegisterSharedMemory( cg.sharedBuffer.raw );
diff --git a/codemp/game/g_main.c b/codemp/game/g_main.c
index 9ec7f32ef5..31715742ad 100644
--- a/codemp/game/g_main.c
+++ b/codemp/game/g_main.c
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ void G_InitGame( int levelTime, int randomSeed, int restart ) {
 	vmCvar_t	ckSum;
 	char serverinfo[MAX_INFO_STRING] = {0};
 
+	Rand_Init( randomSeed );
+	srand( randomSeed );
+
 	//Init RMG to 0, it will be autoset to 1 if there is terrain on the level.
 	trap->Cvar_Set("RMG", "0");
 	RMG.integer = 0;
@@ -199,8 +202,6 @@ void G_InitGame( int levelTime, int randomSeed, int restart ) {
 	trap->Print ("gamename: %s\n", GAMEVERSION);
 	trap->Print ("gamedate: %s\n", SOURCE_DATE);
 
-	srand( randomSeed );
-
 	G_RegisterCvars();
 
 	G_ProcessIPBans();
diff --git a/codemp/ui/ui_main.c b/codemp/ui/ui_main.c
index 8ca16b705e..45501d9479 100644
--- a/codemp/ui/ui_main.c
+++ b/codemp/ui/ui_main.c
@@ -9838,6 +9838,8 @@ UI_Init
 void UI_Init( qboolean inGameLoad ) {
 	const char *menuSet;
 
+	Rand_Init( trap->Milliseconds() );
+
 	// Get the list of possible languages
 	uiInfo.languageCount = trap->SE_GetNumLanguages();	// this does a dir scan, so use carefully