diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index c9971cdef..3019db1ae 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   char *endptr;
   int interactivemode = 0;
   int fd;
-  struct timeval tv;
   int arglen = 0;
 
 #ifdef __amigaos__
@@ -180,10 +179,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   mtrace();
 #endif
 
-  /* You never know when "random" numbers will come in handy ... */
-  gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-  srand((tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec) ^ getpid());
-
   /* Trap these sigs for cleanup */
 #if HAVE_SIGNAL
   signal(SIGINT, sigdie);
diff --git a/nmap.cc b/nmap.cc
index 55787c549..b2b30653e 100644
--- a/nmap.cc
+++ b/nmap.cc
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ int nmap_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   size_t sslen;
   int option_index;
   bool iflist = false;
+  struct timeval tv;
 
   // Pre-specified timing parameters.
   // These are stored here during the parsing of the arguments so that we can
@@ -647,6 +648,11 @@ int nmap_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   fakeargv[argc] = NULL;
 
   if (argc < 2 ) printusage(argv[0], -1);
+
+  /* You never know when "random" numbers will come in handy ... */
+  gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+  srand((tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec) ^ getpid() + 31337);
+
   Targets.reserve(100);
 #ifdef WIN32
   win_pre_init();