diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 171876abf..e73f75429 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ 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();