diff --git a/src/DeIdentification.jl b/src/DeIdentification.jl
index acdc061..d93e717 100644
--- a/src/DeIdentification.jl
+++ b/src/DeIdentification.jl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import Tables
 import CSV
 import Dates
 import SHA: bytes2hex, sha256
-import Random: shuffle, randstring, seed!, make_seed
+import Random: shuffle, randstring, seed!
 import Memento
 import DataStructures: OrderedDict
 import REPL
diff --git a/src/config_builder.jl b/src/config_builder.jl
index 8270df0..e3b9175 100644
--- a/src/config_builder.jl
+++ b/src/config_builder.jl
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function build_config(data_dir::String, config_file::String)
     println("---------------------------------------")
 
     yml["project"] = user_input("Project name [$(basename(data_dir))]: ", basename(data_dir))
-    seed = make_seed()[1]
+    seed = rand(UInt32)
     yml["project_seed"] = user_input("Project seed [$seed]: (used for reproducibility) ", string(seed))
     yml["max_dateshift_days"] = user_input("Maximum Date Shift Days [30]: ", "30")
     yml["dateshift_years"] = user_input("Years to add to all dates [0]: ", "0")
diff --git a/src/de_identify.jl b/src/de_identify.jl
index eb5f0cb..21ca65d 100644
--- a/src/de_identify.jl
+++ b/src/de_identify.jl
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function ProjectConfig(cfg_file::String)
     pk = Symbol(cfg["primary_id"])
     dateformat = Dates.DateFormat(get(cfg, "date_format", "y-m-dTH:M:S.s"))
 
-    seed = get(_ -> make_seed()[1], cfg, "project_seed")
+    seed = get(_ -> rand(UInt32), cfg, "project_seed")
     maxdays = get(cfg, "max_dateshift_days", 30)
     shiftyears = get(cfg, "dateshift_years", 0)