diff --git a/interactions.c b/interactions.c
index 364447a..efb5d34 100644
--- a/interactions.c
+++ b/interactions.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ extern unsigned int status;
 extern char *start_path;
 extern char *input;
 
+extern time_t seed;
+
 char search_buffer[255];
 unsigned int timeout_time = 0;
 unsigned int input_pass;
@@ -595,6 +597,8 @@ void jump_to_dir(int passes, int index){
 void order_by(int passes, int index){
 	(void)passes;
 
+	seed = time(NULL);
+	srand(seed);
 	order_func = key_binding[index].black_magic;
 	status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_UPDATE_SCREEN_MASK | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY);
 }
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 3bb6da7..65e4474 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ int main(){
 		if (dt - t >= SETTINGS_RELOAD_DIR_DELTA) {
 			time(&t);
 			status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY);
+			srand(seed);
 		}
 		#endif
 
@@ -205,7 +206,6 @@ void init() {
 	char *start_path = getcwd(NULL, 0);
 	setenv("START_PATH", start_path, 0);
 	free(start_path);
-	time(&seed);
-	srand(seed);
+	seed = time(NULL);
 
 }
diff --git a/sorting.c b/sorting.c
index e7aae3e..93dacc8 100644
--- a/sorting.c
+++ b/sorting.c
@@ -103,21 +103,15 @@ int sort_alpha(const void *file0, const void *file1){
 	char *file_name1 = ((file*)file1)->file_name;
 	return strcmp(file_name0, file_name1);
 }
-int sort_random(const void *file0_, const void *file1_){
-	file *file0 = (file*)file0_;
-	file *file1 = (file*)file1_;
-	if (file0->file_type & (FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK | FILE_TYPE_DIR) && !(file1->file_type & (FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK | FILE_TYPE_DIR))) {
+int sort_random(const void *file0, const void *file1){
+
+	if (((file*)file0)->file_type & (FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK | FILE_TYPE_DIR) && !(((file*)file1)->file_type & (FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK | FILE_TYPE_DIR))) {
 			return -1;
 	}
-	if (!(file0->file_type & (FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK | FILE_TYPE_DIR)) && file1->file_type & (FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK | FILE_TYPE_DIR)) {
+	if (!(((file*)file0)->file_type & (FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK | FILE_TYPE_DIR)) && ((file*)file1)->file_type & (FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK | FILE_TYPE_DIR)) {
 			return 1;
 	}
-	int random = rand();
-	if (random & 1) {
-		return 1;
-	} else {
-		return -1;
-	}
+	return ((rand()%3)-1);
 
 }
 int sort_type(const void *file0, const void *file1){