diff --git a/Pythia8Generator.cpp b/Pythia8Generator.cpp
index 22d257ebb8e0e73867b9254ce0e12c73e0a13e25..fe4b399bb0be97a9967609d1287f99d0da23b2f6 100644
--- a/Pythia8Generator.cpp
+++ b/Pythia8Generator.cpp
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ public:
         {
             getOption("number",numberOfObjects);
             getOption("seed",seed);
-            pythia8.readString("Random:setSeed = on");
-            pythia8.readString("Random:seed = "+seed);
+            // pythia8.readString("Random:setSeed = on");
+            // pythia8.readString("Random:seed = " + seed);
             getOption("config strings",configList);
             for (int cnt=0; cnt<configList.size(); ++cnt ){
                 pythia8.readString(configList[cnt]);