diff --git a/application/application.cpp b/application/application.cpp
index 1542e3d4..f5bec7cf 100644
--- a/application/application.cpp
+++ b/application/application.cpp
@@ -320,9 +320,11 @@ int eu07_application::init(int Argc, char *Argv[])
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	// the run's seed, settled once and kept in Globals: the engines come out of it
 	if (!Global.random_seed)
 		Global.random_seed = true_random_seed();
 	Global.random_engine.seed(Global.random_seed);
+	Global.local_random_engine.seed(Global.random_seed);
 
 	// configure the OS console according to Globals.ShowSystemConsole.
 	// must run AFTER init_settings (so the ini-loaded value is honoured) and
diff --git a/utilities/utilities.cpp b/utilities/utilities.cpp
index f5377619..5ff79092 100644
--- a/utilities/utilities.cpp
+++ b/utilities/utilities.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Maciej Cierniak
 //#include <sys/types.h>
 //#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <charconv>
-#include <ctime>
 #include <ranges>
 //#ifndef WIN32
 //#include <unistd.h>