diff --git a/src/js/game/core.js b/src/js/game/core.js
index 1a1b683c..c0012dee 100644
--- a/src/js/game/core.js
+++ b/src/js/game/core.js
@@ -174,11 +174,7 @@ export class GameCore {
         logger.log("Initializing new game");
         this.root.gameIsFresh = true;
 
-        if (seed === undefined) {
-            this.root.map.seed = randomInt(0, 100000);
-        } else {
-            this.root.map.seed = seed;
-        }
+        this.root.map.seed = seed;
 
         logger.log("this.root.map.seed: ", this.root.map.seed);