diff --git a/tidal-core/src/Sound/Tidal/UI.hs b/tidal-core/src/Sound/Tidal/UI.hs
index 58b27f19..73cb1ffb 100644
--- a/tidal-core/src/Sound/Tidal/UI.hs
+++ b/tidal-core/src/Sound/Tidal/UI.hs
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ intSeedToRand :: (Fractional a) => Int -> a
 intSeedToRand = (/ 536870912) . realToFrac . (`mod` 536870912)
 
 timeToRand :: (RealFrac a, Fractional b) => a -> b
-timeToRand = intSeedToRand . timeToIntSeed
+-- Otherwise the value would be 0 at time 0.. Let's start in the middle.
+timeToRand 0 = 0.5
+timeToRand t = intSeedToRand $ timeToIntSeed t
 
 timeToRands :: (RealFrac a, Fractional b) => a -> Int -> [b]
 timeToRands 0 n = timeToRands' (timeToIntSeed (9999999 :: Double)) n
diff --git a/tidal-core/test/Sound/Tidal/UITest.hs b/tidal-core/test/Sound/Tidal/UITest.hs
index dd9033af..7d9264b5 100644
--- a/tidal-core/test/Sound/Tidal/UITest.hs
+++ b/tidal-core/test/Sound/Tidal/UITest.hs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ run =
 
     describe "rand" $ do
       it "it generates a (pseudo-)random number between 0 and 1 at the start of a cycle" $
-        (queryArc rand (Arc 0 0)) `shouldBe` [Event (Context []) Nothing (Arc 0 0) (0 :: Float)]
+        (queryArc rand (Arc 0 0)) `shouldBe` [Event (Context []) Nothing (Arc 0 0) (0.5 :: Float)]
       it "it generates a (pseudo-)random number between 0 and 1 at 1/4 of a cycle" $
         (queryArc rand (Arc 0.25 0.25))
           `shouldBe` [Event (Context []) Nothing (Arc 0.25 0.25) (0.6295689214020967 :: Float)]
@@ -116,19 +116,19 @@ run =
     describe "irand" $ do
       -- it "generates a (pseudo-random) integer between zero & i" $ do
       it "at the start of a cycle" $
-        (queryArc (irand 10) (Arc 0 0)) `shouldBe` [Event (Context []) Nothing (Arc 0 0) (0 :: Int)]
+        (queryArc (irand 10) (Arc 0 0)) `shouldBe` [Event (Context []) Nothing (Arc 0 0) (5 :: Int)]
       it "at 1/4 of a cycle" $
         (queryArc (irand 10) (Arc 0.25 0.25)) `shouldBe` [Event (Context []) Nothing (Arc 0.25 0.25) (6 :: Int)]
       it "is patternable" $
         (queryArc (irand "10 2") (Arc 0 1))
-          `shouldBe` [ Event (Context [((1, 1), (3, 1))]) Nothing (Arc 0 0.5) (0 :: Int),
+          `shouldBe` [ Event (Context [((1, 1), (3, 1))]) Nothing (Arc 0 0.5) (5 :: Int),
                        Event (Context [((4, 1), (5, 1))]) Nothing (Arc 0.5 1) (0 :: Int)
                      ]
 
     describe "normal" $ do
       it "produces values within [0,1] in a bell curve at different parts of a cycle" $ do
         queryArc normal (Arc 0 0.1)
-          `shouldBe` [Event (Context []) Nothing (Arc 0 0.1) (0.26202741871417984 :: Double)]
+          `shouldBe` [Event (Context []) Nothing (Arc 0 0.1) (0.42461738824387246 :: Double)]
         queryArc normal (Arc 0.25 0.25)
           `shouldBe` [Event (Context []) Nothing (Arc 0.25 0.25) (0.5 :: Double)]
         queryArc normal (Arc 0.75 0.75)