diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 907f6c0ce..5d78da55e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ ebin/
 deps/
 tests/
 basho_bench
+*~
+#*#
 
diff --git a/src/basho_bench.app.src b/src/basho_bench.app.src
index ab2a41a58..495cd56c9 100644
--- a/src/basho_bench.app.src
+++ b/src/basho_bench.app.src
@@ -71,10 +71,5 @@
          %% {fixed_bin, N} - Fixed size binary blob of N bytes
          %%
          {value_generator, {fixed_bin, 100}},
-
-         %%
-         %% RNG Seed -- ensures consistent generation of key/value sizes (but not content!)
-         %%
-         {rng_seed, {42, 23, 12}}
         ]}
 ]}.
diff --git a/src/basho_bench_worker.erl b/src/basho_bench_worker.erl
index 972acbeb9..a1c8814f0 100644
--- a/src/basho_bench_worker.erl
+++ b/src/basho_bench_worker.erl
@@ -72,8 +72,16 @@ init([SupChild, Id]) ->
     %%
     %% NOTE: If the worker process dies, this obviously introduces some entroy
     %% into the equation since you'd be restarting the RNG all over.
+    %% 
+    %% The RNG_SEED is static by default for replicability of key size
+    %% and value size generation between test runs.  
     process_flag(trap_exit, true),
-    {A1, A2, A3} = basho_bench_config:get(rng_seed),
+    {A1, A2, A3} = 
+        case basho_bench_config:get(rng_seed, {42, 23, 12}) of
+            {Aa, Ab, Ac} -> {Aa, Ab, Ac};
+            now -> now()
+        end,
+                       
     RngSeed = {A1+Id, A2+Id, A3+Id},
 
     %% Pull all config settings from environment