diff --git a/lib/Makefile.jt65_osx b/lib/Makefile.jt65_osx
index 2d4e56c2e..891229854 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.jt65_osx
+++ b/lib/Makefile.jt65_osx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CFLAGS = -I. -fbounds-check -fPIE
 %.o: %.F90
 	${FC} ${FFLAGS} -c $<
 
-all:    libjt9.a jt65 jt65sim
+all:    libjt9.a jt65 jt65sim 
 
 OBJS1 = astrosub.o astro0.o astro.o sun.o coord.o tmoonsub.o \
         fmtmsg.o deg2grid.o\
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ OBJS1 = astrosub.o astro0.o astro.o sun.o coord.o tmoonsub.o \
 	four2a.o grid2deg.o wisdom.o \
 	symspec.o analytic.o db.o \
 	encode232.o interleave9.o\
-	entail.o fano232.o gran.o sync9.o decjt9.o \
+	entail.o fano232.o sgran.o gran.o sync9.o decjt9.o \
 	fil3.o decoder.o timer.o exp_decode65.o fqso_first.o\
 	twkfreq.o symspec2.o shell.o sync65.o peakup.o slope.o xcor.o\
 	fillcom.o chkss2.o zplot9.o flat1.o flat2.o \
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jt65: $(OBJS7) libjt9.a libsfrsd.a
 	$(CP) jt65 $(EXE_DIR)
 
 OBJS2 = jt65sim.o wavhdr.o
-jt65sim: $(OBJS2) libjt9.a
+jt65sim:    $(OBJS2) libjt9.a
 	$(FC) -o jt65sim $(OBJS2) -L. -L/opt/local/lib -ljt9 -lfftw3f
 	$(CP) jt65sim $(EXE_DIR)
 
diff --git a/lib/extract.f90 b/lib/extract.f90
index ff5f2e267..46b60b6bb 100644
--- a/lib/extract.f90
+++ b/lib/extract.f90
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ subroutine extract(s3,nadd,nqd,ntrials,naggressive,ndepth,nexp_decode,   &
   ncandidates=param(0)
   nhard=param(1)
   nsoft=param(2)
+  nerased=param(3)
 
   if(nhard.lt.0 .and. ndepth.ge.5) then
      call timer('exp_deco',0)
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ subroutine extract(s3,nadd,nqd,ntrials,naggressive,ndepth,nexp_decode,   &
      call interleave63(correct,63,1)
      call graycode65(correct,63,1)
      call unpackmsg(dat4,decoded)     !Unpack the user message
+!  open(43,file='stats.dat',access='append',status='unknown')
+!  write(43,*) nhard,nsoft,nerased,ntry
+!  close(43)
      ncount=0
      if(iand(dat4(10),8).ne.0) ltext=.true.
      nsf=1
diff --git a/lib/jt65sim.f90 b/lib/jt65sim.f90
index 18acffd2d..72dbd833a 100644
--- a/lib/jt65sim.f90
+++ b/lib/jt65sim.f90
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ program jt65sim
   h=default_header(12000,npts)
   dfsig=2000.0/nsigs                 !Freq spacing between sigs in file (Hz)
 
+! generate new random number seed for each run using /dev/urandom on linux and os x
+  nerr=sgran()
+
   do ifile=1,nfiles                  !Loop over requested number of files
      write(fname,1002) ifile         !Output filename
 1002 format('000000_',i4.4)
diff --git a/lib/sgran.c b/lib/sgran.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..697408360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sgran.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* seed rand using urandom */
+float sgran_()
+{
+  unsigned int seed;
+  FILE *urandom;
+  urandom = fopen ("/dev/urandom","r");
+  fread (&seed, sizeof (seed), 1, urandom);
+  srand (seed);
+
+  return(0);
+}