diff --git a/server/selection_algorithm.go b/server/selection_algorithm.go
index abd9486d32..72bc2a663b 100644
--- a/server/selection_algorithm.go
+++ b/server/selection_algorithm.go
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"math"
 	"math/rand"
+	"time"
 )
 
+var random = rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+
 type ProbabilitySelectionAlgorithm struct {
 	MinPerfScore float64
 
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ func selectBy(probabilities map[ethcommon.Address]float64) ethcommon.Address {
 		cumProbs = append(cumProbs, cumProb)
 	}
 
-	r := rand.Float64()
+	r := random.Float64()
 	for i, cumProb := range cumProbs {
 		if r <= cumProb {
 			return addrs[i]
diff --git a/server/selection_algorithm_test.go b/server/selection_algorithm_test.go
index 7892619be7..96ef58f0a4 100644
--- a/server/selection_algorithm_test.go
+++ b/server/selection_algorithm_test.go
@@ -188,14 +188,23 @@ func TestCalculateProbabilities(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSelectByProbability(t *testing.T) {
+	// use constant seed to avoid test flakiness
+	random.Seed(0)
+	iters := 100000
+
 	probs := map[ethcommon.Address]float64{
-		ethcommon.HexToAddress("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001"): 0.1,
-		ethcommon.HexToAddress("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002"): 0.3,
+		ethcommon.HexToAddress("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001"): 0.11,
+		ethcommon.HexToAddress("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002"): 0.29,
 		ethcommon.HexToAddress("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000003"): 0.6,
 	}
 
-	selected := selectBy(probs)
+	selected := map[ethcommon.Address]int64{}
+	for i := 0; i < iters; i++ {
+		selected[selectBy(probs)]++
+	}
 
-	// all we can check is that one of input addresses was selected
-	require.Contains(t, probs, selected)
+	for addr, prob := range probs {
+		selectedRatio := float64(selected[addr]) / float64(iters)
+		require.InDelta(t, prob, selectedRatio, 0.01)
+	}
 }