diff --git a/src/context.cc b/src/context.cc
index dd15d3bfbf..f2e3c8914a 100644
--- a/src/context.cc
+++ b/src/context.cc
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ SimInfo::SimInfo()
       m0(0),
       dt(kDefaultTimeStepDur),
       decay("manual"),
-      seed(kDefaultSeed),
-      stride(kDefaultStride),
       branch_time(-1),
       explicit_inventory(false),
       explicit_inventory_compact(false),
       parent_sim(boost::uuids::nil_uuid()),
-      parent_type("init") {}
+      parent_type("init"),
+      seed(kDefaultSeed),
+      stride(kDefaultStride) {}
 
 SimInfo::SimInfo(int dur, int y0, int m0, std::string handle)
     : duration(dur),
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ SimInfo::SimInfo(int dur, int y0, int m0, std::string handle)
       m0(m0),
       dt(kDefaultTimeStepDur),
       decay("manual"),
-      seed(kDefaultSeed),
-      stride(kDefaultStride),
       branch_time(-1),
       handle(handle),
       explicit_inventory(false),
       explicit_inventory_compact(false),
       parent_sim(boost::uuids::nil_uuid()),
-      parent_type("init") {}
+      parent_type("init"),
+      seed(kDefaultSeed),
+      stride(kDefaultStride) {}
 
 SimInfo::SimInfo(int dur, int y0, int m0, std::string handle, std::string d)
     : duration(dur),
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ SimInfo::SimInfo(int dur, int y0, int m0, std::string handle, std::string d)
       m0(m0),
       dt(kDefaultTimeStepDur),
       decay(d),
-      seed(kDefaultSeed),
-      stride(kDefaultStride),
       branch_time(-1),
       handle(handle),
       explicit_inventory(false),
       explicit_inventory_compact(false),
       parent_sim(boost::uuids::nil_uuid()),
-      parent_type("init") {}
+      parent_type("init"),
+      seed(kDefaultSeed),
+      stride(kDefaultStride), {}
 
 SimInfo::SimInfo(int dur, boost::uuids::uuid parent_sim,
                  int branch_time, std::string parent_type,
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ SimInfo::SimInfo(int dur, boost::uuids::uuid parent_sim,
       m0(-1),
       dt(kDefaultTimeStepDur),
       decay("manual"),
-      seed(kDefaultSeed),
-      stride(kDefaultStride),
       parent_sim(parent_sim),
       parent_type(parent_type),
       branch_time(branch_time),
       explicit_inventory(false),
       explicit_inventory_compact(false),
-      handle(handle) {}
+      handle(handle),
+      seed(kDefaultSeed),
+      stride(kDefaultStride) {}
 
 Context::Context(Timer* ti, Recorder* rec)
     : ti_(ti),
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ void Context::InitSim(SimInfo si) {
       ->AddVal("InitialYear", si.y0)
       ->AddVal("InitialMonth", si.m0)
       ->AddVal("Duration", si.duration)
-      ->AddVal("Seed", si.seed)
-      ->AddVal("Stride", si.stride)
+      ->AddVal("Seed", static_cast<int>(si.seed))
+      ->AddVal("Stride", static_cast<int>(si.stride))
       ->AddVal("ParentSimId", si.parent_sim)
       ->AddVal("ParentType", si.parent_type)
       ->AddVal("BranchTime", si.branch_time)
@@ -221,11 +221,6 @@ void Context::InitSim(SimInfo si) {
       ->AddVal("DurationSecs", static_cast<int>(si.dt))
       ->Record();
 
-  NewDatum("RNGInfo")
-      ->AddVal("Seed", static_cast<int>(si.seed))
-      ->AddVal("Stride", static_cast<int>(si.stride))
-      ->Record();
-
   NewDatum("Epsilon")
       ->AddVal("GenericEpsilon", si.eps)
       ->AddVal("ResourceEpsilon", si.eps_rsrc)
diff --git a/src/sim_init.cc b/src/sim_init.cc
index 7bd8f28398..20a44271af 100644
--- a/src/sim_init.cc
+++ b/src/sim_init.cc
@@ -155,15 +155,14 @@ void SimInit::LoadInfo() {
 
   si_.parent_sim = qr.GetVal<boost::uuids::uuid>("ParentSimId");
 
+  si_.seed = qr.GetVal<int>("Seed");
+  si_.stride = qr.GetVal<int>("Stride");
+
   qr = b_->Query("TimeStepDur", NULL);
   // TODO: when the backends support uint64_t, the int template here
   // should be updated to uint64_t.
   si_.dt = qr.GetVal<int>("DurationSecs");
 
-  qr = b_->Query("RNGInfo", NULL);
-  si_.seed = qr.GetVal<int>("Seed");
-  si_.stride = qr.GetVal<int>("Stride");
-
   qr = b_->Query("Epsilon", NULL);
   si_.eps = qr.GetVal<double>("GenericEpsilon");
   si_.eps_rsrc = qr.GetVal<double>("ResourceEpsilon");