diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a78db879..8289672f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.1 )
 
 # Define the project
 cmake_policy( SET CMP0048 NEW ) # version in project()
-project( locust_mc VERSION 2.8.0)
+project( locust_mc VERSION 2.8.1)
 
 
 list( APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Scarab/cmake )
diff --git a/Source/Generators/LMCCavitySignalGenerator.cc b/Source/Generators/LMCCavitySignalGenerator.cc
index a8ea83d3..7ff2c4ea 100644
--- a/Source/Generators/LMCCavitySignalGenerator.cc
+++ b/Source/Generators/LMCCavitySignalGenerator.cc
@@ -322,8 +322,11 @@ namespace locust
 
     bool CavitySignalGenerator::RandomizeStartDelay()
     {
-        srand ( fTrackDelaySeed );
-        int tNPreEventSamples = fNPreEventSamples/10 * ( rand() % 10 );
+        scarab::param_node default_setting;
+        default_setting.add("name","uniform");
+        fStartDelayDistribution = fDistributionInterface.get_dist(default_setting);
+        fDistributionInterface.SetSeed( fTrackDelaySeed );
+        int tNPreEventSamples = fNPreEventSamples * fStartDelayDistribution->Generate();
         LPROG(lmclog,"Randomizing the start delay to " << tNPreEventSamples << " fast samples.");
         fNPreEventSamples = tNPreEventSamples;
 
diff --git a/Source/Generators/LMCCavitySignalGenerator.hh b/Source/Generators/LMCCavitySignalGenerator.hh
index cb8efd13..1190d435 100644
--- a/Source/Generators/LMCCavitySignalGenerator.hh
+++ b/Source/Generators/LMCCavitySignalGenerator.hh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "LMCTFFileHandler.hh"
 #include "LMCCavityUtility.hh"
 #include "LMCAliasingUtility.hh"
+#include "LMCDistributionInterface.hh"
 #include <vector>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
@@ -134,6 +135,9 @@ namespace locust
 
             const scarab::param_node* fParam;
 
+            std::shared_ptr< BaseDistribution> fStartDelayDistribution;
+            DistributionInterface fDistributionInterface;
+
 
     };
 
diff --git a/Source/Kassiopeia/LMCRunPause.cc b/Source/Kassiopeia/LMCRunPause.cc
index 44e29aba..5ce29c20 100644
--- a/Source/Kassiopeia/LMCRunPause.cc
+++ b/Source/Kassiopeia/LMCRunPause.cc
@@ -296,9 +296,12 @@ namespace locust
     	    {
                 if ( aParam["random-track-length"]().as_bool() == true)
                 {
-                    srand ( GetSeed( aParam ));
+                    scarab::param_node default_setting;
+                    default_setting.add("name","uniform");
+                    fTrackLengthDistribution = fDistributionInterface.get_dist(default_setting);
+                    fDistributionInterface.SetSeed( GetSeed(aParam) );
                     double tMinTrackLength = tMaxTrackLength * tMinTrackLengthFraction;
-                    double tRandomTime = tMinTrackLength + (tMaxTrackLength - tMinTrackLength) * (rand() % 10) / 9.;
+                    double tRandomTime = tMinTrackLength + (tMaxTrackLength - tMinTrackLength) * fTrackLengthDistribution->Generate();
                     fLocustMaxTimeTerminator->SetTime( tRandomTime );
                     LPROG(lmclog,"Randomizing the track length to " << tRandomTime);
                 }
diff --git a/Source/Kassiopeia/LMCRunPause.hh b/Source/Kassiopeia/LMCRunPause.hh
index 83e7338f..366e30b1 100644
--- a/Source/Kassiopeia/LMCRunPause.hh
+++ b/Source/Kassiopeia/LMCRunPause.hh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "KSGenTimeComposite.h"
 #include "LMCKassLocustInterface.hh"
 #include "KRandom.h"
+#include "LMCDistributionInterface.hh"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@ namespace locust
             Kassiopeia::KSGeoSpace* fKSSpace;
             Kassiopeia::KSGenGeneratorComposite* fGenerator;
 
+            std::shared_ptr< BaseDistribution> fTrackLengthDistribution;
+            DistributionInterface fDistributionInterface;
+
+
+
 
 
     };