diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 9cc6c795..c6f04394 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Polymake"
 uuid = "d720cf60-89b5-51f5-aff5-213f193123e7"
 repo = "https://github.com/oscar-system/Polymake.jl.git"
-version = "0.11.10"
+version = "0.11.11"
 
 [deps]
 BinaryWrappers = "f01c122e-0ea1-4f85-ad8f-907073ad7a9f"
diff --git a/src/Polymake.jl b/src/Polymake.jl
index ce7fde64..986ba4a7 100644
--- a/src/Polymake.jl
+++ b/src/Polymake.jl
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ include(type_translator)
 
 _pm_rand_helper() = rand(Int64)
 
-function set_rand_source(f::Function)
-   cf = CxxWrap.@safe_cfunction($f, Int64, ())
-   set_rand_source(cf)
+function set_rand_source()
+   _default_rand_helper = CxxWrap.@safe_cfunction(_pm_rand_helper, Int64, ())
+   set_rand_source(_default_rand_helper)
 end
 
 function __init__()
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ function __init__()
        application("common")
     end
 
-    set_rand_source(_pm_rand_helper)
+    set_rand_source()
 
     # We need to set the Julia types as c types for polymake
     for (name, c_type) in C_TYPES
diff --git a/test/util.jl b/test/util.jl
index 28b412e8..1dd504e2 100644
--- a/test/util.jl
+++ b/test/util.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+_test_rand_fun() = return 42
+
 @testset verbose=true "utilities" begin
     facets = [ 0 1 0 ; 0 0 1 ; 1 -1 0 ; 1 0 -1 ]
 
@@ -85,9 +87,12 @@
         @test Polymake.shell_execute(raw"""$c->apply_rule("_4ti2.integer_points");""") isa NamedTuple
         @test Polymake.exists(c, "LATTICE_POINTS_GENERATORS") || Polymake.exists(c, "HILBERT_BASIS_GENERATORS")
     end
+
+
     @testset verbose=true "seeding" begin
       try
-        Polymake.set_rand_source(() -> return 42)
+        _test_rand_cfun = Polymake.CxxWrap.@safe_cfunction(_test_rand_fun, Int64, ())
+        Polymake.set_rand_source(_test_rand_cfun)
         v1 = Polymake.polytope.rand_sphere(3,10).VERTICES
         v2 = Polymake.polytope.rand_sphere(3,10).VERTICES
         vs1 = Polymake.polytope.rand_sphere(3,10; seed=42).VERTICES
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@
         vr = Polymake.polytope.rand_sphere(3,10).VERTICES
         @test v1 != vr
       finally
-        Polymake.set_rand_source(Polymake._pm_rand_helper)
+        Polymake.set_rand_source()
       end
     end
 end