diff --git a/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/services.ml b/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/services.ml
index cd33631651f8d7b260af3ebd804c8aabd3c55d49..5f13e2147098a67a29df81b40534e31ef7f3cc38 100644
--- a/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/services.ml
+++ b/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/services.ml
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ let subscriptions :
      to be sent multiple times. *)
   Stdlib.Hashtbl.create 10
 
-let () = Random.self_init ()
-
 let encode_id bytes =
   let id_hex = Hex.of_bytes bytes |> Hex.show in
   let buf = Buffer.create (String.length id_hex) in
diff --git a/etherlink/bin_node/main.ml b/etherlink/bin_node/main.ml
index cafd3ad70b9f6756b871809f1739ea112b88d4fa..4002d0810bcb7caab7bbcd8440f1b982847e9dc7 100644
--- a/etherlink/bin_node/main.ml
+++ b/etherlink/bin_node/main.ml
@@ -2425,6 +2425,7 @@ let handle_error = function
       Stdlib.exit 1
 
 let () =
+  Random.self_init () ;
   let _ =
     Tezos_clic.(
       setup_formatter