diff --git a/zk/util.go b/zk/util.go
index 769bbe87..12ef93c4 100644
--- a/zk/util.go
+++ b/zk/util.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"time"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -47,8 +48,9 @@ func FormatServers(servers []string) []string {
 
 // stringShuffle performs a Fisher-Yates shuffle on a slice of strings
 func stringShuffle(s []string) {
+	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
 	for i := len(s) - 1; i > 0; i-- {
-		j := rand.Intn(i + 1)
+		j := r.Intn(i + 1)
 		s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i]
 	}
 }