diff --git a/flatland/envs/rail_env.py b/flatland/envs/rail_env.py
index 19c15f854dfb4c620ac3cb635ea143bc9f2c029a..aa8e48023694c96941b59d6f78b3fd93edf81e9e 100644
--- a/flatland/envs/rail_env.py
+++ b/flatland/envs/rail_env.py
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
         self.distance_map = DistanceMap(self.agents, self.height, self.width)
 
         self.action_space = [1]
+        
+        self._seed()
 
         self._seed()
         self.random_seed = random_seed