diff --git a/include/crypto.h b/include/crypto.h
index 6c7cd95..06c0ce1 100644
--- a/include/crypto.h
+++ b/include/crypto.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#include <why2/flags.h>
+
 //MACROS
 #define WHY2_SUM_SEGMENT_SIZE 32 //SEGMENT SIZE FOR CALCULATING SUM
 #define WHY2_SUM_BASE_PRIME 31 //PRIME FOR SUM BASE
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 //FUNCTIONS
 unsigned long long why2_sum_segment(char *input); //CALCULATE SUM++ FOR input; USED FOR PADDING SEED
-ssize_t why2_random(void *dest, size_t size); //WRITE CRYPTO-SECURE RANDOM NUMBER INTO dest
+why2_bool why2_random(void *dest, size_t size); //WRITE CRYPTO-SECURE RANDOM NUMBER INTO dest
 void why2_seed_random(unsigned int seed); //SEED why2_seeded_random OUTPUT
 int why2_seeded_random(); //GENERATE RANDOM NUMBER BASED ON SEED PASSED IN why2_seed_random
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/utils/crypto.c b/src/core/lib/utils/crypto.c
index 9e11d72..17fc95f 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/utils/crypto.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/utils/crypto.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
 
+#include <why2/flags.h>
+
 unsigned long long why2_sum_segment(char *input) //THE OUTPUT IS GOING TO GROW A LOT WITH LONG input, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE A BIG PROBLEM. I TESTED FOR OVERFLOWS UP TO 4096-CHAR input AND ONLY GOT TO (14*10^(-7))% OF FULL ULL RANGE LMAO
 {
     unsigned long input_size = strlen(input);
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ unsigned long long why2_sum_segment(char *input) //THE OUTPUT IS GOING TO GROW A
     return output;
 }
 
-ssize_t why2_random(void *dest, size_t size)
+why2_bool why2_random(void *dest, size_t size)
 {
     return RAND_bytes((unsigned char*) dest, size) == 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/utils/misc.c b/src/core/lib/utils/misc.c
index b6d2cf0..7f0f0b7 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/utils/misc.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/utils/misc.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ char *why2_generate_key(int key_length)
     for (int i = 0; i < key_length; i++)
     {
         //GET RANDOM NUMBER
-        if (why2_random(&random_buffer, sizeof(unsigned int)) == -1) why2_die("getrandom fn failed!");
+        if (!why2_random(&random_buffer, sizeof(unsigned int))) why2_die("getrandom fn failed!");
 
         //SET numberBuffer TO RANDOM NUMBER BETWEEN 0 AND 52
         number_buffer = (random_buffer % 52) + 1;