diff --git a/include/crypto.h b/include/crypto.h
index 8ddedbb..c6ef173 100644
--- a/include/crypto.h
+++ b/include/crypto.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
 //MACROS
 #define WHY2_SUM_SEGMENT_SIZE 32 //SEGMENT SIZE FOR CALCULATING SUM
 #define WHY2_SUM_BASE_PRIME 31 //PRIME FOR SUM BASE
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ 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
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/utils/crypto.c b/src/core/lib/utils/crypto.c
index 670f603..a7ddaac 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/utils/crypto.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/utils/crypto.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <math.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/random.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
 {
@@ -43,4 +45,9 @@ 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)
+{
+    return getrandom(dest, size, GRND_NONBLOCK);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/lib/utils/misc.c b/src/core/lib/utils/misc.c
index 935d901..06302f7 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/utils/misc.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/utils/misc.c
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/random.h>
 #include <ftw.h>
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 #include <json-c/json.h>
 #include <git2.h>
 
+#include <why2/crypto.h>
 #include <why2/flags.h>
 #include <why2/memory.h>
 
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ char *why2_generate_key(int key_length)
     for (int i = 0; i < key_length; i++)
     {
         //GET RANDOM NUMBER
-        if (getrandom(&random_buffer, sizeof(unsigned int), GRND_NONBLOCK) == -1) why2_die("getrandom fn failed!");
+        if (why2_random(&random_buffer, sizeof(unsigned int)) == -1) why2_die("getrandom fn failed!");
 
         //SET numberBuffer TO RANDOM NUMBER BETWEEN 0 AND 52
         number_buffer = (random_buffer % 52) + 1;