diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IntervalCleanerWalker.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IntervalCleanerWalker.java
index ec3c6c45b..69e130cfa 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IntervalCleanerWalker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IntervalCleanerWalker.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public class  IntervalCleanerWalker extends LocusWindowWalker<Integer, Integer>
     int MAX_READS_FOR_CONSENSUSES = 120;
 
     public static final int MAX_QUAL = 99;
+    public static final long RANDOM_SEED = 1252863495;
 
     // fraction of mismatches that need to no longer mismatch for a column to be considered cleaned
     private static final double MISMATCH_COLUMN_CLEANED_FRACTION = 0.75;
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ public class  IntervalCleanerWalker extends LocusWindowWalker<Integer, Integer>
 
         logger.info("Writing into output BAM file");
         logger.info("Temporary space used: "+System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
-        generator = new Random();
+        generator = new Random(RANDOM_SEED);
 
         if ( OUT_INDELS != null ) {
             try {