diff --git a/src/views/GameView.vue b/src/views/GameView.vue
index e443e7d..77cb789 100644
--- a/src/views/GameView.vue
+++ b/src/views/GameView.vue
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ function selectOperator(o: OperatorType): void {
 function reboot(): void {
   gameState.value = GameStateType.Playing
 
+  if (gameDifficulty.value === GameDifficultyType.Hard) {
+    // Run an empty rand() call to make sure that both Normal and Hard have different expected results
+    random()
+  }
+
   const minValue = 101
   const numPlaquettes = isHardMode.value || isPracticeMode.value ? 6 : 5
   do {