diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9dd6e31..369ed4d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,21 @@
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
             <version>20220924</version>
         </dependency>
-
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.jinahya</groupId>
+            <artifactId>random-org-json-rpc</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>2.10.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>1.15</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java
index 841c5e0..1a0a640 100644
--- a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/Cache.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package wtf.beatrice.hidekobot;
 
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.random.util.RandomOrgRandom;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.datasources.ConfigurationEntry;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ public class Cache
 
     // the Random instance that we should always use when looking for an RNG based thing.
     // the seed is updated periodically.
-    private static final SecureRandom randomInstance = new SecureRandom();
+    private static Random randomInstance = new SecureRandom();
 
     // map to store results of "love calculator", to avoid people re-running the same command until
     // they get what they wanted.
@@ -86,8 +87,22 @@ public class Cache
         return randomInstance;
     }
 
-    public static void setRandomSeed(long seed) {
-        randomInstance.setSeed(seed);
+    public static void initRandomOrg(String apiKey)
+    {
+        /* we use the random.org instance to generate 160 random bytes.
+        then, we're feeding those 160 bytes as a seed for a SecureRandom.
+
+        this is preferred to calling the RandomOrgRandom directly every time,
+        because it has to query the api and (1) takes a long time, especially with big
+        dice rolls, and (2) you'd run in the limits extremely quickly if the bot
+        was run publicly for everyone to use.
+         */
+
+        RandomOrgRandom randomOrg = new RandomOrgRandom(apiKey);
+        byte[] randomBytes = new byte[160];
+        randomOrg.nextBytes(randomBytes);
+
+        randomInstance = new SecureRandom(randomBytes);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -143,6 +158,10 @@ public class Cache
         return configurationSource == null ? null : (String) configurationSource.getConfigValue(ConfigurationEntry.BOT_TOKEN);
     }
 
+    public static String getRandomOrgApiKey() {
+        return configurationSource == null ? null : (String) configurationSource.getConfigValue(ConfigurationEntry.RANDOM_ORG_API_KEY);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the bot maintainer's profile id.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/HidekoBot.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/HidekoBot.java
index 8f5233a..7832377 100644
--- a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/HidekoBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/HidekoBot.java
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ import sun.misc.Signal;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.commands.completer.ProfileImageCommandCompleter;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.commands.message.HelloCommand;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.commands.slash.*;
+import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.datasources.ConfigurationEntry;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.datasources.ConfigurationSource;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.datasources.DatabaseSource;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.datasources.PropertiesSource;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.listeners.*;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.runnables.ExpiredMessageTask;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.runnables.HeartBeatTask;
+import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.runnables.RandomOrgSeedTask;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.runnables.StatusUpdateTask;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.util.CommandUtil;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.util.FormatUtil;
@@ -107,6 +109,22 @@ public class HidekoBot
 
         }
 
+
+        boolean enableRandomSeedUpdaterTask = false;
+        // initialize random.org object if API key is provided
+        {
+            String apiKey = Cache.getRandomOrgApiKey();
+            if(apiKey != null &&
+                    !apiKey.isEmpty() &&
+                    !apiKey.equals(ConfigurationEntry.RANDOM_ORG_API_KEY.getDefaultValue()))
+            {
+                LOGGER.info("Enabling Random.org integration... This might take a while!");
+                Cache.initRandomOrg(apiKey);
+                enableRandomSeedUpdaterTask = true;
+                LOGGER.info("Random.org integration enabled!");
+            }
+        }
+
         // register slash commands and completers
         SlashCommandListener slashCommandListener = new SlashCommandListener();
         SlashCommandCompletionListener slashCommandCompletionListener = new SlashCommandCompletionListener();
@@ -198,6 +216,11 @@ public class HidekoBot
         scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(heartBeatTask, 10L, 30L, TimeUnit.SECONDS); //every 30 seconds
         StatusUpdateTask statusUpdateTask = new StatusUpdateTask();
         scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(statusUpdateTask, 0L, 60L * 5L, TimeUnit.SECONDS); // every 5 minutes
+        if(enableRandomSeedUpdaterTask)
+        {
+            RandomOrgSeedTask randomSeedTask = new RandomOrgSeedTask();
+            scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(randomSeedTask, 15L, 15L, TimeUnit.MINUTES); // every 15 minutes
+        }
 
         // register shutdown interrupt signal listener for proper shutdown.
         Signal.handle(new Signal("INT"), signal -> shutdown());
diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/commands/base/DiceRoll.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/commands/base/DiceRoll.java
index 9726716..414d159 100644
--- a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/commands/base/DiceRoll.java
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/commands/base/DiceRoll.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.commands.base;
 
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.EmbedBuilder;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.User;
+import org.random.util.RandomOrgRandom;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.Cache;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.objects.MessageResponse;
 import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.objects.fun.Dice;
@@ -125,6 +126,9 @@ public class DiceRoll
         embedBuilder.setAuthor(author.getAsTag(), null, author.getAvatarUrl());
         embedBuilder.setTitle("Dice Roll");
 
+        if(Cache.getRandom() instanceof RandomOrgRandom)
+            embedBuilder.setFooter("Seed provided by Random.org");
+
         StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
         int total = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/datasources/ConfigurationEntry.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/datasources/ConfigurationEntry.java
index 997958a..21cb2c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/datasources/ConfigurationEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/datasources/ConfigurationEntry.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ public enum ConfigurationEntry
     BOT_OWNER_ID("bot-owner-id", 100000000000000000L),
     BOT_COLOR("bot-color", "PINK"),
     HEARTBEAT_LINK("heartbeat-link", "https://your-heartbeat-api.com/api/push/apikey?status=up&msg=OK&ping="),
+    RANDOM_ORG_API_KEY("random-org-api-key", "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"),
 
     ;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/runnables/RandomOrgSeedTask.java b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/runnables/RandomOrgSeedTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..786f8aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/wtf/beatrice/hidekobot/runnables/RandomOrgSeedTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.runnables;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.Cache;
+import wtf.beatrice.hidekobot.datasources.ConfigurationEntry;
+
+/**
+ * This runnable pulls a random seed from random.org and used it to feed a SecureRandom,
+ * if the integration is enabled.
+ * <br/>
+ * This is necessary since we are not directly accessing random.org for each random number we
+ * need, and thus, only the seed is random - not the algorithm applied to it to compute the numbers.
+ */
+public class RandomOrgSeedTask implements Runnable
+{
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RandomOrgSeedTask.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void run()
+    {
+        String apiKey = Cache.getRandomOrgApiKey();
+        if(apiKey != null &&
+                !apiKey.isEmpty() &&
+                !apiKey.equals(ConfigurationEntry.RANDOM_ORG_API_KEY.getDefaultValue()))
+        {
+            if(Cache.isVerbose()) LOGGER.info("Updating Random seed from random.org...");
+            Cache.initRandomOrg(Cache.getRandomOrgApiKey());
+            if(Cache.isVerbose()) LOGGER.info("Random.org seed updated!");
+        }
+    }
+}
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