diff --git a/src/scenes/InitTransferPakScene.cpp b/src/scenes/InitTransferPakScene.cpp
index 2b03888..5611cf9 100755
--- a/src/scenes/InitTransferPakScene.cpp
+++ b/src/scenes/InitTransferPakScene.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "transferpak/TransferPakManager.h"
 #include "transferpak/TransferPakRomReader.h"
 #include "transferpak/TransferPakSaveManager.h"
+#include "transferpak/TransferPakRTCReader.h"
 #include "gen1/Gen1GameReader.h"
 #include "gen2/Gen2GameReader.h"
 #include "menu/MenuEntries.h"
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@ void InitTransferPakScene::loadSaveMetadata()
 {
     TransferPakRomReader romReader(deps_.tpakManager);
     TransferPakSaveManager saveManager(deps_.tpakManager);
+    TransferPakRTCReader rtcReader(deps_.tpakManager);
     Gen1GameType gen1Type;
     Gen2GameType gen2Type;
     uint16_t trainerID = 0;
@@ -307,8 +309,16 @@ void InitTransferPakScene::loadSaveMetadata()
     else if(gen2Type != Gen2GameType::INVALID)
     {
         const Gen2LocalizationLanguage language = gen2_determineGameLanguage(romReader, gen2Type);
-
         Gen2GameReader gameReader(romReader, saveManager, gen2Type, language);
+        Gen2ClockManager clockManager = gameReader.getClockManager(rtcReader);
+
+        // add more entropy to the randomSeed by adding the current daycounter + time to it.
+        clockManager.latchRTC();
+        randomSeed_ += (static_cast<unsigned int>(clockManager.getDayCounter() & 0xFF) << 24);
+        randomSeed_ += (static_cast<unsigned int>(clockManager.getHours()) << 16);
+        randomSeed_ += (static_cast<unsigned int>(clockManager.getMinutes()) << 8);
+        randomSeed_ += static_cast<unsigned int>(clockManager.getSeconds());
+
         const char* trainerName = gameReader.getTrainerName();
         trainerID = gameReader.getTrainerID();
         deps_.localization = static_cast<uint8_t>(language);