diff --git a/packages/mini/mini.mjs b/packages/mini/mini.mjs
index c6b1d50e..416203e2 100644
--- a/packages/mini/mini.mjs
+++ b/packages/mini/mini.mjs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { addMiniLocations } from '@strudel.cycles/eval/shapeshifter.mjs';
 const { pure, Pattern, Fraction, stack, slowcat, sequence, timeCat, silence, reify } = strudel;
 
 var _seedState = 0;
+const randOffset = 0.0002;
 
 function _nextSeed() {
   return _seedState++;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ const applyOptions = (parent) => (pat, i) => {
       case 'bjorklund':
         return pat.euclid(operator.arguments_.pulse, operator.arguments_.step, operator.arguments_.rotation);
       case 'degradeBy':
-        return reify(pat)._degradeByWith(strudel.rand.early(Math.PI * _nextSeed()).segment(1), operator.arguments_.amount);
+        return reify(pat)._degradeByWith(strudel.rand.early(randOffset * _nextSeed()).segment(1), operator.arguments_.amount);
       // TODO: case 'fixed-step': "%"
     }
     console.warn(`operator "${operator.type_}" not implemented`);
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ export function patternifyAST(ast) {
         return stack(...children);
       }
       if (alignment === 'r') {
-        return strudel.chooseInWith(strudel.rand.early(Math.PI * _nextSeed()).segment(1), children);
+        return strudel.chooseInWith(strudel.rand.early(randOffset * _nextSeed()).segment(1), children);
       }
       const weightedChildren = ast.source_.some((child) => !!child.options_?.weight);
       if (!weightedChildren && alignment === 't') {
diff --git a/repl/src/test/__snapshots__/tunes.test.mjs.snap b/repl/src/test/__snapshots__/tunes.test.mjs.snap
index d833c751..47a2b223 100644
--- a/repl/src/test/__snapshots__/tunes.test.mjs.snap
+++ b/repl/src/test/__snapshots__/tunes.test.mjs.snap
@@ -318,10 +318,10 @@ exports[`renders tunes > tune: bossa 1`] = `
 
 exports[`renders tunes > tune: bossaRandom 1`] = `
 [
-  "0/1 -> 1/2: {\\"note\\":\\"G4\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.5601851851851851}",
-  "0/1 -> 1/2: {\\"note\\":\\"B4\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.5787037037037037}",
-  "0/1 -> 1/2: {\\"note\\":\\"C5\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.5833333333333333}",
-  "0/1 -> 1/2: {\\"note\\":\\"E5\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.6018518518518519}",
+  "0/1 -> 1/4: {\\"note\\":\\"G4\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.5601851851851851}",
+  "0/1 -> 1/4: {\\"note\\":\\"B4\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.5787037037037037}",
+  "0/1 -> 1/4: {\\"note\\":\\"C5\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.5833333333333333}",
+  "0/1 -> 1/4: {\\"note\\":\\"E5\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.6018518518518519}",
   "3/4 -> 1/1: {\\"note\\":\\"G4\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.5601851851851851}",
   "3/4 -> 1/1: {\\"note\\":\\"B4\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.5787037037037037}",
   "3/4 -> 1/1: {\\"note\\":\\"C5\\",\\"clip\\":1,\\"s\\":\\"piano\\",\\"pan\\":0.5833333333333333}",