diff --git a/src/engine/test/test-lots.c b/src/engine/test/test-lots.c
index 8da22c90ab..6fa2044ada 100644
--- a/src/engine/test/test-lots.c
+++ b/src/engine/test/test-lots.c
@@ -59,12 +59,15 @@ main_helper (void *closure, int argc, char **argv)
    * automatically fail! */
   g_log_set_always_fatal( G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL | G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING );
 
-  set_success_print (TRUE);
+  //set_success_print (TRUE);
 
   do_test((NULL!=gnc_module_load("gnucash/engine", 0)), "load engine");
 
+  /* Set up a reproducible test-case */
+  srand(0);
+
   /* Iterate the test a number of times */
-  for (i=0; i< 6; i++)
+  for (i=0; i< 100; i++)
   {
     run_test ();
   }