diff --git a/src/cyclic.c b/src/cyclic.c
index 814a49c..912c958 100644
--- a/src/cyclic.c
+++ b/src/cyclic.c
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ static int check_coprime(uint64_t check, const cyclic_group_t *group)
 static uint64_t find_primroot(const cyclic_group_t *group)
 {
 	// what luck, rand() returns a uint32_t!
-	uint32_t candidate = (uint32_t) aesrand_getword() & 0xFFFF;
+	uint32_t candidate = (uint32_t) aesrand_getword() & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+	printf("Candidate: %u\n", (unsigned) candidate);
 	while(check_coprime(candidate, group) != COPRIME) {
 		++candidate;
 	}
@@ -186,14 +187,14 @@ int cyclic_init(uint32_t primroot_, uint32_t current_)
 			primroot = find_primroot(cur_group);
 		} while (primroot >= (1LL << 32));
 		log_debug(LSRC, "primitive root: %lld", primroot);
-		current = (uint32_t) aesrand_getword() & 0xFFFF;
+		current = (uint32_t) aesrand_getword() & 0xFFFFFFFF;
 		log_debug(LSRC, "starting point: %lld", current);
 	} else {
 		primroot = primroot_;
 		log_debug(LSRC, "primitive root %lld specified by caller",
 				primroot);
 		if (!current_) {
-			current = (uint32_t) aesrand_getword() & 0xFFFF;
+			current = (uint32_t) aesrand_getword() & 0xFFFFFFFF;
 			log_debug(LSRC, "no cyclic starting point, "
 					 "selected random startpoint: %lld",
 					 current);