diff --git a/pysollib/init.py b/pysollib/init.py
index 518326b2..8fe362dd 100644
--- a/pysollib/init.py
+++ b/pysollib/init.py
@@ -157,10 +157,12 @@ def init():
         try:
             kw = {'shell': True,
                   'stdout': subprocess.PIPE,
-                  'stderr': subprocess.PIPE}
+                  'stderr': subprocess.PIPE,
+                  'stdin': subprocess.PIPE,}
             if os.name != 'nt':
                 kw['close_fds'] = True
             p = subprocess.Popen(settings.FCS_COMMAND+' --help', **kw)
+            p.stdin.close()
             if p.stdout.readline().startswith('fc-solve'):
                 settings.USE_FREECELL_SOLVER = True
             if os.name == 'posix':
diff --git a/pysollib/pysolrandom.py b/pysollib/pysolrandom.py
index e6fbb004..d010da47 100644
--- a/pysollib/pysolrandom.py
+++ b/pysollib/pysolrandom.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def constructRandom(s):
     if not s:
         return None
     seed = long(s)
-    if 0 <= seed <= 32000:
+    if 0 <= seed < (1<<31):
         return LCRandom31(seed)
     return PysolRandom(seed)