diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d7c1a12..6d39d43 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2127,6 +2127,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check 0.9.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nanorand"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "729eb334247daa1803e0a094d0a5c55711b85571179f5ec6e53eccfdf7008958"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "native-tls"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -2571,7 +2577,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "peach-lib"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "env_logger 0.6.2",
@@ -2580,7 +2586,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "jsonrpc-client-http",
  "jsonrpc-core 8.0.1",
  "log 0.4.14",
- "rand 0.8.4",
+ "nanorand",
  "regex",
  "rust-crypto",
  "serde 1.0.130",
diff --git a/peach-lib/Cargo.toml b/peach-lib/Cargo.toml
index af5aa51..31f8960 100644
--- a/peach-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/peach-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 [package]
 name = "peach-lib"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.3.1"
 authors = ["Andrew Reid <glyph@mycelial.technology>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-log = "0.4"
+chrono = "0.4.19"
+env_logger = "0.6"
+fslock="0.1.6"
 jsonrpc-client-core = "0.5"
 jsonrpc-client-http = "0.5"
 jsonrpc-core = "8.0.1"
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+log = "0.4"
+nanorand = "0.6.1"
+regex = "1"
 rust-crypto = "0.2.36"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.8"
-env_logger = "0.6"
-regex = "1"
-chrono = "0.4.19"
-rand="0.8.4"
-fslock="0.1.6"
diff --git a/peach-lib/src/password_utils.rs b/peach-lib/src/password_utils.rs
index 4223ff2..02a9b5c 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/password_utils.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/password_utils.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-use std::iter;
-
 use crypto::{digest::Digest, sha3::Sha3};
-use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, thread_rng, Rng};
+use nanorand::{Rng, WyRand};
 
 use crate::{config_manager, error::PeachError, sbot_client};
 
@@ -68,13 +66,10 @@ pub fn verify_temporary_password(password: &str) -> Result<(), PeachError> {
 /// Generates a temporary password and sends it via ssb dm
 /// to the ssb id configured to be the admin of the peachcloud device
 pub fn send_password_reset() -> Result<(), PeachError> {
-    // first generate a new random password of ascii characters
-    let mut rng = thread_rng();
-    let temporary_password: String = iter::repeat(())
-        .map(|()| rng.sample(Alphanumeric))
-        .map(char::from)
-        .take(10)
-        .collect();
+    // initialise random number generator
+    let mut rng = WyRand::new();
+    // generate a new password of random numbers
+    let temporary_password = rng.generate::<u64>().to_string();
     // save this string as a new temporary password
     set_new_temporary_password(&temporary_password)?;
     let domain = config_manager::get_peachcloud_domain()?;