diff --git a/tests/ProgramOptions.cpp b/tests/ProgramOptions.cpp
index 0ae92f6..b5a7bb1 100644
--- a/tests/ProgramOptions.cpp
+++ b/tests/ProgramOptions.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 ProgramOptions::ProgramOptions()
 {
     boost::program_options::options_description generic("Generic options");
-    generic.add_options()("help", "Print help message")("seed", boost::program_options::value<std::random_device::result_type>(), "Seed for the tensor library");
+    generic.add_options()("help", "Print help message")("seed", boost::program_options::value<std::random_device::result_type>()->default_value(std::random_device()()), "Seed for the tensor library");
 
     _visible.add(generic);