diff --git a/tests/Test_cayley_even_odd_vec.cc b/tests/Test_cayley_even_odd_vec.cc
index f8600782..e7f85b4e 100644
--- a/tests/Test_cayley_even_odd_vec.cc
+++ b/tests/Test_cayley_even_odd_vec.cc
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
   GridParallelRNG          sRNG4(sUGrid);  sRNG4.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds4);
   GridParallelRNG          sRNG5(sFGrid);  sRNG5.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds5);
 
-  LatticeGaugeField Umu(UGrid); random(RNG4,Umu);
+  LatticeGaugeField Umu(UGrid);
+  SU3::HotConfiguration(RNG4,Umu);
 
   RealD mass=0.1;
   RealD M5  =1.8;