diff --git a/tests/Grid_rng.cc b/tests/Grid_rng.cc
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+#include <Grid.h>
+#include <parallelIO/GridNerscIO.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace Grid;
+using namespace Grid::QCD;
+
+int main (int argc, char ** argv)
+{
+  Grid_init(&argc,&argv);
+
+  std::vector<int> latt_size   = GridDefaultLatt();
+  std::vector<int> simd_layout = GridDefaultSimd(4,vComplexF::Nsimd());
+  std::vector<int> mpi_layout  = GridDefaultMpi();
+     
+  GridCartesian     Grid(latt_size,simd_layout,mpi_layout);
+
+  std::vector<int> seeds({1,2,3,4});
+
+  GridSerialRNG             sRNG;   sRNG.SeedRandomDevice();
+  GridSerialRNG            fsRNG;  fsRNG.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds);
+
+  GridParallelRNG           pRNG(&Grid);   pRNG.SeedRandomDevice();
+  GridParallelRNG          fpRNG(&Grid);  fpRNG.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds);
+
+  SpinMatrix rnd  ; 
+  random(sRNG,rnd);
+  std::cout<<"Random Spin Matrix (random_device)\n"<< rnd<<std::endl;
+
+  random(fsRNG,rnd);
+  std::cout<<"Random Spin Matrix (fixed seed)\n"<< rnd<<std::endl;
+
+  SpinVector rv; 
+  random(sRNG,rv);
+  std::cout<<"Random Spin Vector (random device)\n"<< rv<<std::endl;
+
+  random(fsRNG,rv);
+  std::cout<<"Random Spin Vector (fixed seed)\n"<< rv<<std::endl;
+
+  gaussian(fsRNG,rv);
+  std::cout<<"Gaussian Spin Vector (fixed seed)\n"<< rv<<std::endl;
+
+  LatticeColourVector lcv(&Grid);
+  random(pRNG,lcv);
+  std::cout<<"Random Lattice Colour Vector (random device)\n"<< lcv<<std::endl;
+
+  random(fpRNG,lcv);
+  std::cout<<"Random Lattice Colour Vector (fixed seed)\n"<< lcv<<std::endl;
+
+  Grid_finalize();
+}