diff --git a/fuzzers/FRET/Cargo.toml b/fuzzers/FRET/Cargo.toml
index c72e739e39..2ee354a86d 100644
--- a/fuzzers/FRET/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzzers/FRET/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = ["Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>", "Dominik Maier <domenuk
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
-default = ["std", "snapshot_restore", "singlecore", "feed_longest", "feed_afl"]
+default = ["std", "snapshot_restore", "singlecore", "feed_longest", "feed_afl", "restarting"]
 std = []
 snapshot_restore = []
 snapshot_fast = [ "snapshot_restore" ]
diff --git a/fuzzers/FRET/src/fuzzer.rs b/fuzzers/FRET/src/fuzzer.rs
index a375f08841..5b72f53584 100644
--- a/fuzzers/FRET/src/fuzzer.rs
+++ b/fuzzers/FRET/src/fuzzer.rs
@@ -370,13 +370,11 @@ pub fn fuzz() {
         } else {
             if let Ok(_) = env::var("SEED_RANDOM") {
                 unsafe {
-                    let mut generator = RandBytesGenerator::new(MAX_INPUT_SIZE);
-                    state
-                        .generate_initial_inputs(&mut fuzzer, &mut executor, &mut generator, &mut mgr, 100)
-                        .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-                            println!("Failed to load initial corpus at {:?}", &corpus_dirs);
-                            process::exit(0);
-                        });
+                    let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(RNG_SEED);
+                    for i in 0..100 {
+                        let inp = BytesInput::new(vec![rng.gen::<u8>(); MAX_INPUT_SIZE]);
+                        fuzzer.evaluate_input(&mut state, &mut executor, &mut mgr, inp).unwrap();
+                    }
                 }
             }
             else if let Ok(sf) = env::var("SEED_DIR") {
diff --git a/fuzzers/FRET/src/worst.rs b/fuzzers/FRET/src/worst.rs
index d4b4d5b280..36e5e3f396 100644
--- a/fuzzers/FRET/src/worst.rs
+++ b/fuzzers/FRET/src/worst.rs
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ where
 {
     fn compute(entry: &mut Testcase<S::Input>, state: &S) -> Result<f64, Error> {
         // TODO maybe enforce entry.exec_time().is_some()
-        let execs_per_hour = 3600.0/entry.exec_time().expect("testcase.exec_time is needed for scheduler").as_secs_f64();
-        Ok(execs_per_hour)
+        let et = entry.exec_time().expect("testcase.exec_time is needed for scheduler");
+        let tns : i64 = et.as_nanos().try_into().expect("failed to convert time");
+        Ok(-tns as f64)
     }
 }