diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 27258f1..3e0d5eb 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 %% == Dependencies ==
 
-{deps, [{elvis, "0.3.2", {pkg, elvis_core}}]}.
+{deps, [{elvis, "0.3.5", {pkg, elvis_core}}]}.
 
 %% == Dialyzer ==
 
diff --git a/rebar.lock b/rebar.lock
index 2bef594..f6c20bf 100644
--- a/rebar.lock
+++ b/rebar.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
+{"1.1.0",
 [{<<"aleppo">>,{pkg,<<"inaka_aleppo">>,<<"1.0.0">>},2},
- {<<"elvis">>,{pkg,<<"elvis_core">>,<<"0.3.2">>},0},
- {<<"goldrush">>,{pkg,<<"goldrush">>,<<"0.1.7">>},2},
+ {<<"elvis">>,{pkg,<<"elvis_core">>,<<"0.3.5">>},0},
+ {<<"goldrush">>,{pkg,<<"goldrush">>,<<"0.1.9">>},2},
  {<<"katana_code">>,{pkg,<<"katana_code">>,<<"0.1.0">>},1},
- {<<"lager">>,{pkg,<<"lager">>,<<"3.0.2">>},1},
- {<<"zipper">>,{pkg,<<"zipper">>,<<"1.0.0">>},1}].
+ {<<"lager">>,{pkg,<<"lager">>,<<"3.2.4">>},1},
+ {<<"zipper">>,{pkg,<<"zipper">>,<<"1.0.1">>},1}]}.
+[
+{pkg_hash,[
+ {<<"aleppo">>, <<"8DB14CF16BB8C263C14FF4C3F69F64D7C849D40888944F4204D2CA74F1114CEB">>},
+ {<<"elvis">>, <<"9C6DE2DA5317081D12512CA34EC9CAC858D3A169E6882E86BFAC97FA47962C4D">>},
+ {<<"goldrush">>, <<"F06E5D5F1277DA5C413E84D5A2924174182FB108DABB39D5EC548B27424CD106">>},
+ {<<"katana_code">>, <<"C34F3926A258D6BEACD8D21F140F3D47D175501936431C460B144339D5271A0B">>},
+ {<<"lager">>, <<"A6DEB74DAE7927F46BD13255268308EF03EB206EC784A94EAF7C1C0F3B811615">>},
+ {<<"zipper">>, <<"3CCB4F14B97C06B2749B93D8B6C204A1ECB6FAFC6050CACC3B93B9870C05952A">>}]}
+].
diff --git a/src/ktn_random.erl b/src/ktn_random.erl
index 6e07d64..e4698d5 100644
--- a/src/ktn_random.erl
+++ b/src/ktn_random.erl
@@ -1,120 +1,49 @@
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%%% ktn_random: a gen_server for generating random alfanumeric strings
+%%% ktn_random: a wrapper for generating random alfanumeric strings
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 -module(ktn_random).
--behaviour(gen_server).
 
 -export([
-         start_link/0,
-         generate/0,
-         generate/1,
+         string/0,
+         string/1,
          uniform/1,
          uniform/2,
          pick/1
         ]).
 
--export([
-         init/1,
-         terminate/2,
-         code_change/3,
-         handle_call/3,
-         handle_cast/2,
-         handle_info/2
-        ]).
-
--type state() :: {}.
-
--spec start_link() -> {ok, pid()}.
-start_link() ->
-    Seed = os:timestamp(),
-    gen_server:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, Seed, []).
-
--spec generate() -> nonempty_string().
-generate() ->
-    gen_server:call(?MODULE, random_string).
+-spec string() -> nonempty_string().
+string() ->
+    Length = get_random_length(),
+    string(Length).
 
--spec generate(pos_integer()) -> nonempty_string().
-generate(Length) ->
-    gen_server:call(?MODULE, {random_string, Length}).
+-spec string(pos_integer()) -> nonempty_string().
+string(Length) ->
+    RandomAllowedChars = get_random_allowed_chars(),
+    [  random_alphanumeric(RandomAllowedChars)
+    || _N <- lists:seq(1, Length)
+    ].
 
 -spec uniform(term()) -> non_neg_integer() | {error, {invalid_value, term()}}.
+uniform(Max) when Max > 0->
+    rand:uniform(Max);
 uniform(Max) ->
-    gen_server:call(?MODULE, {random_uniform, Max}).
+    {error, {invalid_value, Max}}.
 
 -spec uniform(term(), term()) ->
     non_neg_integer() | {error, {invalid_range, term(), term()}}.
+uniform(Min, Max) when Max > Min  ->
+    Min + rand:uniform(Max - Min + 1) - 1;
 uniform(Min, Max) ->
-    gen_server:call(?MODULE, {random_uniform, Min, Max}).
+    {error, {invalid_range, Min, Max}}.
 
 %% @doc Randomly chooses one element from the list
 -spec pick([X, ...]) -> X.
 pick(List) -> lists:nth(uniform(length(List)), List).
 
-%% Callback implementation
--spec init(erlang:timestamp()) -> {ok, state()}.
-init(Seed) ->
-    _ = random:seed(Seed),
-    {ok, {}}.  % no state necessary, random uses process dictionary
-
--spec handle_call
-    (random_string, _, state()) ->
-        {reply, nonempty_string(), state()};
-    ({random_string, pos_integer()}, _, state()) ->
-        {reply, nonempty_string(), state()};
-    ({random_uniform, non_neg_integer()}, _, state()) ->
-        {reply, non_neg_integer(), state()};
-    ({random_uniform, non_neg_integer(), non_neg_integer()}, _, state()) ->
-        {reply, non_neg_integer(), state()}.
-handle_call(random_string, _From, State) ->
-    {reply, random_string(), State};
-handle_call({random_string, Length}, _From, State) ->
-    {reply, random_string(Length), State};
-handle_call({random_uniform, Max}, _From, State) ->
-    {reply, random_uniform(Max), State};
-handle_call({random_uniform, Min, Max}, _From, State) ->
-    {reply, random_uniform(Min, Max), State}.
-
-%% Unused callbacks
--spec handle_cast(_, state()) -> {noreply, state()}.
-handle_cast(_Msg, State) -> {noreply, State}.
-
--spec handle_info(_, state()) -> {noreply, state()}.
-handle_info(_Msg, State) -> {noreply, State}.
-
--spec terminate(_, state()) -> ok.
-terminate(_Reason, _State) -> ok.
-
--spec code_change(_, state(), _) -> {ok, state()}.
-code_change(_OldVersion, State, _Extra) -> {ok, State}.
-
-%% internal
-random_string() ->
-    Length = get_random_length(),
-    random_string_cont(Length).
-
-random_string(Length) ->
-    random_string_cont(Length).
-
-random_string_cont(Length) ->
-    RandomAllowedChars = get_random_allowed_chars(),
-    [  random_alphanumeric(RandomAllowedChars)
-    || _N <- lists:seq(1, Length)
-    ].
-
-random_uniform(Max) when Max > 0->
-    random:uniform(Max);
-random_uniform(Max) ->
-    {error, {invalid_value, Max}}.
-
-random_uniform(Min, Max) when Max > Min ->
-    Min + random:uniform(Max - Min + 1) - 1;
-random_uniform(Min, Max) ->
-    {error, {invalid_range, Min, Max}}.
-
 %% internal
 random_alphanumeric(AllowedChars) ->
     Length = erlang:length(AllowedChars),
-    lists:nth(random:uniform(Length), AllowedChars).
+    lists:nth(rand:uniform(Length), AllowedChars).
 
 get_random_length() ->
     case application:get_env(katana, random_length) of
diff --git a/test/ktn_meta_SUITE.erl b/test/ktn_meta_SUITE.erl
index 9528311..ba27ebd 100644
--- a/test/ktn_meta_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/ktn_meta_SUITE.erl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -module(ktn_meta_SUITE).
 
 -export([all/0]).
--export([init_per_suite/1]).
+-export([init_per_suite/1, end_per_suite/1]).
 -export([xref/1, dialyzer/1, elvis/1]).
 
 -type config() :: [{atom(), term()}].
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ all() -> [dialyzer, elvis, xref].
 -spec init_per_suite(config()) -> config().
 init_per_suite(Config) -> [{application, katana} | Config].
 
+-spec end_per_suite(config()) -> config().
+end_per_suite(Config) -> Config.
+
 %% @doc xref's your code using xref_runner.
 %%      Available Options:
 %%      - xref_config: Configuration for xref_runner
diff --git a/test/ktn_random_SUITE.erl b/test/ktn_random_SUITE.erl
index 16ec3a0..4eae937 100644
--- a/test/ktn_random_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/ktn_random_SUITE.erl
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 -export([
          all/0,
          init_per_suite/1,
-         end_per_suite/1,
-         init_per_testcase/2
+         end_per_suite/1
         ]).
 
 -export([
-         generate/1,
+         string/1,
          uniform/1,
          pick/1
         ]).
@@ -19,8 +18,7 @@
          all,
          test,
          init_per_suite,
-         end_per_suite,
-         init_per_testcase
+         end_per_suite
         ]).
 
 -type config() :: [{atom(), term()}].
@@ -42,20 +40,15 @@ init_per_suite(Config) ->
 end_per_suite(Config) ->
     Config.
 
--spec init_per_testcase(atom(), config()) -> config().
-init_per_testcase(_, Config) ->
-    {ok, _} = ktn_random:start_link(),
-    Config.
-
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 %% Test Cases
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
--spec generate(config()) -> ok.
-generate(_Config) ->
-    true = is_list(ktn_random:generate()),
-    16 = length(ktn_random:generate()),
-    25 = length(ktn_random:generate(25)),
+-spec string(config()) -> ok.
+string(_Config) ->
+    true = is_list(ktn_random:string()),
+    16 = length(ktn_random:string()),
+    25 = length(ktn_random:string(25)),
     ok.
 
 -spec uniform(config()) -> ok.