diff --git a/server/accounts.go b/server/accounts.go
index 3f59db88..100f6f07 100644
--- a/server/accounts.go
+++ b/server/accounts.go
@@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@ func (a *Account) createRespWildcard() []byte {
 		a.prand = rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
 	}
 	var b = [baseServerLen]byte{'_', 'R', '_', '.'}
-	rn := a.prand.Int63()
+	rn := a.prand.Uint64()
 	for i, l := replyPrefixLen, rn; i < len(b); i++ {
 		b[i] = digits[l%base]
 		l /= base
@@ -2088,17 +2088,19 @@ func isTrackedReply(reply []byte) bool {
 // Generate a new service reply from the wildcard prefix.
 // FIXME(dlc) - probably do not have to use rand here. about 25ns per.
 func (a *Account) newServiceReply(tracking bool) []byte {
-	a.mu.RLock()
-	replyPre := a.siReply
-	s := a.srv
-	a.mu.RUnlock()
+	a.mu.Lock()
+	s, replyPre := a.srv, a.siReply
+	if a.prand == nil {
+		a.prand = rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+	}
+	rn := a.prand.Uint64()
+	a.mu.Unlock()
 
 	if replyPre == nil {
 		replyPre = a.createRespWildcard()
 	}
 
 	var b [replyLen]byte
-	rn := a.prand.Int63()
 	for i, l := 0, rn; i < len(b); i++ {
 		b[i] = digits[l%base]
 		l /= base
diff --git a/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go b/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go
index f7d2dae1..a1aecb68 100644
--- a/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go
+++ b/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go
@@ -6345,7 +6345,7 @@ func TestJetStreamClusterDomainsAndAPIResponses(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Now create spoke LN cluster.
 	tmpl = strings.Replace(jsClusterTemplWithLeafNode, "store_dir:", "domain: SPOKE, store_dir:", 1)
-	lnc := c.createLeafNodesWithTemplateAndStartPort(tmpl, "SPOKE", 5, 33113)
+	lnc := c.createLeafNodesWithTemplateAndStartPort(tmpl, "SPOKE", 5, 33913)
 	defer lnc.shutdown()
 
 	lnc.waitOnClusterReady()