diff --git a/include/global.h b/include/global.h
index 7e76bee8a..87277cb99 100644
--- a/include/global.h
+++ b/include/global.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)global.h	3.4	2003/02/19	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)global.h	3.4	2003/12/13	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 
-/* #define BETA	*/	/* if a beta-test copy	[MRS] */
+#define BETA		/* development or beta testing [MRS] */
 
 /*
  * Files expected to exist in the playground directory.
diff --git a/src/rnd.c b/src/rnd.c
index ae4bb8a20..7b4ab0fec 100644
--- a/src/rnd.c
+++ b/src/rnd.c
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)rnd.c	3.4	1996/02/07	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)rnd.c	3.4	2003/12/13	*/
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
 #include "hack.h"
 
+#if defined(BETA) && !defined(DEBUG) && !defined(NODEBUG)
+#define DEBUG
+#endif
+
 /* "Rand()"s definition is determined by [OS]conf.h */
 #if defined(LINT) && defined(UNIX)	/* rand() is long... */
 extern int NDECL(rand);