diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index f7f8136..d39ae4d 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
                 config->server = Settings::getRandomServer();
                 qDebug() << __func__ << ": new server is " << config->server;
                 // retry with the new server
-                char* resp = litelib_initialize_new(config->dangerous,config->server.toStdString().c_str());
+                char* resp = litelib_initialize_new_from_phrase(config->dangerous,config->server.toStdString().c_str(),
+                    seed.toStdString().c_str(), birthday, number);
                 reply = litelib_process_response(resp);
         }