From 37ea0f32887efe3042720f6b41dbc9ab37bf931a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nanli-emory <nli31@emory.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 11:10:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] set RNG seed at top level of worker module

---
 histoqc/_worker.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/histoqc/_worker.py b/histoqc/_worker.py
index 384987f..e62c635 100644
--- a/histoqc/_worker.py
+++ b/histoqc/_worker.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """histoqc worker functions"""
 import os
 import shutil
-
+import numpy as np
 from histoqc.BaseImage import BaseImage
 from histoqc._pipeline import load_pipeline
 from histoqc._pipeline import setup_plotting_backend
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ def worker_setup(c):
 def worker(idx, file_name, *,
            process_queue, config, outdir, log_manager, lock, shared_dict, num_files, force, seed):
     """pipeline worker function"""
-
+    # set the seed
+    if seed is not None:
+        np.random.seed(seed)
     # --- output directory preparation --------------------------------
     fname_outdir = os.path.join(outdir, os.path.basename(file_name))
     if os.path.isdir(fname_outdir):  # directory exists