diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/utils/DungeonSeed.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/utils/DungeonSeed.java
index b56a3a094..18870a402 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/utils/DungeonSeed.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/utils/DungeonSeed.java
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 //This class defines the parameters for seeds in ShatteredPD and contains a few convenience methods
 public class DungeonSeed {
 
-	public static long TOTAL_SEEDS = 5429503678976L; //26^9 possible seeds
-
-	public static long randomSeed(){
-		return Random.Long( TOTAL_SEEDS );
-	}
+	public static long TOTAL_SEEDS = 5429503678976L; //larges possible seed has a value of 26^9
 
 	//Seed codes take the form @@@-@@@-@@@ where @ is any letter from A to Z (only uppercase)
 	//This is effectively a base-26 number system, therefore 26^9 unique seeds are possible.
@@ -40,11 +36,27 @@ public class DungeonSeed {
 	//Seed codes exist to make sharing and inputting seeds easier
 	//ZZZ-ZZZ-ZZZ is much easier to enter and share than 5,429,503,678,975
 
+	//generates a random seed, omitting seeds that contain vowels (to minimize real words appearing randomly)
+	//This means that there are 21^9 = 794,280,046,581 unique seeds that can be randomly generated
+	public static long randomSeed(){
+		Long seed;
+		String seedText;
+		do {
+			seed = Random.Long(TOTAL_SEEDS);
+			seedText = convertToCode(seed);
+		} while (seedText.contains("A") || seedText.contains("E") || seedText.contains("I") || seedText.contains("O") || seedText.contains("U"));
+		return seed;
+	}
 
 	//Takes a seed code (@@@@@@@@@) and converts it to the equivalent long value
 	public static long convertFromCode( String code ){
+		//if code is formatted properly, force uppercase
+		if (code.length() == 11 && code.charAt(3) == '-' && code.charAt(7) == '-'){
+			code = code.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
+		}
+
 		//ignore whitespace characters and dashes
-		code = code.replaceAll("[-\\s]", "").toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
+		code = code.replaceAll("[-\\s]", "");
 
 		if (code.length() != 9) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("codes must be 9 A-Z characters.");