diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 084a0c1..c7b92f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $ wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/raw/master/util
 ```bash
 $ git clone git://github.com/bbatsov/prelude.git path/to/local/repo
 $ ln -s path/to/local/repo ~/.emacs.d
-$ cd ~/emacs.d
+$ cd ~/.emacs.d
 ```
 
 You'd do well to replace `~/.emacs.d` with the value of
diff --git a/core/prelude-core.el b/core/prelude-core.el
index 8f0d6cd..93e16ff 100644
--- a/core/prelude-core.el
+++ b/core/prelude-core.el
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ and so on."
 
 (defun prelude-tip-of-the-day ()
   (interactive)
+  ;; pick a new random seed
+  (random t)
   (message
    (concat "Prelude tip: " (nth (random (length prelude-tips)) prelude-tips))))