diff --git a/util/fbsetbg b/util/fbsetbg
index 0bdb804a..e2773171 100644
--- a/util/fbsetbg
+++ b/util/fbsetbg
@@ -505,7 +505,11 @@ if [ "$option" = random ]; then
             randomnumber=`random_number`
         # some shells don't support $RANDOM
         elif [ -z "$RANDOM" ]; then
-            randomnumber=`(echo $$ ;time ps; w ; date )2>&1 | cksum | cut -f1 -d' '`
+            if [ -r /dev/urandom ]; then
+                randomnumber=`hexdump -n 2 -e '/2 "%u"' /dev/urandom`
+            else
+                randomnumber=`(echo $$; ps; w; date) 2>&1 | cksum | cut -f1 -d' '`
+            fi
         else
             randomnumber="$RANDOM"
         fi
@@ -526,7 +530,7 @@ fi
 
 
 if [ ! -r "$wallpaper" ]; then
-	if [ "$ignore_missing_wallpaper" == "true" ]; then
+	if [ "$ignore_missing_wallpaper" = "true" ]; then
 		exit 0
 	fi
     message "Can't find wallpaper $wallpaper"
diff --git a/util/fluxbox-generate_menu.in b/util/fluxbox-generate_menu.in
index 63c152ea..eb6414ce 100755
--- a/util/fluxbox-generate_menu.in
+++ b/util/fluxbox-generate_menu.in
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ searchForIcon(){
     if [ -f "$entry_icon" ]; then
     # if icon exists and entry does not already exists, add it
         if ! grep -q -m 1 "^.${entry_exec}.[[:space:]]*<.*/${icon_base}\....>" $ICONMAPPING 2> /dev/null; then
-            echo -e "\"${entry_exec}\" \t <${entry_icon}>" >> $ICONMAPPING
+            printf "\"${entry_exec}\" \t <${entry_icon}>\n" >> $ICONMAPPING
         else 
             : echo "#    mapping already exists for ${entry_exec}" >> $ICONMAPPING
         fi