diff --git a/textsum_data_convert.py b/textsum_data_convert.py
index 732d3d8..73f0397 100644
--- a/textsum_data_convert.py
+++ b/textsum_data_convert.py
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 import tensorflow as tf
 from tensorflow.core.example import example_pb2
 
+from numpy.random import seed as random_seed
+from numpy.random import shuffle as random_shuffle
+
+random_seed(123)  # Reproducibility
 
 FLAGS = tf.app.flags.FLAGS
 tf.app.flags.DEFINE_string('command', 'text_to_binary',
@@ -28,6 +32,8 @@
 def _text_to_binary(input_directories, output_filenames, split_fractions):
   filenames = _get_filenames(input_directories)
   
+  random_shuffle(filenames)
+  
   start_from_index = 0
   for index, output_filename in enumerate(output_filenames):
     sample_count = int(len(filenames) * split_fractions[index])