diff --git a/pymoo/algorithms/soo/nonconvex/cmaes.py b/pymoo/algorithms/soo/nonconvex/cmaes.py
index 9e88fd02..5dd1d02d 100755
--- a/pymoo/algorithms/soo/nonconvex/cmaes.py
+++ b/pymoo/algorithms/soo/nonconvex/cmaes.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def _setup(self, problem, **kwargs):
             self.norm = NoNormalization()
             self.options['bounds'] = [xl, xu]
 
-        self.options['seed'] = self.seed
+        self.options['seed'] = kwargs.get('seed', self.seed)
 
         if isinstance(self.termination, MaximumGenerationTermination):
             self.options['maxiter'] = self.termination.n_max_gen