diff --git a/rapide/rapide.go b/rapide/rapide.go
index f0860a055..976d8b5a1 100644
--- a/rapide/rapide.go
+++ b/rapide/rapide.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	mrand "math/rand"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
@@ -42,8 +43,9 @@ func (c *Client) Get(ctx context.Context, root cid.Cid, traversal ipsl.Traversal
 		errors: make([]error, len(c.ServerDrivenDownloaders)),
 	}
 
+	seedRand := mrand.New(mrand.NewSource(mrand.Int63()))
 	for i, sdd := range c.ServerDrivenDownloaders {
-		d.startServerDrivenWorker(ctx, sdd, &d.root, &d.errors[i])
+		d.startServerDrivenWorker(ctx, sdd, &d.root, &d.errors[i], seedRand.Int63()^int64(i))
 	}
 
 	return out
diff --git a/rapide/serverdriven.go b/rapide/serverdriven.go
index aa962ba7e..9719e5f6a 100644
--- a/rapide/serverdriven.go
+++ b/rapide/serverdriven.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	mrand "math/rand"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-libipfs/blocks"
@@ -15,22 +16,24 @@ type serverDrivenWorker struct {
 	impl     ServerDrivenDownloader
 	download *download
 	outErr   *error
-
-	current *node
-
-	tasks map[cid.Cid]*node
+	current  *node
+	tasks    map[cid.Cid]*node
+	rand     mrand.Rand
 
 	// TODO: add a dontGoThere map which tells you what part of the dag this node is not able to handle
 }
 
-func (d *download) startServerDrivenWorker(ctx context.Context, impl ServerDrivenDownloader, root *node, outErr *error) {
-	go (&serverDrivenWorker{
+func (d *download) startServerDrivenWorker(ctx context.Context, impl ServerDrivenDownloader, root *node, outErr *error, seed int64) {
+	w := &serverDrivenWorker{
 		impl:     impl,
 		download: d,
 		outErr:   outErr,
 		current:  root,
 		tasks:    make(map[cid.Cid]*node),
-	}).work(ctx)
+		rand:     *mrand.New(mrand.NewSource(seed)),
+	}
+
+	go w.work(ctx)
 }
 
 func (w *serverDrivenWorker) work(ctx context.Context) {
@@ -175,21 +178,12 @@ func (w *serverDrivenWorker) findWork() (cid.Cid, ipsl.Traversal, bool) {
 		case done:
 			// first search in it's childs if it has something we could run
 			c.workers += 1
-			var minWorkers uint
+			var minWorkers, luck uint
 			var min *node
 			for _, child := range c.childrens {
 				// we run a minimum search, we want the node that have the least amount of workers currently
 				// TODO: filter childs in the dontGoThere map
-				child.mu.Lock()
-				switch {
-				case min == nil:
-					minWorkers = child.workers
-					min = child
-				case child.workers < minWorkers:
-					minWorkers = child.workers
-					min = child
-				}
-				child.mu.Unlock()
+				minWorkers, min, luck = w.compareChildWithMinimums(child, minWorkers, min, luck)
 			}
 			if min != nil {
 				c.mu.Unlock()
@@ -197,8 +191,7 @@ func (w *serverDrivenWorker) findWork() (cid.Cid, ipsl.Traversal, bool) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			// this node is fully completed, backtracking
-			// TODO: add c in dontGoThere (we failed to select any child)
+			// this node is fully completed, do backtracking
 			c.workers -= 1
 			new := c.parent
 			c.mu.Unlock()
@@ -211,6 +204,35 @@ func (w *serverDrivenWorker) findWork() (cid.Cid, ipsl.Traversal, bool) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (w *serverDrivenWorker) compareChildWithMinimums(child *node, minWorkers uint, min *node, luck uint) (uint, *node, uint) {
+	child.mu.Lock()
+	switch {
+	case min == nil:
+		minWorkers = child.workers
+		min = child
+	case child.workers < minWorkers:
+		minWorkers = child.workers
+		min = child
+		luck = 0
+	case child.workers == minWorkers:
+		// if scores are identical randomly select other nodes to randomly distribute where downloads are placed
+		if luck == 0 {
+			// lazy initialisation of luck, this allows to creating a random value when better values exists back to back
+			luck = uint(w.rand.Int())
+		}
+		newLuck := uint(w.rand.Int())
+		if newLuck >= luck {
+			break
+		}
+		minWorkers = child.workers
+		min = child
+		luck = newLuck
+	}
+	child.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return minWorkers, min, luck
+}
+
 // resetCurrentChildsNodeWorkState updates the state of the current node to longer count towards it.
 func (w *serverDrivenWorker) resetCurrentChildsNodeWorkState() {
 	c := w.current