diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d35278a..2834c12 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Seed the program *BEFORE* the config file is resolved and components have been instantiated, to ensure reproducibility.
+
 ## v0.7.1 (2024-11-21)
 
 - Force utf-8 encoding when writing a config file (ini or yaml)
diff --git a/confit/cli.py b/confit/cli.py
index de546fc..25ca718 100644
--- a/confit/cli.py
+++ b/confit/cli.py
@@ -130,15 +130,15 @@ def command(ctx: Context, config: Optional[List[Path]] = None):
                         current = current.setdefault(part, Config())
                     current[parts[-1]] = v
                 try:
-                    resolved_config = Config(config[name]).resolve(
-                        registry=registry, root=config
-                    )
                     default_seed = model_fields.get("seed")
                     if default_seed is not None:
                         default_seed = default_seed.get_default()
                     seed = config.get(name, {}).get("seed", default_seed)
                     if seed is not None:
                         set_seed(seed)
+                    resolved_config = Config(config[name]).resolve(
+                        registry=registry, root=config
+                    )
                     if has_meta:
                         config_meta = dict(
                             config_path=config_path,
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index c7bb25f..4f16968 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+import random
 
 import pytest
 from typer.testing import CliRunner
@@ -209,3 +210,31 @@ def test_fail_override(change_test_dir):
     assert result.exit_code == 1
     # CLI detects bool param for other which is converted to 1 since we expect an int
     assert "does not match any existing section in config" in str(result.exception)
+
+
+seed_app = Cli(pretty_exceptions_show_locals=False)
+
+
+@registry.factory.register("randmodel")
+class RandModel:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.value = random.randint(0, 100000)
+
+
+@seed_app.command(name="seed", registry=registry)
+def print_seed(model: RandModel, seed: int):
+    print("Value:", model.value)
+
+
+def test_seed(change_test_dir):
+    """Checks that the program running twice will generate the same random numbers"""
+    result = runner.invoke(seed_app, ["--seed", "42", "--model.@factory", "randmodel"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.stdout
+    first_seed = int(result.stdout.split(":")[1].strip())
+
+    result = runner.invoke(seed_app, ["--seed", "42", "--model.@factory", "randmodel"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.stdout
+    second_seed = int(result.stdout.split(":")[1].strip())
+    print(first_seed, second_seed)
+
+    assert first_seed == second_seed