diff --git a/src/data/__init__.py b/src/data/__init__.py
index c24b0b03..590cafae 100644
--- a/src/data/__init__.py
+++ b/src/data/__init__.py
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ def get_collators(collator_cfgs, **kwargs):
 _register_data(ForgetRetainDataset)
 
 # Register collators
-_register_collator(DataCollatorForSupervisedDataset)
+_register_collator(DataCollatorForSupervisedDataset)
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diff --git a/src/data/unlearn.py b/src/data/unlearn.py
index 0cb0bada..c58a0596 100644
--- a/src/data/unlearn.py
+++ b/src/data/unlearn.py
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ def __init__(self, forget, retain, anchor="forget"):
         self.forget = forget
         self.retain = retain
         self.anchor = anchor
+        self.generator = torch.Generator()
+
+    def set_rank_seed(self, seed: int):
+        """Set the rank-specific seed for this dataset.
+        
+        This should be called after trainer initialization to ensure each rank
+        uses a unique seed for different unanchored data.
+        """
+        self.generator.manual_seed(seed)
 
     def __len__(self):
         """Ensures the sampled dataset matches the anchor dataset's length."""
@@ -36,11 +45,11 @@ def __getitem__(self, idx):
         if self.anchor == "forget":
             item["forget"] = self.forget[idx]
             if self.retain:
-                retain_idx = torch.randint(0, len(self.retain), (1,)).item()
+                retain_idx = torch.randint(0, len(self.retain), (1,), generator=self.generator).item()
                 item["retain"] = self.retain[retain_idx]
         elif self.anchor == "retain":
             item["retain"] = self.retain[idx]
             if self.forget:
-                forget_idx = torch.randint(0, len(self.forget), (1,)).item()
+                forget_idx = torch.randint(0, len(self.forget), (1,), generator=self.generator).item()
                 item["forget"] = self.forget[forget_idx]
-        return item
+        return item
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diff --git a/src/train.py b/src/train.py
index a2f81c8d..6eb02717 100644
--- a/src/train.py
+++ b/src/train.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import torch
 import hydra
 from omegaconf import DictConfig
 from data import get_data, get_collators
+from data.unlearn import ForgetRetainDataset
 from model import get_model
 from trainer import load_trainer
 from evals import get_evaluators
@@ -23,7 +25,11 @@ def main(cfg: DictConfig):
     # Load Dataset
     data_cfg = cfg.data
     data = get_data(
-        data_cfg, mode=mode, tokenizer=tokenizer, template_args=template_args
+        data_cfg,
+        mode=mode,
+        tokenizer=tokenizer,
+        template_args=template_args,
+        seed=cfg.trainer.args.seed,
     )
 
     # Load collator
@@ -56,6 +62,13 @@ def main(cfg: DictConfig):
         template_args=template_args,
     )
 
+    # Set rank-specific seed for ForgetRetainDataset after trainer initialization
+    train_dataset = data.get("train", None)
+    if isinstance(train_dataset, ForgetRetainDataset):
+        rank = torch.distributed.get_rank() if torch.distributed.is_initialized() else 0
+        rank_seed = cfg.trainer.args.seed + rank
+        train_dataset.set_rank_seed(rank_seed)
+
     if trainer_args.do_train:
         trainer.train()
         trainer.save_state()