diff --git a/api/src/controllers/seed/movies.ts b/api/src/controllers/seed/movies.ts
index 45b3b8a4..d4b36771 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/seed/movies.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/seed/movies.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { conflictUpdateAllExcept } from "~/db/schema/utils";
 import type { SeedMovie } from "~/models/movie";
 import { processOptImage } from "./images";
 import { guessNextRefresh } from "./refresh";
+import { KErrorT } from "~/models/error";
 
 type Show = typeof shows.$inferInsert;
 type ShowTrans = typeof showTranslations.$inferInsert;
@@ -29,11 +30,18 @@ export type SeedMovieResponse = typeof SeedMovieResponse.static;
 
 export const seedMovie = async (
 	seed: SeedMovie,
-): Promise<
-	SeedMovieResponse & { status: "Created" | "OK" | "Conflict" }
-> => {
+): Promise<SeedMovieResponse & {
+	status: "Created" | "OK" | "Conflict";
+}> => {
 	const { translations, videos: vids, ...bMovie } = seed;
 
+	if (seed.slug === "random") {
+		if (seed.airDate === null) {
+			throw new KErrorT("`random` is a reserved slug. Use something else.");
+		}
+		seed.slug = `random-${getYear(seed.airDate)}`;
+	}
+
 	const ret = await db.transaction(async (tx) => {
 		const movie: Show = {
 			kind: "movie",