diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/capa_problem.py b/common/lib/capa/capa/capa_problem.py
index 202d197428..888501e8b5 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/capa_problem.py
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/capa_problem.py
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ class LoncapaProblem(object):
         random.seed(self.seed)
 
         context = {}
+        context['seed'] = self.seed
         context['script_code'] = ''
 
         self._execute_scripts(tree.findall('.//script'), context)
diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py b/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
index 1471093a98..7213a766ce 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class JavascriptResponse(LoncapaResponse):
         output = self.call_node([generator_file,
                                  self.generator,
                                  json.dumps(self.generator_dependencies),
-                                 json.dumps(str(self.context['the_lcp'].seed)),
+                                 json.dumps(str(self.context['seed'])),
                                  json.dumps(self.params)]).strip()
 
         return json.loads(output)
@@ -1201,7 +1201,6 @@ class SymbolicResponse(CustomResponse):
     def setup_response(self):
         self.xml.set('cfn', 'symmath_check')
         code = "from symmath import *"
-        raise Exception("exec 2")
         exec code in self.context, self.context
         CustomResponse.setup_response(self)
 
diff --git a/common/lib/codejail/codejail/safe_exec.py b/common/lib/codejail/codejail/safe_exec.py
index 9de8398030..ba5d3fb5bc 100644
--- a/common/lib/codejail/codejail/safe_exec.py
+++ b/common/lib/codejail/codejail/safe_exec.py
@@ -52,9 +52,12 @@ if lazymod_py_file.endswith("c"):
 lazymod_py = open(lazymod_py_file).read()
 
 
-def xxxsafe_exec(code, globals_dict, locals_dict, future_division=False, assumed_imports=None):
+def safe_exec(code, globals_dict, locals_dict, future_division=False, assumed_imports=None):
     the_code = []
 
+    if future_division:
+        the_code.append("from __future__ import division\n")
+
     the_code.append(textwrap.dedent("""\
         import json
         import sys
@@ -73,12 +76,17 @@ def xxxsafe_exec(code, globals_dict, locals_dict, future_division=False, assumed
     the_code.append(textwrap.dedent("""\
         exec code in g_dict, l_dict
         print >>sys.stderr, l_dict.keys()
-        ok_types = (int, long, float, str, unicode, list, tuple, dict)
+        ok_types = (type(None), int, long, float, str, unicode, list, tuple, dict)
         l_dict = {k:v for k,v in l_dict.iteritems() if isinstance(v, ok_types)}
         json.dump(l_dict, sys.stdout)
         """))
 
-    print "".join(the_code)
+    if 0:
+        print "-- {:-<40}".format("jailed ")
+        print "".join(the_code)
+        print "-- {:-<40}".format("exec ")
+        print code
+
     stdin = json.dumps([code, globals_dict, locals_dict])
     res = jailpy.jailpy("".join(the_code), stdin=stdin)
     if res.status != 0: