diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 916af6c..b524009 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 projGroupId=io.github.over-run
 projArtifactId=perlinoisej
 projName=perlinoisej
-projVersion=0.2.0
+projVersion=0.3.0
 projDesc=Java implementation for STB perlin noise
 projVcs=Over-Run/perlinoisej
 projBranch=0.x
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/overrun/perlinoisej/PerlinNoise.java b/src/main/java/io/github/overrun/perlinoisej/PerlinNoise.java
index 2e21e9f..6bd5269 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/overrun/perlinoisej/PerlinNoise.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/overrun/perlinoisej/PerlinNoise.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ private static float noise3internal(float x, float y, float z, int x_wrap, int y
         z -= pz;
         w = (((z * 6 - 15) * z + 10) * z * z * z);
 
-        int seed_i = seed & 0xff;
+        final int seed_i = seed & 0xff;
         r0 = RANDTAB[x0 + seed_i] & 0xff;
         r1 = RANDTAB[x1 + seed_i] & 0xff;
 
@@ -320,10 +320,11 @@ public static float noise3wrapNonpow2(float x, float y, float z, int x_wrap, int
         z -= pz;
         w = (((z * 6 - 15) * z + 10) * z * z * z);
 
+        final int seed_i = seed & 0xff;
         r0 = RANDTAB[x0] & 0xff;
-        r0 = RANDTAB[r0 + seed] & 0xff;
+        r0 = RANDTAB[r0 + seed_i] & 0xff;
         r1 = RANDTAB[x1] & 0xff;
-        r1 = RANDTAB[r1 + seed] & 0xff;
+        r1 = RANDTAB[r1 + seed_i] & 0xff;
 
         r00 = RANDTAB[r0 + y0] & 0xff;
         r01 = RANDTAB[r0 + y1] & 0xff;