diff --git a/src/users_db.go b/src/users_db.go
index aa7dfbd..3e7ab37 100644
--- a/src/users_db.go
+++ b/src/users_db.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (dbobj dbcon) createUserRecord(parsedData userJSON, event *auditEvent) (str
 }
 
 func (dbobj dbcon) generateTempLoginCode(userTOKEN string) int32 {
-	rnd := randNum(4)
+	rnd := randNum(6)
 	fmt.Printf("random: %d\n", rnd)
 	bdoc := bson.M{}
 	bdoc["tempcode"] = rnd
diff --git a/src/utils.go b/src/utils.go
index 9a013b4..8329403 100644
--- a/src/utils.go
+++ b/src/utils.go
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ func randSeq(n int) string {
 	return string(b)
 }
 
+var numbers0 = []rune("123456789")
 var numbers = []rune("0123456789")
 
 func randNum(n int) int32 {
@@ -546,5 +547,6 @@ func randNum(n int) int32 {
 	for i := range b {
 		b[i] = numbers[rand.Intn(len(numbers))]
 	}
+	b[0] = numbers0[rand.Intn(len(numbers0))]
 	return atoi(string(b))
 }