diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Server.php b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
index 12c83dcea..5744f5dab 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Server.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ use pocketmine\nbt\NBT;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\ByteTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\CompoundTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\DoubleTag;
-use pocketmine\nbt\tag\ListTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\FloatTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\IntTag;
+use pocketmine\nbt\tag\ListTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\LongTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\ShortTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\StringTag;
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ use pocketmine\network\protocol\PlayerListPacket;
 use pocketmine\network\query\QueryHandler;
 use pocketmine\network\RakLibInterface;
 use pocketmine\network\rcon\RCON;
-use pocketmine\network\SourceInterface;
 use pocketmine\network\upnp\UPnP;
 use pocketmine\permission\BanList;
 use pocketmine\permission\DefaultPermissions;
@@ -113,8 +112,6 @@ use pocketmine\utils\Binary;
 use pocketmine\utils\Config;
 use pocketmine\utils\LevelException;
 use pocketmine\utils\MainLogger;
-use pocketmine\utils\ServerException;
-use pocketmine\utils\ServerKiller;
 use pocketmine\utils\Terminal;
 use pocketmine\utils\TextFormat;
 use pocketmine\utils\Utils;
@@ -1624,7 +1621,12 @@ class Server{
 					$this->setConfigString("level-name", "world");
 				}
 				if($this->loadLevel($default) === false){
-					$seed = $this->getConfigInt("level-seed", time());
+					$seed = getopt("", ["level-seed::"])["level-seed"] ?? $this->properties->get("level-seed", time());
+					if(!is_numeric($seed) or bccomp($seed, "9223372036854775807") > 0){
+						$seed = Utils::javaStringHash($seed);
+					}elseif(PHP_INT_SIZE === 8){
+						$seed = (int) $seed;
+					}
 					$this->generateLevel($default, $seed === 0 ? time() : $seed);
 				}
 
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/level/Level.php b/src/pocketmine/level/Level.php
index 7372c2ef8..ef48a2222 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/level/Level.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/level/Level.php
@@ -2696,9 +2696,9 @@ class Level implements ChunkManager, Metadatable{
 	/**
 	 * Gets the level seed
 	 *
-	 * @return int
+	 * @return int|string int value of seed, or the string numeric representation of a long in 32-bit systems
 	 */
-	public function getSeed() : int{
+	public function getSeed(){
 		return $this->provider->getSeed();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/level/format/LevelProvider.php b/src/pocketmine/level/format/LevelProvider.php
index 2c0b1300f..0aa979fe6 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/level/format/LevelProvider.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/level/format/LevelProvider.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ interface LevelProvider{
 	public function setTime($value);
 
 	/**
-	 * @return int
+	 * @return int|string int, or the string numeric representation of a long in 32-bit systems
 	 */
 	public function getSeed();
 
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/level/format/generic/BaseLevelProvider.php b/src/pocketmine/level/format/generic/BaseLevelProvider.php
index 39c51759c..ebde0ef85 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/level/format/generic/BaseLevelProvider.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/level/format/generic/BaseLevelProvider.php
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ abstract class BaseLevelProvider implements LevelProvider{
 		$levelData = $nbt->getData();
 		if($levelData->Data instanceof CompoundTag){
 			$this->levelData = $levelData->Data;
-			assert(is_int($this->levelData["RandomSeed"]));
 		}else{
 			throw new LevelException("Invalid level.dat");
 		}
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ abstract class BaseLevelProvider implements LevelProvider{
 	}
 
 	public function setSeed($value){
-		$this->levelData->RandomSeed = new LongTag("RandomSeed", (int) $value);
+		$this->levelData->RandomSeed = new LongTag("RandomSeed", $value);
 	}
 
 	public function getSpawn(){
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/level/format/mcregion/McRegion.php b/src/pocketmine/level/format/mcregion/McRegion.php
index af7e6e418..03dab7e94 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/level/format/mcregion/McRegion.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/level/format/mcregion/McRegion.php
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ use pocketmine\nbt\tag\IntTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\LongTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\StringTag;
 use pocketmine\tile\Spawnable;
-
 use pocketmine\utils\BinaryStream;
 use pocketmine\utils\ChunkException;
 
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ class McRegion extends BaseLevelProvider{
 			"version" => new IntTag("version", 19133),
 			"DayTime" => new IntTag("DayTime", 0),
 			"LastPlayed" => new LongTag("LastPlayed", microtime(true) * 1000),
-			"RandomSeed" => new LongTag("RandomSeed", (int) $seed),
+			"RandomSeed" => new LongTag("RandomSeed", $seed),
 			"SizeOnDisk" => new LongTag("SizeOnDisk", 0),
 			"Time" => new LongTag("Time", 0),
 			"generatorName" => new StringTag("generatorName", Generator::getGeneratorName($generator)),
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/utils/Utils.php b/src/pocketmine/utils/Utils.php
index 18085f03c..8825ea2ba 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/utils/Utils.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/utils/Utils.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  * Various Utilities used around the code
  */
 namespace pocketmine\utils;
+
 use pocketmine\ThreadManager;
 
 /**
@@ -462,8 +463,8 @@ class Utils{
 	/**
 	 * GETs an URL using cURL
 	 *
-	 * @param     $page
-	 * @param int $timeout default 10
+	 * @param       $page
+	 * @param int   $timeout default 10
 	 * @param array $extraHeaders
 	 *
 	 * @return bool|mixed
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ class Utils{
 	 * @param              $page
 	 * @param array|string $args
 	 * @param int          $timeout
-	 * @param array $extraHeaders
+	 * @param array        $extraHeaders
 	 *
 	 * @return bool|mixed
 	 */
@@ -524,4 +525,22 @@ class Utils{
 		return $ret;
 	}
 
+	public static function javaStringHash($string){
+		$hash = 0;
+		for($i = 0; $i < strlen($string); $i++){
+			$ord = ord($string{$i});
+			if($ord & 0x80){
+				$ord -= 0x100;
+			}
+			$hash = 31 * $hash + $ord;
+			while($hash > 0x7FFFFFFF){
+				$hash -= 0x100000000;
+			}
+			while($hash < -0x80000000){
+				$hash += 0x100000000;
+			}
+			$hash &= 0xFFFFFFFF;
+		}
+		return $hash;
+	}
 }