diff --git a/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/extensions/collision-modifier-extension.ts b/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/extensions/collision-modifier-extension.ts
index e93ee4ad3..2a5f7cdfb 100644
--- a/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/extensions/collision-modifier-extension.ts
+++ b/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/extensions/collision-modifier-extension.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import { CollisionFilterExtension } from "@deck.gl/extensions";
 
 const injectionVs = {
     "vs:DECKGL_FILTER_COLOR": `
-    color.a = 1.0 / collision_fade;  // Note: this will counteract the fading of the labels caused by deck.gl's CollisionFilterExtension
+    if (collision_fade != 0.0) {
+      color.a = 1.0 / collision_fade;  // Note: this will counteract the fading of the labels caused by deck.gl's CollisionFilterExtension
+    }
     `,
 };
 
diff --git a/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/layers/wells/wellsLayer.ts b/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/layers/wells/wellsLayer.ts
index 5df70725f..4b69f46bc 100644
--- a/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/layers/wells/wellsLayer.ts
+++ b/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/layers/wells/wellsLayer.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ import {
     invertPath,
     splineRefine,
 } from "./utils/spline";
+import { create, all } from "mathjs";
+
+const math = create(all, { randomSeed: "a" });
+const randomFunc = math?.random ? math.random : Math.random;
 
 type StyleAccessorFunction = (
     object: Feature,
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ export interface WellsLayerProps extends ExtendedLayerProps {
     /**  If true will prevent well name cluttering by not displaying overlapping names.
      * default false.
      */
-    wellNameReduceClutter: boolean;
+    hideOverlappingWellNames: boolean;
     isLog: boolean;
     depthTest: boolean;
     /**  If true means that input z values are interpreted as depths.
@@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ const defaultProps = {
     wellNameAtTop: false,
     wellNameSize: 14,
     wellNameColor: [0, 0, 0, 255],
-    wellNameReduceClutter: false,
+    hideOverlappingWellNames: false,
     selectedWell: "@@#editedData.selectedWells", // used to get data from deckgl layer
     depthTest: true,
     ZIncreasingDownwards: true,
@@ -628,7 +632,6 @@ export default class WellsLayer extends CompositeLayer<WellsLayerProps> {
             collisionEnabled: true,
             getCollisionPriority: (d: Feature<Geometry, GeoJsonProperties>) => {
                 const labelSize = d.properties?.["name"].length ?? 1;
-                //return labelSize;
                 if (is3d) {
                     // In 3D prioritize according to label size.
                     return labelSize;
@@ -642,7 +645,7 @@ export default class WellsLayer extends CompositeLayer<WellsLayerProps> {
                     );
 
                     const priority = labelPosition
-                        ? (labelPosition?.[2] ?? 1) / 10 + Math.random() // priority must be in [-1000, 1000]
+                        ? (labelPosition?.[2] ?? 1) / 10 + randomFunc() // priority must be in [-1000, 1000]
                         : labelSize;
                     return priority;
                 }
@@ -680,10 +683,20 @@ export default class WellsLayer extends CompositeLayer<WellsLayerProps> {
                 parameters,
                 visible: this.props.wellNameVisible && !fastDrawing,
 
-                ...(this.props.wellNameReduceClutter ? clutterProps : {}),
+                ...(this.props.hideOverlappingWellNames ? clutterProps : {}),
             })
         );
 
+        console.log(randomFunc())
+        console.log(randomFunc())
+        console.log(randomFunc())
+        console.log(randomFunc())
+        console.log(randomFunc())
+        console.log(randomFunc())
+        console.log(randomFunc())
+        console.log(randomFunc())
+        console.log(randomFunc())
+
         const layers = [
             outlineLayer,
             logLayer,
diff --git a/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/storybook/layers/WellsLayer.stories.tsx b/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/storybook/layers/WellsLayer.stories.tsx
index 71f734b1d..469957e74 100644
--- a/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/storybook/layers/WellsLayer.stories.tsx
+++ b/typescript/packages/subsurface-viewer/src/storybook/layers/WellsLayer.stories.tsx
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ export const SimplifiedRendering: StoryObj<typeof SubsurfaceViewer> = {
 };
 
 type ClutterProps = {
-    wellNameReduceClutter: boolean;
+    hideOverlappingWellNames: boolean;
     wellNameAtTop: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ const ReducedWellNameClutterComponent: React.FC<ClutterProps> = (
                 wellNameVisible: true,
                 wellNameAtTop: props.wellNameAtTop,
                 wellHeadStyle: { size: 4 },
-                wellNameReduceClutter: props.wellNameReduceClutter,
+                hideOverlappingWellNames: props.hideOverlappingWellNames,
                 refine: true,
                 outline: true,
                 ZIncreasingDownwards: false,
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ export const ReducedWellNameClutter3D: StoryObj<
     typeof ReducedWellNameClutterComponent
 > = {
     args: {
-        wellNameReduceClutter: false,
+        hideOverlappingWellNames: false,
         wellNameAtTop: true,
     },
     render: (args) => <ReducedWellNameClutterComponent {...args} />,
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ const ReducedWellNameClutterComponent2D: React.FC<ClutterProps> = (
                 wellNameVisible: true,
                 wellNameAtTop: props.wellNameAtTop,
                 wellHeadStyle: { size: 4 },
-                wellNameReduceClutter: props.wellNameReduceClutter,
+                hideOverlappingWellNames: props.hideOverlappingWellNames,
                 refine: true,
                 outline: true,
                 ZIncreasingDownwards: false,
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ export const ReducedWellNameClutter2D: StoryObj<
     typeof ReducedWellNameClutterComponent
 > = {
     args: {
-        wellNameReduceClutter: false,
+        hideOverlappingWellNames: false,
         wellNameAtTop: true,
     },
     render: (args) => <ReducedWellNameClutterComponent2D {...args} />,