diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_search.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_search.py
index e0f604ef8..821184f53 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_search.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_search.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def search_recipes(queryset, params):
     search_books_or = params.get('books_or', True)
 
     search_internal = params.get('internal', None)
+    search_random = params.get('random', False)
 
     if settings.DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] in ['django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', 'django.db.backends.postgresql']:
         queryset = queryset.annotate(similarity=TrigramSimilarity('name', search_string), ).filter(Q(similarity__gt=0.1) | Q(name__unaccent__icontains=search_string)).order_by('-similarity')
@@ -49,4 +50,7 @@ def search_recipes(queryset, params):
     if search_internal == 'true':
         queryset = queryset.filter(internal=True)
 
+    if search_random == 'true':
+        queryset = queryset.order_by("?")
+
     return queryset
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/meal_plan.html b/cookbook/templates/meal_plan.html
index d7b43dec7..38e5c26df 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/meal_plan.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/meal_plan.html
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
                     if (this.recipe_query !== '') {
                         url += '&query=' + this.recipe_query;
                     } else {
-                        url += '&random=True'
+                        url += '&random=true'
                     }
 
                     this.$http.get(url).then((response) => {
diff --git a/cookbook/views/api.py b/cookbook/views/api.py
index 4a7b7ed68..bf934d68a 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/api.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/api.py
@@ -328,6 +328,11 @@ class RecipeSchema(AutoSchema):
             "description": 'true or false. If only internal recipes should be returned or not.',
             'schema': {'type': 'string', },
         })
+        parameters.append({
+            "name": 'random', "in": "query", "required": False,
+            "description": 'true or false. returns the results in randomized order.',
+            'schema': {'type': 'string', },
+        })
         return parameters