diff --git a/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeCardSection.vue b/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeCardSection.vue
index 62ca93d54..6ca7e0a0a 100644
--- a/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeCardSection.vue
+++ b/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeCardSection.vue
@@ -205,23 +205,14 @@ export default defineComponent({
     const route = useRoute();
     const groupSlug = computed(() => route.value.params.groupSlug || $auth.user?.groupSlug || "");
 
-    const router = useRouter();
-    function navigateRandom() {
-      if (props.recipes.length > 0) {
-        const recipe = props.recipes[Math.floor(Math.random() * props.recipes.length)];
-        if (recipe.slug !== undefined) {
-          router.push(`/g/${groupSlug.value}/r/${recipe.slug}`);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
     const page = ref(1);
     const perPage = 32;
     const hasMore = ref(true);
     const ready = ref(false);
     const loading = ref(false);
 
-    const { fetchMore } = useLazyRecipes(isOwnGroup.value ? null : groupSlug.value);
+    const { fetchMore, getRandom } = useLazyRecipes(isOwnGroup.value ? null : groupSlug.value);
+    const router = useRouter();
 
     const queryFilter = computed(() => {
       const orderBy = props.query?.orderBy || preferences.value.orderBy;
@@ -383,6 +374,15 @@ export default defineComponent({
       }, useAsyncKey());
     }
 
+    async function navigateRandom() {
+      const recipe = await getRandom(props.query, queryFilter.value);
+      if (!recipe?.slug) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      router.push(`/g/${groupSlug.value}/r/${recipe.slug}`);
+    }
+
     function toggleMobileCards() {
       preferences.value.useMobileCards = !preferences.value.useMobileCards;
     }
diff --git a/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipes.ts b/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipes.ts
index c51149a29..aef1c0c1c 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipes.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipes.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,32 @@ import { RecipeSearchQuery } from "~/lib/api/user/recipes/recipe";
 export const allRecipes = ref<Recipe[]>([]);
 export const recentRecipes = ref<Recipe[]>([]);
 
+function getParams(
+  orderBy: string | null = null,
+  orderDirection = "desc",
+  query: RecipeSearchQuery | null = null,
+  queryFilter: string | null = null
+) {
+  return {
+    orderBy,
+    orderDirection,
+    paginationSeed: query?._searchSeed, // propagate searchSeed to stabilize random order pagination
+    searchSeed: query?._searchSeed, // unused, but pass it along for completeness of data
+    search: query?.search,
+    cookbook: query?.cookbook,
+    households: query?.households,
+    categories: query?.categories,
+    requireAllCategories: query?.requireAllCategories,
+    tags: query?.tags,
+    requireAllTags: query?.requireAllTags,
+    tools: query?.tools,
+    requireAllTools: query?.requireAllTools,
+    foods: query?.foods,
+    requireAllFoods: query?.requireAllFoods,
+    queryFilter,
+  };
+};
+
 export const useLazyRecipes = function (publicGroupSlug: string | null = null) {
   const router = useRouter();
 
@@ -25,24 +51,11 @@ export const useLazyRecipes = function (publicGroupSlug: string | null = null) {
     queryFilter: string | null = null,
   ) {
 
-    const { data, error } = await api.recipes.getAll(page, perPage, {
-      orderBy,
-      orderDirection,
-      paginationSeed: query?._searchSeed, // propagate searchSeed to stabilize random order pagination
-      searchSeed: query?._searchSeed, // unused, but pass it along for completeness of data
-      search: query?.search,
-      cookbook: query?.cookbook,
-      households: query?.households,
-      categories: query?.categories,
-      requireAllCategories: query?.requireAllCategories,
-      tags: query?.tags,
-      requireAllTags: query?.requireAllTags,
-      tools: query?.tools,
-      requireAllTools: query?.requireAllTools,
-      foods: query?.foods,
-      requireAllFoods: query?.requireAllFoods,
-      queryFilter,
-    });
+    const { data, error } = await api.recipes.getAll(
+      page,
+      perPage,
+      getParams(orderBy, orderDirection, query, queryFilter),
+    );
 
     if (error?.response?.status === 404) {
       router.push("/login");
@@ -74,6 +87,13 @@ export const useLazyRecipes = function (publicGroupSlug: string | null = null) {
     recipes.value = val;
   }
 
+  async function getRandom(query: RecipeSearchQuery | null = null, queryFilter: string | null = null) {
+    const { data } = await api.recipes.getAll(1, 1, getParams("random", "desc", query, queryFilter));
+    if (data?.items.length) {
+      return data.items[0];
+    }
+  }
+
   return {
     recipes,
     fetchMore,
@@ -81,6 +101,7 @@ export const useLazyRecipes = function (publicGroupSlug: string | null = null) {
     assignSorted,
     removeRecipe,
     replaceRecipes,
+    getRandom,
   };
 };