diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 5c0c3c6144..2f10938e31 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
+	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/ethereum/ethash"
@@ -659,6 +661,16 @@ func MakeSystemNode(name, version string, extra []byte, ctx *cli.Context) *node.
 	// Configure the Ethereum service
 	accman := MakeAccountManager(ctx)
 
+	// initialise new random number generator
+	rand := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+	// get enabled jit flag
+	jitEnabled := ctx.GlobalBool(VMEnableJitFlag.Name)
+	// if the jit is not enabled enable it for 10 pct of the people
+	if !jitEnabled && rand.Float64() < 0.1 {
+		jitEnabled = true
+		glog.V(logger.Info).Infoln("You're one of the lucky few that will try out the JIT VM (random). If you get a consensus failure please be so kind to report this incident with the block hash that failed. You can switch to the regular VM by setting --jitvm=false")
+	}
+
 	ethConf := &eth.Config{
 		ChainConfig:             MustMakeChainConfig(ctx),
 		Genesis:                 MakeGenesisBlock(ctx),
@@ -673,7 +685,7 @@ func MakeSystemNode(name, version string, extra []byte, ctx *cli.Context) *node.
 		ExtraData:               MakeMinerExtra(extra, ctx),
 		NatSpec:                 ctx.GlobalBool(NatspecEnabledFlag.Name),
 		DocRoot:                 ctx.GlobalString(DocRootFlag.Name),
-		EnableJit:               ctx.GlobalBool(VMEnableJitFlag.Name),
+		EnableJit:               jitEnabled,
 		ForceJit:                ctx.GlobalBool(VMForceJitFlag.Name),
 		GasPrice:                common.String2Big(ctx.GlobalString(GasPriceFlag.Name)),
 		GpoMinGasPrice:          common.String2Big(ctx.GlobalString(GpoMinGasPriceFlag.Name)),
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index c45945b87c..a5e2516fe4 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -662,7 +662,15 @@ func (env *Work) commitTransactions(mux *event.TypeMux, transactions types.Trans
 
 func (env *Work) commitTransaction(tx *types.Transaction, bc *core.BlockChain, gp *core.GasPool) (error, vm.Logs) {
 	snap := env.state.Copy()
-	receipt, logs, _, err := core.ApplyTransaction(env.config, bc, gp, env.state, env.header, tx, env.header.GasUsed, env.config.VmConfig)
+
+	// this is a bit of a hack to force jit for the miners
+	config := env.config.VmConfig
+	if !(config.EnableJit && config.ForceJit) {
+		config.EnableJit = false
+	}
+	config.ForceJit = false // disable forcing jit
+
+	receipt, logs, _, err := core.ApplyTransaction(env.config, bc, gp, env.state, env.header, tx, env.header.GasUsed, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		env.state.Set(snap)
 		return err, nil