diff --git a/scripts/addRandomWeight.pl b/scripts/addRandomWeight.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#25 September 2017 - Adam D Scott - 
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use IO::File;
+use FileHandle;
+
+my $usage = 'perl addRandomWeight.pl <maf> <output> 
+';
+
+die $usage , unless @ARGV == 2;
+my ( $maf , $output ) = @ARGV;
+
+my $IN1 = FileHandle->new( $maf , "r" );
+if ( not defined $IN1 ) { die "ADSERROR: Could not open/read ".$maf."\n"; }
+
+my $IN2 = FileHandle->new( $output , "w" );
+if ( not defined $IN2 ) { die "ADSERROR: Could not open/write ".$output."\n"; }
+
+while ( my $line = <$IN1> ) {
+	chomp( $line );
+	$IN2->print( $line."\t" );
+	if ( $line =~ /Hugo/ ) {
+		$IN2->print( "RandomWeight" );
+	} else {
+		my $r = int( rand( 40 ) );
+		$r -= 20;
+		$IN2->print( $r )
+	}
+	$IN2->print( "\n" );
+}
+$IN1->close();
+$IN2->close();