diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
index c668707..2486f0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Linter
 
-on: [ push ]
+on: [push]
 
 jobs:
   build-n-lint:
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: "3.8"
 
       - name: Install test dependencies
         run: |
+          pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install --only-binary=numpy,scipy numpy scipy
           pip install -e .[dev]
       - name: Run ISort check
diff --git a/PyEMD/CEEMDAN.py b/PyEMD/CEEMDAN.py
index 64beeb9..fb30850 100644
--- a/PyEMD/CEEMDAN.py
+++ b/PyEMD/CEEMDAN.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import itertools
 import logging
 from multiprocessing import Pool
-from typing import Dict, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ class CEEMDAN:
         the `range_thr` then the decomposition is finished.
     total_power_thr : float (default: 0.05)
         Signal's power threshold. Finishes decomposition if sum(abs(r)) < thr.
-
+    beta_progress : bool (default: True)
+        Flag whether to scale all noise IMFs by their 1st IMF's standard deviation.
 
     References
     ----------
@@ -109,13 +110,12 @@ def __init__(self, trials: int = 100, epsilon: float = 0.005, ext_EMD=None, para
         # Ensemble constants
         self.trials = trials
         self.epsilon = epsilon
-        self.all_noise_std = np.zeros(self.trials)
         self.noise_scale = float(kwargs.get("noise_scale", 1.0))
         self.range_thr = float(kwargs.get("range_thr", 0.01))
         self.total_power_thr = float(kwargs.get("total_power_thr", 0.05))
 
-        self.beta_progress = True  # Scale noise by std
-        self.random = np.random.RandomState()
+        self.beta_progress = bool(kwargs.get("beta_progress", True))  # Scale noise by std
+        self.random = np.random.RandomState(seed=kwargs.get("seed"))
         self.noise_kind = kwargs.get("noise_kind", "normal")
         self.parallel = parallel
         self.processes = kwargs.get("processes")  # Optional[int]
@@ -208,13 +208,7 @@ def ceemdan(self, S: np.ndarray, T: Optional[np.ndarray] = None, max_imf: int =
 
         # Decompose all noise and remember 1st's std
         self.logger.debug("Decomposing all noises")
-        for trial, noise in enumerate(self.all_noises):
-            _imfs = self.emd(noise, T, max_imf=-1)
-
-            # If beta_progress then scale all IMFs with 1st std
-            if self.beta_progress:
-                _imfs = _imfs / np.std(_imfs[0])
-            self.all_noise_EMD.append(_imfs)
+        self.all_noise_EMD = self._decompose_noise()
 
         # Create first IMF
         last_imf = self._eemd(S, T, 1)[0]
@@ -312,6 +306,21 @@ def end_condition(self, S: np.ndarray, cIMFs: np.ndarray, max_imf: int) -> bool:
 
         return False
 
+    def _decompose_noise(self) -> List[np.ndarray]:
+        if self.parallel:
+            pool = Pool(processes=self.processes)
+            all_noise_EMD = pool.map(self.emd, self.all_noises)
+            pool.close()
+        else:
+            all_noise_EMD = [self.emd(noise, max_imf=-1) for noise in self.all_noises]
+
+        # Normalize w/ respect to 1st IMF's std
+        if self.beta_progress:
+            all_stds = [np.std(imfs[0]) for imfs in all_noise_EMD]
+            all_noise_EMD = [imfs / imfs_std for (imfs, imfs_std) in zip(all_noise_EMD, all_stds)]
+
+        return all_noise_EMD
+
     def _eemd(self, S: np.ndarray, T: Optional[np.ndarray] = None, max_imf: int = -1) -> np.ndarray:
         if T is None:
             T = np.arange(len(S), dtype=S.dtype)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 87fb779..b64e988 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "setuptools>=42",
+  "setuptools>=58",
   "wheel",
 ]
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 165d566..6bc1dfd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ doc =
     sphinx_rtd_theme
     numpydoc
 dev =
-    pycodestyle
-    black
-    isort
+    pycodestyle==2.8.*
+    black==21.10b0
+    isort==5.10.*
 test =
     pytest
     codecov