diff --git a/db/seeds/tom.rb b/db/seeds/tom.rb
index 0f572b7b1..b6aed413e 100644
--- a/db/seeds/tom.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/tom.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,5 @@ names = [ ["George", "Washington"],
   #email = names[n][1].gsub(/ /,'').downcase
   #Person.create( :email => "#{email}@joindiaspora.com", :url => "http://#{email}.joindiaspora.com/", :active => true, :profile => Profile.new(:first_name => names[n][0], :last_name => names[n][1]))
 #}
-Request.all.each{|r| 
-  User.owner.accept_friend_request(r.id)
-}
+
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index c984a2155..916750c00 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ namespace :db do
     end
   end
 
+  task :accept_requests do
+    puts "Accepting all friend requests for #{Rails.env}"
+    require 'db/seeds/accept'
+  end
+
   desc 'Delete the collections in the current RAILS_ENV database'
   task :purge do
     require 'config/environment'