diff --git a/db/seeds/backer.rb b/db/seeds/backer.rb
index 13be3e6be..2468e4b47 100644
--- a/db/seeds/backer.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/backer.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require 'config/environment'
 
 
 
-def create(backer_number, password)
+def create(backer_number)
   backer_info = [ [5072,"George", "Washington"],
                   [3742,"John", "Adams"],
                   [7782,"Thomas", "Jefferson"],
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ def create(backer_number, password)
     Person.create( :email => "#{email}@joindiaspora.com", 
                   :url => "http://#{email}.joindiaspora.com/", 
                   :active => true, 
-                  :profile => Profile.create(:first_name => backer_info[n][1], :last_name => backer_info[n][2]))  unless n == backer_number
+                  :profile => Profile.create(
+                    :first_name => backer_info[n][1],
+                    :last_name => backer_info[n][2]))  unless n == backer_number
   }
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index 6d61abd4a..645d66e72 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ namespace :db do
       require 'db/seeds/dev'
     end
 
-    task :backer, :num, :password do |t, args|
+    task :backer, :num do |t, args|
       puts "Seeding the database for #{Rails.env}..."
       require 'db/seeds/backer'
-      create( Integer(args.num), args.password )
+      create( Integer(args.num))
     end
   end