diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 645cc0057..6870a63e7 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 require 'config/environment'
 
-
 # Create seed user
 User.create( :email => "a@a.com", :password => "aaaaaa", :profile => Profile.create( :first_name => "Robert", :last_name => "Grimm" ))
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index a35478d0d..af9b5e476 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -12,4 +12,10 @@ namespace :db do
     Person.delete_all
     Profile.delete_all
   end
+
+  desc 'Purge and seed the current RAILS_ENV database using information from db/seeds.rb'
+  task :reset do
+    Rake::Task['db:delete'].invoke
+    Rake::Task['db:seed'].invoke
+  end
 end