diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 2307e70d8..55f8c0f8f 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 #   cities = City.create([{ :name => 'Chicago' }, { :name => 'Copenhagen' }])
 #   Mayor.create(:name => 'Daley', :city => citie
 
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "config", "environment")
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "config", "environment")
 
diff --git a/db/seeds/dev.rb b/db/seeds/dev.rb
index 0c9d4bbae..e9d3215f9 100644
--- a/db/seeds/dev.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/dev.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "config", "environment")
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "spec", "helper_methods")
 
-
 def set_app_config username
   current_config = YAML.load(File.read(Rails.root.join('config', 'app_config.yml.example')))
   current_config[Rails.env.to_s] ||= {}
@@ -21,6 +20,15 @@ set_app_config username unless File.exists?(Rails.root.join('config', 'app_confi
 
 require Rails.root.join('config',  "initializers", "_load_app_config.rb")
 include HelperMethods
+module Resque
+  def enqueue(klass, *args)
+    if $process_queue
+      klass.send(:perform, *args)
+    else
+      true
+    end
+  end
+end
 # Create seed user
 user = User.build( :email => "tom@tom.joindiaspora.com",
                      :username => "tom",
@@ -29,8 +37,8 @@ user = User.build( :email => "tom@tom.joindiaspora.com",
                     :person => {
                       :profile => { :first_name => "Alexander", :last_name => "Hamiltom",
                       :image_url => "/images/user/tom.jpg"}})
-      
-user.save
+
+user.save!
 user.person.save!
 user.seed_aspects
 
@@ -42,12 +50,9 @@ user2 = User.build( :email => "korth@tom.joindiaspora.com",
                       :image_url => "/images/user/korth.jpg"}})
 
 
-user2.save
+user2.save!
 user2.person.save!
 user2.seed_aspects
 # connecting users
-aspect = user.aspects.create(:name => "other dudes") 
-aspect2 = user2.aspects.create(:name => "presidents")
 
-connect_users(user, aspect, user2, aspect2)
-user.aspects.create(:name => "Presidents")
+connect_users(user, user.aspects.first, user2, user2.aspects.first)