diff --git a/db/seeds/backer.rb b/db/seeds/backer.rb
index 877ffc13f6c3bb93951916c78c0bf92e7e1d277b..269772f517898525c1dfea822160c830c83cb2a5 100644
--- a/db/seeds/backer.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/backer.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ def create
 
   #set pod url
   username = backer_info[backer_number]['username'].gsub(/ /,'').downcase
-  set_app_config username
+  set_app_config username unless File.exists?(Rails.root.join('config', 'app_config.yml'))
+
   require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "config", "initializers", "_load_app_config.rb")
 
   # Create seed user
diff --git a/db/seeds/dev.rb b/db/seeds/dev.rb
index 33f7736130abf4d5e12efd9a2729125376dab214..324cf47bdb2fa8a7751d450370d2401a597c1897 100644
--- a/db/seeds/dev.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/dev.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ def set_app_config username
 end
 
 username = "tom"
-set_app_config username
+set_app_config username unless File.exists?(Rails.root.join('config', 'app_config.yml'))
+
+require Rails.root.join('config',  "initializers", "_load_app_config.rb")
 
 # Create seed user
 user = User.build( :email => "tom@tom.joindiaspora.com",
diff --git a/db/seeds/tom.rb b/db/seeds/tom.rb
index f4c453d8194944a5f99bc06a87d5e1c047db65ff..fe45e2dd02454a6b481a5de34e80ca0ad64dd045 100644
--- a/db/seeds/tom.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/tom.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ def set_app_config username
   file.close
 end
 
-set_app_config "tom"
+set_app_config "tom" unless File.exists?(Rails.root.join('config', 'app_config.yml'))
+
 require 'config/initializers/_load_app_config.rb'
 
 # Create seed user