diff --git a/backend/app/api/main.go b/backend/app/api/main.go
index 99a668a..7519ee7 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/main.go
+++ b/backend/app/api/main.go
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ func run(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	routes := app.newRouter(app.repos)
 	app.LogRoutes(routes)
 
-	app.SeedDatabase(app.repos)
-
 	log.Info().Msgf("Starting HTTP Server on %s:%s", app.server.Host, app.server.Port)
 
 	// =========================================================================
diff --git a/backend/app/api/seed.go b/backend/app/api/seed.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 76d9daa..0000000
--- a/backend/app/api/seed.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
-	"github.com/hay-kot/content/backend/ent"
-	"github.com/hay-kot/content/backend/internal/repo"
-	"github.com/hay-kot/content/backend/internal/types"
-	"github.com/hay-kot/content/backend/pkgs/hasher"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-)
-
-const (
-	DefaultGroup    = "Default"
-	DefaultName     = "Admin"
-	DefaultEmail    = "admin@admin.com"
-	DefaultPassword = "admin"
-)
-
-// EnsureAdministrator ensures that there is at least one superuser in the database
-// if one isn't found a default is generate using the default credentials
-func (a *app) EnsureAdministrator() {
-	superusers, err := a.repos.Users.GetSuperusers(context.Background())
-
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to get superusers")
-	}
-	if len(superusers) > 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	pw, _ := hasher.HashPassword(DefaultPassword)
-	newSuperUser := types.UserCreate{
-		Name:        DefaultName,
-		Email:       DefaultEmail,
-		IsSuperuser: true,
-		Password:    pw,
-	}
-
-	log.Info().
-		Str("name", newSuperUser.Name).
-		Str("email", newSuperUser.Email).
-		Msg("no superusers found, creating default superuser")
-
-	_, err = a.repos.Users.Create(context.Background(), newSuperUser)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to create default superuser")
-	}
-
-}
-
-func (a *app) SeedDatabase(repos *repo.AllRepos) {
-	if !a.conf.Seed.Enabled {
-		return
-	}
-
-	group, err := repos.Groups.Create(context.Background(), DefaultGroup)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to create default group")
-	}
-
-	for _, seedUser := range a.conf.Seed.Users {
-
-		// Check if User Exists
-		usr, err := repos.Users.GetOneEmail(context.Background(), seedUser.Email)
-		if err != nil && !ent.IsNotFound(err) {
-			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to get user")
-		}
-
-		if usr != nil && usr.ID != uuid.Nil {
-			log.Info().Str("email", seedUser.Email).Msg("user already exists, skipping")
-			continue
-		}
-
-		hashedPw, err := hasher.HashPassword(seedUser.Password)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to hash password")
-		}
-
-		_, err = repos.Users.Create(context.Background(), types.UserCreate{
-			Name:        seedUser.Name,
-			Email:       seedUser.Email,
-			IsSuperuser: seedUser.IsSuperuser,
-			Password:    hashedPw,
-			GroupID:     group.ID,
-		})
-
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to create user")
-		}
-
-		log.Info().Str("email", seedUser.Email).Msg("created user")
-	}
-}
diff --git a/backend/config.template.yml b/backend/config.template.yml
index 366e2a3..cb699c9 100644
--- a/backend/config.template.yml
+++ b/backend/config.template.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ swagger:
   scheme: http
 web:
   port: 7745
-  host: 
+  host:
 database:
   driver: sqlite3
   sqlite-url: ./ent.db?_fk=1
@@ -18,15 +18,3 @@ mailer:
   username:
   password:
   from: example@email.com
-seed:
-  enabled: true
-  group: Default
-  users:
-    - name: Admin
-      email: admin@admin.com
-      password: admin
-      isSuperuser: true
-    - name: User
-      email: user@user.com
-      password: user
-      isSuperuser: false
diff --git a/backend/internal/config/conf.go b/backend/internal/config/conf.go
index 5f6c7e1..79edadd 100644
--- a/backend/internal/config/conf.go
+++ b/backend/internal/config/conf.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	Database Database    `yaml:"database"`
 	Log      LoggerConf  `yaml:"logger"`
 	Mailer   MailerConf  `yaml:"mailer"`
-	Seed     Seed        `yaml:"seed"`
 	Swagger  SwaggerConf `yaml:"swagger"`
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/internal/config/conf_database.go b/backend/internal/config/conf_database.go
index d8a6c7b..7b396bd 100644
--- a/backend/internal/config/conf_database.go
+++ b/backend/internal/config/conf_database.go
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package config
 
 const (
-	DriverSqlite3  = "sqlite3"
-	DriverPostgres = "postgres"
+	DriverSqlite3 = "sqlite3"
 )
 
 type Database struct {
-	Driver      string `yaml:"driver" conf:"default:sqlite3"`
-	SqliteUrl   string `yaml:"sqlite-url" conf:"default:file:ent?mode=memory&cache=shared&_fk=1"`
-	PostgresUrl string `yaml:"postgres-url" conf:""`
+	Driver    string `yaml:"driver" conf:"default:sqlite3"`
+	SqliteUrl string `yaml:"sqlite-url" conf:"default:file:ent?mode=memory&cache=shared&_fk=1"`
 }
 
 func (d *Database) GetDriver() string {
@@ -19,8 +17,6 @@ func (d *Database) GetUrl() string {
 	switch d.Driver {
 	case DriverSqlite3:
 		return d.SqliteUrl
-	case DriverPostgres:
-		return d.PostgresUrl
 	default:
 		panic("unknown database driver")
 	}
diff --git a/backend/internal/config/conf_database_test.go b/backend/internal/config/conf_database_test.go
index 4720a15..f11c21c 100644
--- a/backend/internal/config/conf_database_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/config/conf_database_test.go
@@ -16,16 +16,6 @@ func Test_DatabaseConfig_Sqlite(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "file:ent?mode=memory&cache=shared&_fk=1", dbConf.GetUrl())
 }
 
-func Test_DatabaseConfig_Postgres(t *testing.T) {
-	dbConf := &Database{
-		Driver:      DriverPostgres,
-		PostgresUrl: "postgres://user:pass@host:port/dbname?sslmode=disable",
-	}
-
-	assert.Equal(t, "postgres", dbConf.GetDriver())
-	assert.Equal(t, "postgres://user:pass@host:port/dbname?sslmode=disable", dbConf.GetUrl())
-}
-
 func Test_DatabaseConfig_Unknown(t *testing.T) {
 	dbConf := &Database{
 		Driver: "null",
diff --git a/backend/internal/config/conf_seed.go b/backend/internal/config/conf_seed.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 67a409a..0000000
--- a/backend/internal/config/conf_seed.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-type SeedUser struct {
-	Name        string `yaml:"name"`
-	Email       string `yaml:"email"`
-	Password    string `yaml:"password"`
-	IsSuperuser bool   `yaml:"isSuperuser"`
-}
-
-type Seed struct {
-	Enabled bool       `yaml:"enabled" conf:"default:false"`
-	Users   []SeedUser `yaml:"users"`
-	Group   string     `yaml:"group"`
-}