diff --git a/db/seeds/dev.rb b/db/seeds/dev.rb
index b321124f8f7c37ee6e9d0450cb474db4b8464970..5196369223b2861268ea52691880ae98f990b973 100644
--- a/db/seeds/dev.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/dev.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "config", "environment")
 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] ||= {}
-  current_config[Rails.env.to_s]['pod_url'] = "#{username}.joindiaspora.com"
-  current_config['default']['pod_url'] = "#{username}.joindiaspora.com"
+  current_config[Rails.env.to_s]['pod_url'] ||= "#{username}.joindiaspora.com"
+  current_config['default']['pod_url'] ||= "#{username}.joindiaspora.com"
   file = File.new(Rails.root.join('config','app_config.yml'),'w')
   file.write(current_config.to_yaml)
   file.close