diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index ceb7a72adac21d90da49842975575cb9f481beec..6d61abd4a1870874fd359b3b28a5bbd9af2d9ecb 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ namespace :db do
       puts "Seeding the database for #{Rails.env}..."
       require 'db/seeds/tom'
     end
+
+    task :dev do
+      puts "Seeding the database for #{Rails.env}..."
+      require 'db/seeds/dev'
+    end
+
     task :backer, :num, :password do |t, args|
       puts "Seeding the database for #{Rails.env}..."
       require 'db/seeds/backer'
@@ -34,4 +40,11 @@ namespace :db do
     Rake::Task['db:seed:tom'].invoke
     puts "Success!"
   end
+
+  task :reset_dev do
+    puts "making a new base user"
+    Rake::Task['db:purge'].invoke
+    Rake::Task['db:seed:dev'].invoke
+    puts "you did it!"
+  end
 end