diff --git a/app/controllers/dev_utilities_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dev_utilities_controller.rb
index c4a6b1f640cfb67fd1c6dadbe8357eb13815d1e6..f5f96683f9f50294cab08121ce29006a570c8b53 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dev_utilities_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dev_utilities_controller.rb
@@ -23,26 +23,11 @@ def warzombie
 
   def zombiefriends
     render :nothing => true
-    backer_info = ["http://washington.joindiaspora.com/",   
-                   "http://adams.joindiaspora.com/",         
-                   "http://jefferson.joindiaspora.com/",   
-                   "http://madison.joindiaspora.com/",    
-                   "http://monroe.joindiaspora.com/",      
-                   "http://quincyadams.joindiaspora.com/",
-                   "http://jackson.joindiaspora.com/",    
-                   "http://buren.joindiaspora.com/",      
-                   "http://harrison.joindiaspora.com/",   
-                   "http://tyler.joindiaspora.com/",      
-                   "http://polk.joindiaspora.com/",       
-                   #"http://taylor.joindiaspora.com/",
-                   #"http://fillmore.joindiaspora.com/",
-                   #"http://pierce.joindiaspora.com/",
-            ]
-
+    backer_info
     if User.owner.email == "tom@tom.joindiaspora.com" && Person.friends.first.nil? 
       backer_info.each do |backer|
-        logger.info "Zombefriending #{backer}"
-        User.owner.send_friend_request_to(backer)
+        logger.info "Zombefriending #{backer['given_name']} #{backer['family_name']}"
+        User.owner.send_friend_request_to("http://#{backer['username']}.joindiaspora.com/")
       end
     end
   end
@@ -53,6 +38,10 @@ def warzombie
       User.owner.accept_friend_request(r.id)
     }
   end
-  
+
+  def backer_info
+    config = YAML.load_file(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../config/deploy_config.yml') 
+    config['servers']['backer']
+  end
 
 end
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 499f3a30ae47e796e343623a69bceffbaeaf7a6b..75a6b057d69217b97b271e4c636bdf5357f64fa6 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -8,44 +8,3 @@
 
 require 'config/environment'
 
-# Create seed user
-user = User.create( :email => "tom@joindiaspora.com", :password => "aaaaaa", :profile => Profile.new( :first_name => "Diaspora", :last_name => "Tom" ))
-
-names = [ ["George", "Washington"],
-          ["John", "Adams"],
-          ["Thomas", "Jefferson"],
-          ["James", "Madison"],
-          ["James", "Monroe"],
-          ["John Quincy", "Adams"],
-          ["Andrew", "Jackson"],
-          ["Martin Van", "Buren"],
-          ["William Henry","Harrison"],
-          ["John", "Tyler"],
-          ["James K." , "Polk"],
-          ["Zachary", "Taylor"],
-          ["Millard", "Fillmore"],
-          ["Franklin", "Pierce"],
-          ["James", "Buchanan"],
-          ["Abraham", "Lincoln"]
-        ]
-
-# Make people
-(1..10).each { |n|
-  People.create( :email => "b#{n}@joindiaspora.com", :url => "http://b#{n}.joindiaspora.com/", :profile => Profile.new(:first_name => names[n-1][0], :last_name => names[n-1][1]))
-}
-
-# Populate feed
-StatusMessage.create(:message => "There's a bomb in the lasagna!?", :person => user) 
-Bookmark.create(:title => "xkcd", :link => "http://xkcd.com/743/", :person => user )
-StatusMessage.create(:message => "I switched to Motoroi today, a Motorola Android-based phone, in Korea. Now, I am using Android phones in both the U.S. and Korea", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-930)
-StatusMessage.create(:message => "I had 5 hours to study for it :-( GREs on Thursday. Wunderbar.", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-43990)
-StatusMessage.create(:message => "Spotted in toy story 3: google maps, OSX, and windows XP. Two out of three isn't bad.", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-4390)
-Bookmark.create( :title => "Reddit", :link => "http://reddit.com", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-54390)
-Blog.create(:title => "I Love Rock'N'Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts", :body => "<p>The loudspeakers played this song as we walked into the city pool for the first time this summer.  Those loudspeakers make every song sound fresh even if I have heard it a thousand times and their effect on this song was no different. Joan sounded young and strong and ready, and for a moment I forgot where or when I was.</p> <p>also i can tell it won’t be long and also happy summer imaginary constructs -mumblelard</p>", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-3090)  
-StatusMessage.create(:message => "Commercials for IE make me SO MAD and my friends just don't get why.", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-30900)
-Bookmark.create(:title => "Zombo.com", :link => "http://zombo.com", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-9090) 
-StatusMessage.create(:message => "Why do I have \"No More Heroes\" by Westlife on repeat all day?", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-590000)
-StatusMessage.create(:message => "Mmm. Friday night. Acknowledged.", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-503900)
-StatusMessage.create(:message => "Getting a universal remote is the epitome of laziness, I do declare.", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-4400)
-StatusMessage.create(:message => "Does anyone know how to merge two Skype contact entries of the same person? (i.e. one Skype ID and one mobile number)", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-400240)
-StatusMessage.create(:message => "A cool, cool morning for once.", :person => user, :created_at => Time.now-150000)
diff --git a/db/seeds/backer.rb b/db/seeds/backer.rb
index 5198f592ba4e1c5e84a6f914cbcc769a167d66ff..f9f8ba3664996f4e8025d5cd8f1cb268f0f73bd3 100644
--- a/db/seeds/backer.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/backer.rb
@@ -9,50 +9,15 @@
 require 'config/environment'
 
 def create(backer_number)
-  backer_info = [ [5072,"George", "Washington"],
-                  [3742,"John", "Adams"],
-                  [7782,"Thomas", "Jefferson"],
-                  [2691,"James", "Madison"],
-                  [6133,"James", "Monroe"],
-                  [7558,"John", "Quincy Adams"],
-                  [8670,"Andrew", "Jackson"],
-                  [1559,"Martin Van", "Buren"],
-                  [5404,"William Henry","Harrison"],
-                  [6431,"John", "Tyler"],
-                  [1957,"James K." , "Polk"],
-                  [5323,"Zachary", "Taylor"],
-                  [8784,"Millard", "Fillmore"],
-                  [4267,"Franklin", "Pierce"],
-                  [8891,"James", "Buchanan"],
-                  [2324,"Abraham", "Lincoln"],
-                  [6948,"Andrew", "Johnson"],
-                  [8176,"Ulysses S.", "Grant"],
-                  [6928,"Rutherford B.", "Hayes"],
-                  [5677,"James A.", "Garfield"],
-                  [7966,"Chester A.", "Arthur"],
-                  [2893,"Grover", "Cleveland"],
-                  [6828,"Benjamin", "Harrison"],
-                  [2982,"William", "McKinley"],
-                  [6756,"Theodore", "Roosevelt"],
-                  [6658,"William Howard", "Taft"],
-                  [3551,"Woodrow", "Wilson"],
-                  [3088,"Warren G.", "Harding"],
-                  [8379,"Calvin", "Coolidge"],
-                  [7493,"Herbert", "Hoover"],
-                  [2759,"Franklin D.", "Roosevelt"],
-                  [1029,"Harry S.", "Truman"],
-                  [4013,"Dwight D.", "Eisenhower"],
-                  [8507,"John F.", "Kennedy"],
-                  [1508,"Lyndon B.", "Johnson"],
-                  [5258,"Richard", "Nixon"]
-          ]
+  config = YAML.load_file(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../config/deploy_config.yml') 
+  backer_info = config['servers']['backer']
 
 
   # Create seed user
-  username = backer_info[backer_number][2].gsub(/ /,'').downcase
+  username = backer_info[backer_number]['username'].gsub(/ /,'').downcase
   user = User.create( :email => "#{username}@#{username}.joindiaspora.com",
-                     :password => "#{username+backer_info[backer_number][0].to_s}",
-                     :profile => Profile.new( :first_name => backer_info[backer_number][1], :last_name => backer_info[backer_number][2] ),
+                     :password => "#{username+backer_info[backer_number]['pin'].to_s}",
+                     :profile => Profile.new( :first_name => backer_info[backer_number]['given_name'], :last_name => backer_info[backer_number]['family_name'] ),
                     :url=> "#{username}.joindiaspora.com")
 
   # Make connection with Diaspora Tom
diff --git a/db/seeds/dev.rb b/db/seeds/dev.rb
index a7ce25624dddf8db70f5ef152b31c9278ea33af9..9bf7adb8008c012cd80c8a61b1c92395eab864a9 100644
--- a/db/seeds/dev.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/dev.rb
@@ -11,48 +11,3 @@ require 'config/environment'
 # Create seed user
 user = User.create( :email => "robert@joindiaspora.com", :password => "evankorth", :profile => Profile.new( :first_name => "bobert", :last_name => "brin" ))
 
-names = [ ["George", "Washington"],
-          ["John", "Adams"],
-          ["Thomas", "Jefferson"],
-          ["James", "Madison"],
-          ["James", "Monroe"],
-          ["John", "Quincy Adams"],
-          ["Andrew", "Jackson"],
-          ["Martin Van", "Buren"],
-          ["William Henry","Harrison"],
-          ["John", "Tyler"],
-          ["James K." , "Polk"],
-          ["Zachary", "Taylor"],
-          ["Millard", "Fillmore"],
-          ["Franklin", "Pierce"],
-          ["James", "Buchanan"],
-          ["Abraham", "Lincoln"],
-          ["Andrew", "Johnson"],
-          ["Ulysses S.", "Grant"],
-          ["Rutherford B.", "Hayes"],
-          ["James A.", "Garfield"],
-          ["Chester A.", "Arthur"],
-          ["Grover", "Cleveland"],
-          ["Benjamin", "Harrison"],
-          ["William", "McKinley"],
-          ["Theodore", "Roosevelt"],
-          ["William Howard", "Taft"],
-          ["Woodrow", "Wilson"],
-          ["Warren G.", "Harding"],
-          ["Calvin", "Coolidge"],
-          ["Herbert", "Hoover"],
-          ["Franklin D.", "Roosevelt"],
-          ["Harry S.", "Truman"],
-          ["Dwight D.", "Eisenhower"],
-          ["John F.", "Kennedy"],
-          ["Lyndon B.", "Johnson"],
-          ["Richard", "Nixon"]
-        ]
-
-# Make people
-(0..10).each { |n|
-  username = names[n][1].gsub(/ /,'').downcase
-  Person.create( :email => "#{username}@#{username}joindiaspora.com", :url => "http://#{username}.joindiaspora.com/", :active => true, :profile => Profile.new(:first_name => names[n][0], :last_name => names[n][1]))
-}
-
-
diff --git a/db/seeds/tom.rb b/db/seeds/tom.rb
index 364580feda7df0b0e2718ef9737132997acac520..4efae222d1afb013cff3525fd42b5946c46584b2 100644
--- a/db/seeds/tom.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/tom.rb
@@ -11,48 +11,3 @@ require 'config/environment'
 # Create seed user
 user = User.create( :email => "tom@tom.joindiaspora.com", :password => "evankorth", :url => "http://tom.joindiaspora.com/", :profile => Profile.new( :first_name => "Alexander", :last_name => "Hamiltom" ))
 
-names = [ ["George", "Washington"],
-          ["John", "Adams"],
-          ["Thomas", "Jefferson"],
-          ["James", "Madison"],
-          ["James", "Monroe"],
-          ["John", "Quincy Adams"],
-          ["Andrew", "Jackson"],
-          ["Martin Van", "Buren"],
-          ["William Henry","Harrison"],
-          ["John", "Tyler"],
-          ["James K." , "Polk"],
-          ["Zachary", "Taylor"],
-          ["Millard", "Fillmore"],
-          ["Franklin", "Pierce"],
-          ["James", "Buchanan"],
-          ["Abraham", "Lincoln"],
-          ["Andrew", "Johnson"],
-          ["Ulysses S.", "Grant"],
-          ["Rutherford B.", "Hayes"],
-          ["James A.", "Garfield"],
-          ["Chester A.", "Arthur"],
-          ["Grover", "Cleveland"],
-          ["Benjamin", "Harrison"],
-          ["William", "McKinley"],
-          ["Theodore", "Roosevelt"],
-          ["William Howard", "Taft"],
-          ["Woodrow", "Wilson"],
-          ["Warren G.", "Harding"],
-          ["Calvin", "Coolidge"],
-          ["Herbert", "Hoover"],
-          ["Franklin D.", "Roosevelt"],
-          ["Harry S.", "Truman"],
-          ["Dwight D.", "Eisenhower"],
-          ["John F.", "Kennedy"],
-          ["Lyndon B.", "Johnson"],
-          ["Richard", "Nixon"]
-        ]
-
-# Make people
-#(0..10).each { |n|
-  #email = names[n][1].gsub(/ /,'').downcase
-  #Person.create( :email => "#{email}@joindiaspora.com", :url => "http://#{email}.joindiaspora.com/", :active => true, :profile => Profile.new(:first_name => names[n][0], :last_name => names[n][1]))
-#}
-
-