diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/softDeleteMiddleware.spec.js b/backend/src/middleware/softDeleteMiddleware.spec.js
index 46005a4ff..f007888ed 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/softDeleteMiddleware.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/softDeleteMiddleware.spec.js
@@ -23,21 +23,19 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
   ])
 
   await Promise.all([
-    factory.create('Comment', { id: 'c2', content: 'Enabled comment on public post' })
+    factory.create('Comment', { id: 'c2', postId: 'p3', content: 'Enabled comment on public post' })
   ])
 
   await Promise.all([
-    factory.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u1', to: 'c2' }),
-    factory.relate('Comment', 'Post', { from: 'c2', to: 'p3' })
+    factory.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u1', to: 'c2' })
   ])
 
   const asTroll = Factory()
   await asTroll.authenticateAs({ email: 'troll@example.org', password: '1234' })
   await asTroll.create('Post', { id: 'p2', title: 'Disabled post', content: 'This is an offensive post content', image: '/some/offensive/image.jpg', deleted: false })
-  await asTroll.create('Comment', { id: 'c1', content: 'Disabled comment' })
+  await asTroll.create('Comment', { id: 'c1', postId: 'p3', content: 'Disabled comment' })
   await Promise.all([
-    asTroll.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u2', to: 'c1' }),
-    asTroll.relate('Comment', 'Post', { from: 'c1', to: 'p3' })
+    asTroll.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u2', to: 'c1' })
   ])
 
   const asModerator = Factory()
diff --git a/backend/src/resolvers/moderation.spec.js b/backend/src/resolvers/moderation.spec.js
index dfbcac80f..f8aa6e10b 100644
--- a/backend/src/resolvers/moderation.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/resolvers/moderation.spec.js
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ describe('disable', () => {
             await factory.authenticateAs({ email: 'commenter@example.org', password: '1234' })
             await Promise.all([
               factory.create('Post', { id: 'p3' }),
-              factory.create('Comment', { id: 'c47' })
+              factory.create('Comment', { id: 'c47', postId: 'p3', content: 'this comment was created for this post' })
             ])
+
             await Promise.all([
-              factory.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u45', to: 'c47' }),
-              factory.relate('Comment', 'Post', { from: 'c47', to: 'p3' })
+              factory.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u45', to: 'c47' })
             ])
           }
         })
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@ describe('enable', () => {
               factory.create('Comment', { id: 'c456' })
             ])
             await Promise.all([
-              factory.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u123', to: 'c456' }),
-              factory.relate('Comment', 'Post', { from: 'c456', to: 'p9' })
+              factory.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u123', to: 'c456' })
             ])
 
             const disableMutation = `
diff --git a/backend/src/seed/factories/comments.js b/backend/src/seed/factories/comments.js
index 3c042f0b2..66f2338b5 100644
--- a/backend/src/seed/factories/comments.js
+++ b/backend/src/seed/factories/comments.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import faker from 'faker'
+import uuid from 'uuid/v4'
 
 export default function (params) {
   const {
+    id = uuid(),
     postId = 'p6',
     content = [
       faker.lorem.sentence(),
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ export default function (params) {
   return `
     mutation {
       CreateComment(
+        id: "${id}"
         postId: "${postId}",
         content: "${content}"
       ) { id, content }
diff --git a/backend/src/seed/seed-db.js b/backend/src/seed/seed-db.js
index 3de70e643..ec0184b9c 100644
--- a/backend/src/seed/seed-db.js
+++ b/backend/src/seed/seed-db.js
@@ -185,45 +185,33 @@ import Factory from './factories'
     ])
 
     await Promise.all([
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c1' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c2' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c3' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c4' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c5' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c6' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c7' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c8' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c9' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c10' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c11' }),
-      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c12' })
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c1', postId: 'p1' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c2', postId: 'p1' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c3', postId: 'p3' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c4', postId: 'p2' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c5', postId: 'p3' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c6', postId: 'p4' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c7', postId: 'p2' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c8', postId: 'p15' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c9', postId: 'p15' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c10', postId: 'p15' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c11', postId: 'p15' }),
+      f.create('Comment', { id: 'c12', postId: 'p15' })
     ])
 
     await Promise.all([
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u3', to: 'c1' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c1', to: 'p1' }),
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u1', to: 'c2' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c2', to: 'p1' }),
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u1', to: 'c3' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c3', to: 'p3' }),
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u4', to: 'c4' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c4', to: 'p2' }),
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u4', to: 'c5' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c5', to: 'p3' }),
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u3', to: 'c6' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c6', to: 'p4' }),
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u2', to: 'c7' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c7', to: 'p2' }),
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u5', to: 'c8' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c8', to: 'p15' }),
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u6', to: 'c9' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c9', to: 'p15' }),
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u7', to: 'c10' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c10', to: 'p15' }),
       f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u5', to: 'c11' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c11', to: 'p15' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u6', to: 'c12' }),
-      f.relate('Comment', 'Post',   { from: 'c12', to: 'p15' })
+      f.relate('Comment', 'Author', { from: 'u6', to: 'c12' })
     ])
 
     const disableMutation = 'mutation($id: ID!) { disable(id: $id) }'