diff --git a/src/graphql-schema.spec.js b/src/graphql-schema.spec.js
index 69073444c..21b3f3d61 100644
--- a/src/graphql-schema.spec.js
+++ b/src/graphql-schema.spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { request } from 'graphql-request'
 import { create, cleanDatabase } from './seed/factories'
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
-import { host } from './jest/helpers'
+import { testServerHost as host } from './jest/helpers'
 
 describe('login', () => {
   const mutation = (params) => {
diff --git a/src/jest/helpers.js b/src/jest/helpers.js
index 01a26e9d3..cb86bf785 100644
--- a/src/jest/helpers.js
+++ b/src/jest/helpers.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { request } from 'graphql-request'
 
-export const host = 'http://127.0.0.1:4123'
+export const testServerHost = 'http://127.0.0.1:4123'
 
-export async function authenticatedHeaders ({ email, password }) {
+export async function authenticatedHeaders ({ email, password }, host = testServerHost) {
   const mutation = `
       mutation {
         login(email:"${email}", password:"${password}"){
diff --git a/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.spec.js b/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.spec.js
index cf86d11c9..481e340cb 100644
--- a/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.spec.js
+++ b/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { create, cleanDatabase } from '../seed/factories'
-import { host, authenticatedHeaders } from '../jest/helpers'
+import { testServerHost as host, authenticatedHeaders } from '../jest/helpers'
 import { GraphQLClient } from 'graphql-request'
 
 describe('authorization', () => {
diff --git a/src/seed/data/index.js b/src/seed/data/index.js
index 5df9ee404..483ad065a 100644
--- a/src/seed/data/index.js
+++ b/src/seed/data/index.js
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ export default {
   Category: require('./categories.js').default,
   Tags: require('./tags.js').default,
 
-  User: require('./users.js').default,
   UserBadges: require('./users-badges.js').default,
   UserBlacklist: require('./users-blacklist.js').default,
   UserFollows: require('./users-follows.js').default,
   UserFriends: require('./users-friends.js').default,
 
   Organization: require('./organizations.js').default,
-  Post: require('./posts.js').default,
   Comment: require('./comments.js').default,
   UserShouts: require('./users-shouts.js').default
 
diff --git a/src/seed/factories/index.js b/src/seed/factories/index.js
index 74076872b..faf2b93cc 100644
--- a/src/seed/factories/index.js
+++ b/src/seed/factories/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { GraphQLClient } from 'graphql-request'
 import ApolloClient from 'apollo-client'
 import gql from 'graphql-tag'
 import dotenv from 'dotenv'
@@ -6,25 +7,30 @@ import { InMemoryCache } from 'apollo-cache-inmemory'
 import neo4j from '../../bootstrap/neo4j'
 import fetch from 'node-fetch'
 
+export const seedServerHost = 'http://127.0.0.1:4001'
+
 dotenv.config()
 
 const apolloClient = new ApolloClient({
-  link: new HttpLink({ uri: 'http://localhost:4001', fetch }),
+  link: new HttpLink({ uri: seedServerHost, fetch }),
   cache: new InMemoryCache()
 })
 
 const driver = neo4j().getDriver()
 
 const builders = {
-  'user': require('./users.js').default
+  'user': require('./users.js').default,
+  'post': require('./posts.js').default
 }
 
 const buildMutation = (model, parameters) => {
   return builders[model](parameters)
 }
 
-const create = (model, parameters) => {
-  return apolloClient.mutate({ mutation: gql(buildMutation(model, parameters)) })
+const create = (model, parameters, options) => {
+  const graphQLClient = new GraphQLClient(seedServerHost, options)
+  const mutation = buildMutation(model, parameters)
+  return graphQLClient.request(mutation)
 }
 
 const cleanDatabase = async () => {
diff --git a/src/seed/factories/posts.js b/src/seed/factories/posts.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dc240d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seed/factories/posts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+
+import faker from 'faker'
+
+export default function (params) {
+  const {
+    id = `u${faker.random.number()}`,
+    title = faker.lorem.sentence(),
+    content = [
+      faker.lorem.sentence(),
+      faker.lorem.sentence(),
+      faker.lorem.sentence(),
+      faker.lorem.sentence(),
+      faker.lorem.sentence(),
+    ].join('. '),
+    image = faker.image.imageUrl(),
+    visibility = 'public',
+    disabled = false,
+    deleted = false
+  } = params
+
+  return `
+    mutation {
+      CreatePost(
+        id: "${id}",
+        title: "${title}",
+        content: "${content}",
+        image: "${image}",
+        visibility: ${visibility},
+        disabled: ${disabled},
+        deleted: ${deleted}
+      ) { id, title }
+    }
+  `
+}
diff --git a/src/seed/factories/users.js b/src/seed/factories/users.js
index 452059a73..7ead2d9f0 100644
--- a/src/seed/factories/users.js
+++ b/src/seed/factories/users.js
@@ -2,23 +2,27 @@ import faker from 'faker'
 
 export default function (params) {
   const {
+    id = `u${faker.random.number()}`,
     name = faker.name.findName(),
     email = faker.internet.email(),
     password = '1234',
-    avatar = faker.internet.avatar()
+    role = 'user',
+    avatar = faker.internet.avatar(),
+    disabled = false,
+    deleted = false
   } = params
 
   return `
     mutation {
-      u1: CreateUser(
-        id: "u1",
+      CreateUser(
+        id: "${id}",
         name: "${name}",
         password: "${password}",
         email: "${email}",
         avatar: "${avatar}",
-        role: admin,
-        disabled: false,
-        deleted: false) {
+        role: ${role},
+        disabled: ${disabled},
+        deleted: ${deleted}) {
         id
         name
         email
diff --git a/src/seed/seed-db.js b/src/seed/seed-db.js
index e6adbe1a2..7b9f3b775 100644
--- a/src/seed/seed-db.js
+++ b/src/seed/seed-db.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { apolloClient } from './factories'
+import { create, apolloClient, seedServerHost as host } from './factories'
+import { authenticatedHeaders } from '../jest/helpers.js'
 import gql from 'graphql-tag'
 import asyncForEach from '../helpers/asyncForEach'
 import seed from './data'
@@ -6,6 +7,32 @@ import seed from './data'
 (async function () {
 
   // prefer factories
+  try {
+  const [admin, moderator, user, ...otherUsers] = await Promise.all([
+      create('user', {id: 'u1', name: 'Peter Lustig'      , role: 'admin'    , email: 'admin@example.org', password: '1234'}),
+      create('user', {id: 'u2', name: 'Bob der Baumeister', role: 'moderator', email: 'moderator@example.org'}),
+      create('user', {id: 'u3', name: 'Jenny Rostock'     , role: 'user'     , email: 'user@example.org'}),
+      create('user', {id: 'u4', name: 'Angie Banjie'      , role: 'user'     , email: 'angie@example.org'}),
+    ])
+
+    // TODO: other users, not only admin, are authors of a post
+    const headers = await authenticatedHeaders({
+      email: 'admin@example.org',
+      password: '1234'
+    }, host)
+    await create('post', {id: 'p1'}, { headers } )
+    await create('post', {id: 'p2'}, { headers } )
+    await create('post', {id: 'p3'}, { headers } )
+    await create('post', {id: 'p4'}, { headers } )
+    await create('post', {id: 'p5'}, { headers } )
+    await create('post', {id: 'p6'}, { headers } )
+  } catch(err) {
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-console */
+    console.error(err)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+
 let data = {}
   // legacy seeds
   await asyncForEach(Object.keys(seed), async key => {