diff --git a/src/seed/data/categories.js b/src/seed/data/categories.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a21f0f3d6..000000000
--- a/src/seed/data/categories.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-export default function (data) {
-  return `
-    mutation {
-      cat1: CreateCategory( id: "cat1", name: "Just For Fun", slug: "justforfun", icon: "smile" ) { name }
-      cat2: CreateCategory( id: "cat2", name: "Happyness & Values", slug: "happyness-values", icon: "heart-o" ) { name }
-      cat3: CreateCategory( id: "cat3", name: "Health & Wellbeing", slug: "health-wellbeing", icon: "medkit" ) { name }
-      cat4: CreateCategory( id: "cat4", name: "Environment & Nature", slug: "environment-nature", icon: "tree" ) { name }
-      cat5: CreateCategory( id: "cat5", name: "Animal Protection", slug: "animalprotection", icon: "paw" ) { name }
-      cat6: CreateCategory( id: "cat6", name: "Humanrights Justice", slug: "humanrights-justice", icon: "balance-scale" ) { name }
-      cat7: CreateCategory( id: "cat7", name: "Education & Sciences", slug: "education-sciences", icon: "graduation-cap" ) { name }
-      cat8: CreateCategory( id: "cat8", name: "Cooperation & Development", slug: "cooperation-development", icon: "users" ) { name }
-      cat9: CreateCategory( id: "cat9", name: "Democracy & Politics", slug: "democracy-politics", icon: "university" ) { name }
-      cat10: CreateCategory( id: "cat10", name: "Economy & Finances", slug: "economy-finances", icon: "money" ) { name }
-      cat11: CreateCategory( id: "cat11", name: "Energy & Technology", slug: "energy-technology", icon: "flash" ) { name }
-      cat12: CreateCategory( id: "cat12", name: "IT, Internet & Data Privacy", slug: "it-internet-dataprivacy", icon: "mouse-pointer" ) { name }
-      cat13: CreateCategory( id: "cat13", name: "Art, Curlure & Sport", slug: "art-culture-sport", icon: "paint-brush" ) { name }
-      cat14: CreateCategory( id: "cat14", name: "Freedom of Speech", slug: "freedomofspeech", icon: "bullhorn" ) { name }
-      cat15: CreateCategory( id: "cat15", name: "Consumption & Sustainability", slug: "consumption-sustainability", icon: "shopping-cart" ) { name }
-      cat16: CreateCategory( id: "cat16", name: "Global Peace & Nonviolence", slug: "globalpeace-nonviolence", icon: "angellist" ) { name }
-    }
-  `
-}
diff --git a/src/seed/data/index.js b/src/seed/data/index.js
index 483ad065a..329aa7c03 100644
--- a/src/seed/data/index.js
+++ b/src/seed/data/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export default {
   Badge: require('./badges.js').default,
-  Category: require('./categories.js').default,
   Tags: require('./tags.js').default,
 
   UserBadges: require('./users-badges.js').default,
diff --git a/src/seed/factories/categories.js b/src/seed/factories/categories.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..287aac5e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seed/factories/categories.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import faker from 'faker'
+
+export default function (params) {
+  const {
+    id = `cat${faker.random.number()}`,
+    name,
+    slug,
+    icon
+  } = params
+
+  return `
+    mutation {
+      CreateCategory(
+      id: "${id}",
+      name: "${name}",
+      slug: "${slug}",
+      icon: "${icon}"
+      ) { id, name }
+    }
+  `
+}
diff --git a/src/seed/factories/index.js b/src/seed/factories/index.js
index faf2b93cc..c7a00a145 100644
--- a/src/seed/factories/index.js
+++ b/src/seed/factories/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ const driver = neo4j().getDriver()
 
 const builders = {
   'user': require('./users.js').default,
-  'post': require('./posts.js').default
+  'post': require('./posts.js').default,
+  'category': require('./categories.js').default
 }
 
 const buildMutation = (model, parameters) => {
diff --git a/src/seed/factories/posts.js b/src/seed/factories/posts.js
index 679649c88..ca25f69e9 100644
--- a/src/seed/factories/posts.js
+++ b/src/seed/factories/posts.js
@@ -15,12 +15,21 @@ export default function (params) {
     image = faker.image.image(),
     visibility = 'public',
     disabled = false,
-    deleted = false
+    deleted = false,
+    tagIds = [],
+    categoryIds = []
   } = params
 
+  const categoryRelations = categoryIds.map((categoryId) => {
+    return `${id}_${categoryId}: AddPostCategories(
+      from: {id: "${id}"},
+      to: {id: "${categoryId}"}
+    ) { from { id } }`
+  })
+
   return `
     mutation {
-      CreatePost(
+      ${id}: CreatePost(
         id: "${id}",
         title: "${title}",
         content: "${content}",
@@ -29,6 +38,7 @@ export default function (params) {
         disabled: ${disabled},
         deleted: ${deleted}
       ) { id, title }
+      ${categoryRelations.join('\n')}
     }
   `
 }
diff --git a/src/seed/seed-db.js b/src/seed/seed-db.js
index 981764062..187dacec6 100644
--- a/src/seed/seed-db.js
+++ b/src/seed/seed-db.js
@@ -27,12 +27,33 @@ import seed from './data'
       email: 'user@example.org',
       password: '1234'
     }, host)
-    await create('post', {id: 'p1'}, { headers: asAdmin } )
-    await create('post', {id: 'p2'}, { headers: asModerator } )
-    await create('post', {id: 'p3'}, { headers: asUser } )
-    await create('post', {id: 'p4'}, { headers: asAdmin } )
-    await create('post', {id: 'p5'}, { headers: asModerator } )
-    await create('post', {id: 'p6'}, { headers: asUser } )
+
+    const categories = await Promise.all([
+      create('category', { id: "cat1", name: "Just For Fun", slug: "justforfun", icon: "smile" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat2", name: "Happyness & Values", slug: "happyness-values", icon: "heart-o" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat3", name: "Health & Wellbeing", slug: "health-wellbeing", icon: "medkit" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat4", name: "Environment & Nature", slug: "environment-nature", icon: "tree" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat5", name: "Animal Protection", slug: "animalprotection", icon: "paw" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat6", name: "Humanrights Justice", slug: "humanrights-justice", icon: "balance-scale" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat7", name: "Education & Sciences", slug: "education-sciences", icon: "graduation-cap" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat8", name: "Cooperation & Development", slug: "cooperation-development", icon: "users" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat9", name: "Democracy & Politics", slug: "democracy-politics", icon: "university" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat10", name: "Economy & Finances", slug: "economy-finances", icon: "money" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat11", name: "Energy & Technology", slug: "energy-technology", icon: "flash" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat12", name: "IT, Internet & Data Privacy", slug: "it-internet-dataprivacy", icon: "mouse-pointer" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat13", name: "Art, Curlure & Sport", slug: "art-culture-sport", icon: "paint-brush" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat14", name: "Freedom of Speech", slug: "freedomofspeech", icon: "bullhorn" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat15", name: "Consumption & Sustainability", slug: "consumption-sustainability", icon: "shopping-cart" }),
+      create('category', { id: "cat16", name: "Global Peace & Nonviolence", slug: "globalpeace-nonviolence", icon: "angellist" })
+    ])
+
+
+    await create('post', {id: 'p1', categoryIds: ['cat1']}, { headers: asAdmin } )
+    await create('post', {id: 'p2', categoryIds: ['cat2']}, { headers: asModerator } )
+    await create('post', {id: 'p3', categoryIds: ['cat3']}, { headers: asUser } )
+    await create('post', {id: 'p4', categoryIds: ['cat4']}, { headers: asAdmin } )
+    await create('post', {id: 'p5', categoryIds: ['cat5']}, { headers: asModerator } )
+    await create('post', {id: 'p6', categoryIds: ['cat6']}, { headers: asUser } )
   } catch(err) {
     /* eslint-disable-next-line no-console */
     console.error(err)