diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17a26caad..1eb8cc528 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,10 +117,8 @@ Optionally you can seed the GraphQL service by executing mutations that
 will write sample data to the database:
 
 ```bash
-yarn run build
 yarn run db:seed
 # -or-
-npm run build
 npm run db:seed
 ```
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3dcf5db74..41de1d7de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
     "test:coverage": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > coverage.lcov",
     "db:script:seed": "wait-on tcp:4001 && babel-node src/seed/seed-db.js",
     "db:script:reset": "wait-on tcp:4001 && babel-node src/seed/reset-db.js",
-    "db:seed": "$npm_package_config_no_auth run-p --race start db:script:seed",
-    "db:reset": "$npm_package_config_no_auth run-p --race start db:script:reset"
+    "db:seed": "$npm_package_config_no_auth run-p --race dev db:script:seed",
+    "db:reset": "$npm_package_config_no_auth run-p --race dev db:script:reset"
   },
   "author": "Human Connection gGmbH",
   "license": "MIT",