diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
index 03ba87445..95b89241f 100755
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ yarn build
 if [ "$DEPLOY_SEED_DATA" = "true" ]; then
   yarn dev_up
   yarn dev_reset
-  yarn seed 
 else
   yarn up
 fi
@@ -118,6 +117,9 @@ cd $PROJECT_ROOT/backend
 unset NODE_ENV
 yarn install
 yarn build
+if [ "$DEPLOY_SEED_DATA" = "true" ]; then
+  yarn seed
+fi
 # TODO maybe handle this differently?
 export NODE_ENV=production
 pm2 delete gradido-backend
@@ -160,4 +162,4 @@ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart
 cat $UPDATE_HTML >> $GRADIDO_LOG_PATH/update.$TODAY.log
 
 # release lock
-rm $LOCK_FILE
\ No newline at end of file
+rm $LOCK_FILE