diff --git a/backend/src/seeds/factory/user.ts b/backend/src/seeds/factory/user.ts
index 89bff6852..6d81f26a6 100644
--- a/backend/src/seeds/factory/user.ts
+++ b/backend/src/seeds/factory/user.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types */
-
 import { createUser, setPassword } from '@/seeds/graphql/mutations'
 import { User } from '@entity/User'
 import { LoginEmailOptIn } from '@entity/LoginEmailOptIn'
 import { ServerUser } from '@entity/ServerUser'
 import { UserInterface } from '@/seeds/users/UserInterface'
+import { ApolloServerTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
+
+export const userFactory = async (
+  client: ApolloServerTestClient,
+  user: UserInterface,
+): Promise<void> => {
+  const { mutate } = client
 
-export const createUserFactory = async (mutate: any, user: UserInterface): Promise<void> => {
   await mutate({ mutation: createUser, variables: user })
   let dbUser = await User.findOneOrFail({ where: { email: user.email } })
 
diff --git a/backend/src/seeds/index.ts b/backend/src/seeds/index.ts
index b68bcbdd9..28660912a 100644
--- a/backend/src/seeds/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/seeds/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
 import { name, internet, random } from 'faker'
 
 import { users } from './users/index'
-import { createUserFactory } from './factory/user'
+import { userFactory } from './factory/user'
 import { entities } from '@entity/index'
 
 const context = {
@@ -39,18 +39,17 @@ const resetEntity = async (entity: any) => {
 const run = async () => {
   const server = await createServer(context)
   const testClient = createTestClient(server.apollo)
-  const { mutate } = testClient
   const { con } = server
   await cleanDB()
 
   // seed the standard users
   for (let i = 0; i < users.length; i++) {
-    await createUserFactory(mutate, users[i])
+    await userFactory(testClient, users[i])
   }
 
   // seed 100 random users
   for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
-    await createUserFactory(mutate, {
+    await userFactory(testClient, {
       firstName: name.firstName(),
       lastName: name.lastName(),
       email: internet.email(),