diff --git a/backend/directus-config/manual/seed.sh b/backend/directus-config/manual/seed.sh
index a31092e2..087f2abb 100755
--- a/backend/directus-config/manual/seed.sh
+++ b/backend/directus-config/manual/seed.sh
@@ -3,17 +3,9 @@
 # base setup
 SCRIPT_PATH=$(realpath $0)
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $SCRIPT_PATH)
-ROOT_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR/../../..
 
-DATA_DIR=$ROOT_DIR/data
-DATA_UPLOADS_DIR=$DATA_DIR/uploads
-
-SEED_FILES_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR/files
 SEED_SQL_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR/sql
 
-# copy files
-cp $SEED_FILES_DIR/* $DATA_UPLOADS_DIR/
-
 # apply database updates
 for filename in $SEED_SQL_DIR/*.sql; do
   docker exec -i utopia-map-database-1 /bin/bash -c "PGPASSWORD=directus psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username directus directus" < $filename
diff --git a/backend/directus-config/manual/sql/branding-logo.sql b/backend/directus-config/manual/sql/branding-logo.sql
index 101b948c..e9efc137 100644
--- a/backend/directus-config/manual/sql/branding-logo.sql
+++ b/backend/directus-config/manual/sql/branding-logo.sql
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
-DELETE FROM public.directus_files WHERE id = '412c25dc-a3b7-4114-b64b-cac2d6b46db3';
-
-COPY public.directus_files (id, storage, filename_disk, filename_download, title, type, folder, uploaded_by, created_on, modified_by, modified_on, charset, filesize, width, height, duration, embed, description, location, tags, metadata, focal_point_x, focal_point_y, tus_id, tus_data, uploaded_on) FROM stdin;
-412c25dc-a3b7-4114-b64b-cac2d6b46db3	local	412c25dc-a3b7-4114-b64b-cac2d6b46db3.svg	utopia-logo.svg	utopia-logo	image/svg+xml	\N	\N	2025-08-12 11:26:36.539+00	\N	2025-08-12 11:27:07.646+00	\N	22906	\N	\N	\N	\N	\N	\N	\N	\N	\N	\N	\N	\N	2025-08-12 11:26:36.555+00
-\.
-
-UPDATE public.directus_settings SET project_logo = '412c25dc-a3b7-4114-b64b-cac2d6b46db3';
+UPDATE public.directus_settings SET project_logo = (SELECT id FROM directus_files WHERE filename_download = 'utopia-logo.svg');
diff --git a/backend/directus-config/seed/directus_files.json b/backend/directus-config/seed/directus_files.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b23b240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/directus-config/seed/directus_files.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "collection": "directus_files",
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "_sync_id": "utopia-logo",
+      "_file_path": "./files/utopia-logo.svg",
+      "storage": "local",
+      "filename_download": "utopia-logo.svg",
+      "title": "Utopia Logo",
+      "tags": [],
+      "description": "Utopia Logo"
+    }
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/backend/directus-config/manual/files/412c25dc-a3b7-4114-b64b-cac2d6b46db3.svg b/backend/directus-config/seed/files/utopia-logo.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/directus-config/manual/files/412c25dc-a3b7-4114-b64b-cac2d6b46db3.svg
rename to backend/directus-config/seed/files/utopia-logo.svg
diff --git a/backend/extensions/package.json b/backend/extensions/package.json
index 3d392c73..90366a48 100644
--- a/backend/extensions/package.json
+++ b/backend/extensions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "directus-extensions",
   "dependencies": {
-    "directus-extension-sync": "^3.0.3"
+    "directus-extension-sync": "^3.0.4"
   }
 }
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