diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1b3fe024..f05bcc01 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ clean:
 
 reset: clean
 	@sqlite3 database/testing.sqlite ""
-	@php artisan migrate:refresh --seed --seeder DevelopmentSeeder
+	@php artisan migrate:refresh --seed
 
 db:
 	sqlite3 database/testing.sqlite ""
diff --git a/app/Services/DatabaseService.php b/app/Services/DatabaseService.php
index 4fbbee9e..d76bbf87 100644
--- a/app/Services/DatabaseService.php
+++ b/app/Services/DatabaseService.php
@@ -2,8 +2,40 @@
 
 namespace App\Services;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+
 
 class DatabaseService extends BaseService {
 
-    
+    protected function time(): string
+    {
+        return Carbon::now('UTC')->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+    }
+
+    public function seed_from_yaml($yaml_file)
+    {
+        $time_fields = ['created_at', 'updated_at'];
+
+        $yml = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents($yaml_file));
+        foreach ($yml as $table => $rows) {
+            foreach ($rows as $row) {
+
+                # encrypt any password fields
+                if(array_key_exists('password', $row)) {
+                    $row['password'] = bcrypt($row['password']);
+                }
+
+                # if any time fields are == to "now", then insert the right time
+                foreach($time_fields as $tf) {
+                    if(array_key_exists($tf, $row) && $row[$tf] === 'now') {
+                        $row[$tf] = $this->time();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                DB::table($table)->insert($row);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/config/database.php b/config/database.php
index 7e0abf1d..752657d9 100755
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@@ -2,18 +2,7 @@
 
 return [
 
-    /*
-    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    | PDO Fetch Style
-    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    |
-    | By default, database results will be returned as instances of the PHP
-    | stdClass object; however, you may desire to retrieve records in an
-    | array format for simplicity. Here you can tweak the fetch style.
-    |
-    */
-
-    'fetch' => PDO::FETCH_OBJ,
+    'fetch' => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
     'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'local'),
 
     'connections' => [
diff --git a/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php b/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php
index 297cf6df..63655e56 100755
--- a/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 
 class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
@@ -12,35 +11,14 @@ class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
      */
     public function run()
     {
-        $this->seed_from_yaml(App::environment());
-    }
-
-    protected function seed_from_yaml($env)
-    {
+        $env = App::environment();
         $path = database_path('seeds/'.$env.'.yml');
-
-        $time_fields = ['created_at', 'updated_at'];
-        $curr_time = Carbon::now('UTC')->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
-
-        $yml = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents($path));
-        foreach ($yml as $table => $rows) {
-            foreach ($rows as $row) {
-
-                # encrypt any password fields
-                if (array_key_exists('password', $row)) {
-                    $row['password'] = bcrypt($row['password']);
-                }
-
-                # if any time fields are == to "now", then insert the right time
-                foreach ($time_fields as $tf) {
-                    if (array_key_exists($tf, $row) && $row[$tf] === 'now') {
-                        $row[$tf] = $curr_time;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                DB::table($table)->insert($row);
-            }
+        if(!file_exists($path)) {
+            return;
         }
+
+        $svc = app('App\Services\DatabaseService');
+        $svc->seed_from_yaml($path);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/database/seeds/DevelopmentSeeder.php b/database/seeds/DevelopmentSeeder.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a7cb09b9..00000000
--- a/database/seeds/DevelopmentSeeder.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-use Carbon\Carbon;
-use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
-
-class DevelopmentSeeder extends Seeder
-{
-    /**
-     * Run the database seeds.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function run()
-    {
-        $this->seed_from_yaml();
-    }
-
-    protected function time(): string
-    {
-        return Carbon::now('UTC')->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
-    }
-
-    protected function seed_from_yaml()
-    {
-        $time_fields = ['created_at', 'updated_at'];
-
-        $yml = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents(database_path('seeds/dev.yml')));
-        foreach ($yml as $table => $rows) {
-            foreach ($rows as $row) {
-
-                # encrypt any password fields
-                if(array_key_exists('password', $row)) {
-                    $row['password'] = bcrypt($row['password']);
-                }
-
-                # if any time fields are == to "now", then insert the right time
-                foreach($time_fields as $tf) {
-                    if(array_key_exists($tf, $row) && $row[$tf] === 'now') {
-                        $row[$tf] = $this->time();
-                    }
-                }
-
-                DB::table($table)->insert($row);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-}