diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 3ecb2b43e..00825e32f 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ require 'factory_girl'
 require 'faker'
 require 'json'
 
+WritingJournal.destroy_all
+CoAuthor.destroy_all
+
 data = File.read("db/data")
 data_json = JSON.parse(data)