diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4410ab9..8824e1b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'listen', '~> 3.2'
   gem 'letter_opener'
   gem 'letter_opener_web'
+  gem 'faker'
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 25dd2da..d80ab81 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ GEM
     factory_bot_rails (6.2.0)
       factory_bot (~> 6.2.0)
       railties (>= 5.0.0)
+    faker (3.0.0)
+      i18n (>= 1.8.11, < 2)
     faraday (2.7.1)
       faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
       ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
@@ -313,6 +315,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   devise_ldap_authenticatable
   dotenv-rails
   factory_bot_rails
+  faker
   faraday
   importmap-rails
   jbuilder (~> 2.7)
diff --git a/app/services/create_account.rb b/app/services/create_account.rb
index 3b733f1..fac6442 100644
--- a/app/services/create_account.rb
+++ b/app/services/create_account.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class CreateAccount < ApplicationService
   end
 
   # TODO move to confirmation
+  # (and/or add email_confirmed to entry and use in login filter)
   def add_ldap_document
     hashed_pw = Devise.ldap_auth_password_builder.call(@password)
     CreateLdapUserJob.perform_later(@username, @domain, @email, hashed_pw)
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ class CreateAccount < ApplicationService
   end
 
   def create_lndhub_wallet(user)
+    #TODO enable in development when we have a local lndhub (mock?) API
+    return if Rails.env.development?
     CreateLndhubWalletJob.perform_later(user)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/ldap_service.rb b/app/services/ldap_service.rb
index e6507d7..d68b992 100644
--- a/app/services/ldap_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/ldap_service.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ class LdapService < ApplicationService
     res
   end
 
+  def add_attribute(dn, attr, value)
+    ldap_client.add_attribute dn, attr, value
+  end
+
   def delete_entry(dn, interactive=false)
     puts "Deleting entry: #{dn}" if interactive
     res = ldap_client.delete dn: dn
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 1beea2a..98ae840 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
-# This file should contain all the record creation needed to seed the database with its default values.
-# The data can then be loaded with the rails db:seed command (or created alongside the database with db:setup).
-#
-# Examples:
-#
-#   movies = Movie.create([{ name: 'Star Wars' }, { name: 'Lord of the Rings' }])
-#   Character.create(name: 'Luke', movie: movies.first)
+require 'sidekiq/testing'
+
+ldap = LdapService.new
+
+Sidekiq::Testing.inline! do
+  CreateAccount.call(
+    username: "admin", domain: "kosmos.org", email: "admin@example.com",
+    password: "admin is admin", confirmed: true
+  )
+
+  ldap.add_attribute "cn=admin,ou=kosmos.org,cn=users,dc=kosmos,dc=org", :admin, "true"
+
+  5.times do |n|
+    username = Faker::Name.unique.first_name.downcase
+    email = Faker::Internet.unique.email
+
+    CreateAccount.call(
+      username: username, domain: "kosmos.org", email: email,
+      password: "user is user", confirmed: true
+    )
+  end
+end