diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 580c90d..24902a8 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ export const config = {
     jwt_secret: process.env.JWT_SECRET || "secretjwtsecret",
     phone_validation_countrycode: getPhoneCodeLocale(),
     postalcode_validation_countrycode: getPostalCodeLocale(),
-    version: process.env.VERSION || require('../package.json').version
+    version: process.env.VERSION || require('../package.json').version,
+    seedTestData: process.env.SEED_TEST || false
 }
 let errors = 0
 if (typeof config.internal_port !== "number") {
diff --git a/src/loaders/database.ts b/src/loaders/database.ts
index 9dda78d..09f71a6 100644
--- a/src/loaders/database.ts
+++ b/src/loaders/database.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { createConnection } from "typeorm";
 import { runSeeder } from 'typeorm-seeding';
+import { config } from '../config';
 import { User } from '../models/entities/User';
+import SeedTestRunners from '../seeds/SeedTestRunners';
 import SeedUsers from '../seeds/SeedUsers';
 /**
  * Loader for the database that creates the database connection and initializes the database tabels.
@@ -12,5 +14,8 @@ export default async () => {
     if (await connection.getRepository(User).count() === 0) {
         await runSeeder(SeedUsers);
     }
+    if (config.seedTestData) {
+        await runSeeder(SeedTestRunners);
+    }
     return connection;
 };
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