diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index dab9ab7d..a314dfaa 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ end
 
 # delete all present records
 Rails.application.eager_load!
-(ApplicationRecord.descendants - [ActiveRecord::SchemaMigration]).each(&:delete_all)
+(ApplicationRecord.descendants - [ActiveRecord::SchemaMigration, User]).each(&:delete_all)
 
 # delete file uploads
 FileUtils.rm_rf(Rails.root.join('public', 'uploads'))