diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index bc25fce30616f55273839e4048381515fcba0ebc..ade10a6e272219bb33fd5dd9665caa3c1e8efe3b 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -5,3 +5,13 @@
 #
 #   movies = Movie.create([{ name: "Star Wars" }, { name: "Lord of the Rings" }])
 #   Character.create(name: "Luke", movie: movies.first)
+user1 = User.create({
+    :email => "test@surrey.ac.uk",
+    :password => "123456",
+    :password_confirmation => "123456",
+    :firstname => "firstname",
+    :lastname => "lastname",
+    :username => "username"
+})
+
+user1.save!
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