diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Api/DbContextExtension.cs b/src/FilterLists.Api/DbContextExtension.cs
index 65efc1462..dd4341f48 100644
--- a/src/FilterLists.Api/DbContextExtension.cs
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Api/DbContextExtension.cs
@@ -29,18 +29,46 @@ public static bool AllMigrationsApplied(this DbContext context)
 
         public static void EnsureSeeded(this FilterListsDbContext context)
         {
-            if (context.FilterLists.Any()) return;
-            Seed<License>(context);
-            Seed<Syntax>(context);
-            Seed<FilterList>(context);
+            SeedLicenses(context);
+            SeedSyntaxes(context);
+            SeedFilterLists(context);
         }
 
+        //TODO: fix generic method to remove duplication of entity-specific methods
         private static void Seed<T>(DbContext context)
         {
+            //if (context.?.Any()) return;
             var rows = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<T>>(
                 File.ReadAllText(SeedDirectory + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + typeof(T).Name + ".json"));
             context.AddRange(rows);
             context.SaveChanges();
         }
+
+        private static void SeedLicenses(FilterListsDbContext context)
+        {
+            if (context.Licenses.Any()) return;
+            var types = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<License>>(
+                File.ReadAllText(SeedDirectory + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + typeof(License).Name + ".json"));
+            context.AddRange(types);
+            context.SaveChanges();
+        }
+
+        private static void SeedSyntaxes(FilterListsDbContext context)
+        {
+            if (context.Syntaxes.Any()) return;
+            var types = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Syntax>>(
+                File.ReadAllText(SeedDirectory + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + typeof(Syntax).Name + ".json"));
+            context.AddRange(types);
+            context.SaveChanges();
+        }
+
+        private static void SeedFilterLists(FilterListsDbContext context)
+        {
+            if (context.FilterLists.Any()) return;
+            var types = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<FilterList>>(
+                File.ReadAllText(SeedDirectory + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + typeof(FilterList).Name + ".json"));
+            context.AddRange(types);
+            context.SaveChanges();
+        }
     }
 }
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