diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d30dd0..eb8a189 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ module OutboxerIntegration
     class PublishJob
       include Sidekiq::Job
 
-      def perform_async(args)
-        # TODO: handle published message here
+      def perform(args)
+        # TODO: handle message here
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b2f8cd..0000000
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-begin
-  Outboxer::Models::Setting.create!(name: 'messages.published.count.historic', value: '0')
-rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique
-  # no op as record already exists
-end
-
-begin
-  Outboxer::Models::Setting.create!(name: 'messages.failed.count.historic', value: '0')
-rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique
-  # no op as record already exists
-end
diff --git a/lib/outboxer.rb b/lib/outboxer.rb
index f8e4d89..d024493 100644
--- a/lib/outboxer.rb
+++ b/lib/outboxer.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 require_relative "outboxer/logger"
 require_relative "outboxer/database"
+require_relative "outboxer/settings"
 require_relative "outboxer/message"
 require_relative "outboxer/messages"
 require_relative "outboxer/publisher"
diff --git a/lib/outboxer/models/setting.rb b/lib/outboxer/models/setting.rb
index f09f568..c20fcb7 100644
--- a/lib/outboxer/models/setting.rb
+++ b/lib/outboxer/models/setting.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Models
     class Setting < ActiveRecord::Base
       self.table_name = 'outboxer_settings'
 
-      validates :name, presence: true, uniqueness: true
+      validates :name, presence: true
       validates :value, presence: true
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/outboxer/publisher.rb b/lib/outboxer/publisher.rb
index 35b3d42..6434095 100644
--- a/lib/outboxer/publisher.rb
+++ b/lib/outboxer/publisher.rb
@@ -385,6 +385,8 @@ def publish(
       db_config = database.config(env: env, pool: concurrency + 2, path: db_config_path)
       database.connect(config: db_config, logger: logger)
 
+      Settings.create
+
       queue = Queue.new
 
       publisher = create(
diff --git a/lib/outboxer/railtie.rb b/lib/outboxer/railtie.rb
index ead265e..d4eab68 100644
--- a/lib/outboxer/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/outboxer/railtie.rb
@@ -8,16 +8,5 @@ class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
       require_relative '../../generators/sidekiq_publisher_generator'
       require_relative '../../generators/publisher_generator'
     end
-
-    rake_tasks do
-      namespace :outboxer do
-        namespace :db do
-          desc "Load outboxer's seed data"
-          task seed: :environment do
-            load File.expand_path('../../db/seeds.rb', __dir__)
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/outboxer/settings.rb b/lib/outboxer/settings.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dcd1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/outboxer/settings.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+module Outboxer
+  module Settings
+    extend self
+
+    def create
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection do
+        begin
+          Outboxer::Models::Setting.create!(name: 'messages.published.count.historic', value: '0')
+        rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique
+          # no op as record already exists
+        end
+
+        begin
+          Outboxer::Models::Setting.create!(name: 'messages.failed.count.historic', value: '0')
+        rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique
+          # no op as record already exists
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/outboxer/web.rb b/lib/outboxer/web.rb
index ac06ddd..7accf2e 100755
--- a/lib/outboxer/web.rb
+++ b/lib/outboxer/web.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ class Web < Sinatra::Base
     set :public_folder, File.expand_path('../web/public', __FILE__)
     set :show_exceptions, false
 
+    configure do
+      Settings.create
+    end
+
     helpers do
       def outboxer_path(path)
         "#{request.script_name}#{path}"
diff --git a/outboxer.gemspec b/outboxer.gemspec
index 83b1226..1c3d17f 100644
--- a/outboxer.gemspec
+++ b/outboxer.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec_files = Dir.chdir(__dir__) do
     [
-      'db/seeds.rb',
       'db/migrate/**/*',
       'generators/**/*',
       'LICENCE.txt',
diff --git a/spec/lib/outboxer/settings/create_spec.rb b/spec/lib/outboxer/settings/create_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bdaea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/outboxer/settings/create_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+module Outboxer
+  RSpec.describe Settings, type: :module do
+    describe '.create' do
+      it 'creates setting' do
+        Settings.create
+
+        expect(Models::Setting.find_by(name: 'messages.published.count.historic').value).to eq('0')
+        expect(Models::Setting.find_by(name: 'messages.failed.count.historic').value).to eq('0')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 85c986e..1f83afe 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@
       # ignore
     end
 
-    load File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../db/seeds.rb')
+    Outboxer::Settings.create
   end
 end
diff --git a/tasks/database.rake b/tasks/database.rake
index 8381c6b..4db8664 100644
--- a/tasks/database.rake
+++ b/tasks/database.rake
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ namespace :outboxer do
       db_config = Outboxer::Database.config(env: env, pool: 1)
       ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(db_config)
 
-      require_relative "../db/seeds"
-
       ActiveRecord::Base.connection.disconnect!
     end