diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3c1f778..f3fcc92 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1580,6 +1580,8 @@ GEM
     net-smtp (0.3.3)
       net-protocol
     nio4r (2.5.9)
+    nokogiri (1.15.4-arm64-darwin)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.15.4-x86_64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     orm_adapter (0.5.0)
@@ -1676,6 +1678,7 @@ GEM
       actionpack (>= 5.2)
       activesupport (>= 5.2)
       sprockets (>= 3.0.0)
+    sqlite3 (1.6.4-arm64-darwin)
     sqlite3 (1.6.4-x86_64-linux)
     stimulus-rails (1.2.2)
       railties (>= 6.0.0)
@@ -1714,6 +1717,7 @@ GEM
     zeitwerk (2.6.11)
 
 PLATFORMS
+  arm64-darwin-22
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 4c6393c..3d05651 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -1,60 +1,42 @@
 # db/seeds.rb
 
-# Clear old data
-puts "Cleaning up old data"
-Card.destroy_all
-KanbanColumn.destroy_all
-Kanban.destroy_all
-User.destroy_all  # Remove this line if you don't want to reset the User
+ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
+  # Create default user
+  puts "Creating or finding user"
+  default_user = User.find_or_create_by!(email: 'loftwah@linkarooie.com') do |user|
+    user.password = 'Password01'
+    user.password_confirmation = 'Password01'
+    user.username = 'loftwah'
+    user.first_name = 'Dean'
+    user.last_name = 'Lofts'
+    user.short_description = 'DevOps Engineer, Proompter and a big fan of Open Source.'
+    user.tags = 'AWS,DevOps,GitHub,Open Source,Ruby,Ruby on Rails'
+  end
 
-# Create default user
-puts "Creating user"
-default_user = User.create!(
-  email: 'loftwah@linkarooie.com',
-  password: 'Password01',
-  password_confirmation: 'Password01',
-  username: 'loftwah',
-  first_name: 'Dean',
-  last_name: 'Lofts',
-  short_description: 'DevOps Engineer, Proompter and a big fan of Open Source.',
-  tags: 'AWS,DevOps,GitHub,Open Source,Ruby,Ruby on Rails'
-)
+  # Create Kanban Board
+  puts "Creating or finding demo Kanban Board"
+  demo_kanban = Kanban.find_or_create_by!(name: 'Linkarooie Project', user_id: default_user.id) do |kanban|
+    kanban.description = 'This is a demo board for Linkarooie application.'
+  end
 
-# Create Kanban Board
-puts "Creating demo Kanban Board"
-demo_kanban = Kanban.create!(
-  name: 'Linkarooie Project',
-  description: 'This is a demo board for Linkarooie application.',
-  user_id: default_user.id
-)
+  # Create Kanban Columns and Cards
+  puts "Creating or updating Kanban Columns and Cards"
+  ['Backlog', 'In Progress', 'Completed'].each do |col_name|
+    column = demo_kanban.kanban_columns.find_or_create_by!(name: col_name)
 
-# Create Kanban Columns and Cards
-puts "Creating Kanban Columns and Cards"
-['Backlog', 'In Progress', 'Completed'].each do |col_name|
-  column = demo_kanban.kanban_columns.create!(name: col_name)
-  
-  case col_name
-  when 'Backlog'
-    tasks = [
-      'Set up the initial Rails project',
-      'Create Models and Migrations',
-      'Install Devise for User Authentication'
-    ]
-  when 'In Progress'
-    tasks = [
-      'Develop CRUD operations for Links',
-      'Implement AWS S3 Storage'
-    ]
-  when 'Completed'
-    tasks = [
-      'Initial Project Setup',
-      'Setup GitHub Actions for CI/CD'
-    ]
-  end
+    tasks = case col_name
+            when 'Backlog'
+              ['Set up the initial Rails project', 'Create Models and Migrations', 'Install Devise for User Authentication']
+            when 'In Progress'
+              ['Develop CRUD operations for Links', 'Implement AWS S3 Storage']
+            when 'Completed'
+              ['Initial Project Setup', 'Setup GitHub Actions for CI/CD']
+            end
 
-  tasks.each_with_index do |task, index|
-    column.cards.create!(content: task)
+    tasks.each_with_index do |task, _index|
+      column.cards.find_or_create_by!(content: task)
+    end
   end
-end
 
-puts "Seeding complete."
+  puts "Seeding complete."
+end