# Migrating without getting seeds loaded?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-without-getting-seeds-loaded/47737>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 25, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-without-getting-seeds-loaded/47737 "2016-07-25T04:35:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-without-getting-seeds-loaded/47737/5 "2016-07-31T17:23:55Z")

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The seeds will reset the security settings of the staff category, but only if it still exists.  
If it detects that it had created the category in the past, but it’s not there anymore, it won’t recreate it (ever).

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