diff --git a/backend/LeedsBeerQuest.API/LeedsBeerQuest.API/Data/Contexts/LeedsBeerQuestDbContext.cs b/backend/LeedsBeerQuest.API/LeedsBeerQuest.API/Data/Contexts/LeedsBeerQuestDbContext.cs
index 5200338..cbaa27b 100644
--- a/backend/LeedsBeerQuest.API/LeedsBeerQuest.API/Data/Contexts/LeedsBeerQuestDbContext.cs
+++ b/backend/LeedsBeerQuest.API/LeedsBeerQuest.API/Data/Contexts/LeedsBeerQuestDbContext.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using LeedsBeerQuest.API.Data.Models;
+using LeedsBeerQuest.API.Data.Seed;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 
 namespace LeedsBeerQuest.API.Data.Contexts;
@@ -17,4 +18,10 @@ public class LeedsBeerQuestDbContext : DbContext
 
     protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder options)
         => options.UseSqlite("Data Source=lbq.db");
+
+    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+    {
+        var seeder = new LeedsBeerQuestSeeder(modelBuilder, "");
+        seeder.Seed();
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/backend/LeedsBeerQuest.API/LeedsBeerQuest.API/Data/Seed/LeedsBeerQuestSeeder.cs b/backend/LeedsBeerQuest.API/LeedsBeerQuest.API/Data/Seed/LeedsBeerQuestSeeder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ad51e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/LeedsBeerQuest.API/LeedsBeerQuest.API/Data/Seed/LeedsBeerQuestSeeder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+namespace LeedsBeerQuest.API.Data.Seed;
+
+public class LeedsBeerQuestSeeder
+{
+    private readonly ModelBuilder _modelBuilder;
+    private readonly string _dataSourcePath;
+
+    public LeedsBeerQuestSeeder(ModelBuilder modelBuilder, string dataSourcePath)
+    {
+        _modelBuilder = modelBuilder;
+        _dataSourcePath = dataSourcePath;
+    }
+
+    public void Seed()
+    {
+    }
+}
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