diff --git a/derivation.nix b/derivation.nix
index 241000d..d27b324 100644
--- a/derivation.nix
+++ b/derivation.nix
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ buildPythonApplication {
   src = ./.;
   pyproject = true;
   build-system = [setuptools];
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -Dm755 scripts/seed.py $out/bin/seed
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/scripts/seed.py b/scripts/seed.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0099977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/seed.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+from src.infra.publication import (
+    PublicationEntryModel,
+    PublicationSequenceModel,
+    PublicationModel,
+    PublicationOrderModel,
+)
+import argparse
+import os
+from src.config.database import Database
+from src.infra.db import get_database
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser('seed.py', 'run to load seed data into a database')
+    arg_parser.add_argument('-u', '--url', help='The URL for the database', required=True)
+    arg_parser.add_argument('-d', '--data', help='the directory containing large content files', required=True)
+    args = arg_parser.parse_args()
+
+    with open(os.path.join(args.data, './a-study-in-scarlet.txt')) as infile:
+        text = infile.read()
+
+    db = get_database(Database(url=args.url, echo=True))
+    with Session(db) as session:
+        entry = PublicationEntryModel(text=text)
+        session.add(entry)
+        publication = PublicationModel(
+            title='Sherlock Holmes Canon',
+            description='A collection of detective mystery novels featuring Sherlock Holmes',
+            by_line='Sir Arthur Conan Doyle',
+        )
+        session.flush()
+        order = PublicationOrderModel(title='Published Timeline', publication_id=publication.id)
+        session.flush()
+        sequence = PublicationSequenceModel(
+            position=0,
+            entry_id=entry.id,
+            order_id=order.id,
+            duration=None,
+        )
+        session.commit()
diff --git a/src/infra/publication.py b/src/infra/publication.py
index d42dfc1..b07df6d 100644
--- a/src/infra/publication.py
+++ b/src/infra/publication.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class PublicationEntryModel(Base):
 
     id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True)
     text: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text())
-    html: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text())
 
     sequences: Mapped[list['PublicationSequenceModel']] = relationship(back_populates='entry')
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ class PublicationModel(Base):
 
 
 def model_to_entry(db_pub_entry: PublicationEntryModel) -> Entry:
-    return Entry(id=db_pub_entry.id, text=db_pub_entry.text, html=db_pub_entry.html)
+    return Entry(id=db_pub_entry.id, text=db_pub_entry.text)
 
 
 def model_to_sequence(db_pub_position: PublicationSequenceModel) -> Sequence:
diff --git a/src/infra/users.py b/src/infra/users.py
index c1ed09c..0150631 100644
--- a/src/infra/users.py
+++ b/src/infra/users.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ from sqlalchemy import String, VARCHAR, Engine, select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import mapped_column, Mapped, Session
 from argon2 import PasswordHasher
 from src.infra.db import Base
-from src.services.users import UserRepo, UserDTO, User
+from src.services.users.data import UserDTO, User
+from src.services.users.repo import UserRepo
 
 
 class UserModel(Base):
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index f71eeff..aca6e66 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from src.services.router import Router
 from src.services.notifications import NotificationService, get_notification_service
 from src.services.email import EmailService, get_email_service
 from src.services.auth import AuthService
-from src.services.users import UserService
+from src.services.users.service import UserService
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from src.infra.db import get_database
 from src.infra.users import UserRepoImpl
diff --git a/src/services/auth.py b/src/services/auth.py
index 2fb5261..26d7b55 100644
--- a/src/services/auth.py
+++ b/src/services/auth.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.ed25519 import Ed25519PrivateKey
 import jwt
 
-from src.services.users import User
+from src.services.users.data import User
 from src.config.auth import Auth as AuthConfig
 
 JWT = str
diff --git a/src/services/publications/data.py b/src/services/publications/data.py
index 64ec929..7d2bf59 100644
--- a/src/services/publications/data.py
+++ b/src/services/publications/data.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 class Entry:
     id: int
     text: str
-    html: str | None = None
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/src/services/users/__init__.py b/src/services/users/__init__.py
index f733467..e69de29 100644
--- a/src/services/users/__init__.py
+++ b/src/services/users/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-from .data import User, UserProfile, UserDTO, SignupError, LoginError
-from .service import UserService
-from .repo import UserRepo
-
-__all__ = ['User', 'UserProfile', 'UserDTO', 'SignupError', 'LoginError', 'UserService', 'UserRepo']