diff --git a/cli/seed_db.js b/cli/seed_db.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..671e83b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/seed_db.js
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console,import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
+const net = require('net');
+const http = require('http');
+const https = require('https');
+const { host, port } = require('../server/config');
+
+function testConnection(conn) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const client = net.connect(conn);
+
+    client.on('connect', () => client.end());
+    client.on('error', err => reject(err));
+    client.on('end', () => resolve(true));
+  });
+}
+
+function fetchCustomers(count = 1) {
+  const url = `https://randomuser.me/api/?nat=us&results=${count}`;
+  console.log('Seeding from https://randomuser.me/api/');
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    let userData = '';
+
+    https.get(url, (res) => {
+      res.setEncoding('utf8');
+      res.on('data', (chunk) => {
+        userData = `${userData}${chunk}`;
+      });
+      res.on('end', () => {
+        const { results } = JSON.parse(userData);
+
+        resolve(results.map(customer => ({
+          firstname: customer.name.first,
+          lastname: customer.name.last,
+          email: customer.email,
+          address: customer.location.street,
+          city: customer.location.city,
+          state: customer.location.state,
+          zipcode: customer.location.postcode,
+        })));
+      });
+    })
+    .on('error', err => reject(err));
+  });
+}
+
+function populateDatabase() {
+  return fetchCustomers(100)
+  .then((customers) => {
+    const tasks = customers.map((customer) => {
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const options = {
+          host,
+          port,
+          path: '/api/Customers',
+          method: 'POST',
+          headers: {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+          },
+        };
+
+        const req = http.request(options, (res) => {
+          res.setEncoding('utf8');
+          res.on('data', () => {});
+          res.on('end', resolve);
+        });
+
+        req.on('error', reject)
+        req.write(JSON.stringify(customer));
+        req.end();
+      });
+    });
+
+    return Promise.all(tasks);
+  })
+  .catch(err => console.log('FAILED to populate database', err));
+}
+
+testConnection({ host, port })
+.then(populateDatabase)
+.catch(() => console.log('Start the server to seed the database!'));
diff --git a/demodata.json b/demodata.json
index 755b994..13f03d2 100644
--- a/demodata.json
+++ b/demodata.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "ACL": 1,
     "RoleMapping": 1,
     "Role": 1,
-    "Customer": 2
+    "Customer": 1
   },
   "models": {
     "User": {},
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
     "ACL": {},
     "RoleMapping": {},
     "Role": {},
-    "Customer": {
-      "1": "{\"firstname\":\"Demo\",\"lastname\":\"User\",\"email\":\"demo@user.com\",\"id\":1}"
-    }
+    "Customer": {}
   }
 }
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