diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 77c339ed72..10d0de0d20 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: git://github.com/travis-ci/travis-core
-  revision: 2531cab2f6584faf311eae19dda0fe6c34fb7264
+  revision: 2aba2d8e9ea8bf04b7d4bbbd960e6201c73a68a1
   specs:
     travis-core (0.0.1)
       actionmailer (~> 3.2.3)
diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile
index 9e2af987ae..bb9b0a9c60 100644
--- a/README.textile
+++ b/README.textile
@@ -141,7 +141,13 @@ In order to run all tests you need to have "ChromeDriver":http://code.google.com
 h3. Generating and loading seed data
 
 <pre>
+  ; generate seeds
   $ heroku run 'cat db/seeds.yml | thor travis:db:seeds' -rproduction > db/seeds/data.sql
+
+  ; load seeds
+  $ rake db:seed
+
+  ; or
   $ psql travis_development < db/seeds/data.sql
 </pre>
 
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index fc7d58007a..204c450cc9 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   end
 
   sql = File.read('db/seeds/data.sql')
-  connection.execute(sql)
+  connection.execute(sql) && nil
 end
 
 # require 'factory_girl'