diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3fb25a3..bd35ec7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ build/
 **/.venv
 .idea
 **/.vim
+**/*secret.yaml
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 584d01c..67ccdc9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ include:
 stages:
   - build
   - test
-  - deploy 
+  - deploy
 
-image: registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics/cic-internal-integration/docker-with-compose:latest  
+image: registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics/cic-internal-integration/docker-with-compose:latest
 
 variables:
   DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-  COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD: "1" 
+  COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD: "1"
   CI_DEBUG_TRACE: "true"
 
 before_script:
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_balance.py b/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_balance.py
index 9f974e7..8fb487a 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_balance.py
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/cic_ussd/import_balance.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from crypto_dev_signer.keystore.dict import DictKeystore
 from import_util import BalanceProcessor, get_celery_worker_status
 from import_task import ImportTask, MetadataTask
 
-default_config_dir = './config'
+default_config_dir = '/usr/local/etc/data-seeding/'
 logg = logging.getLogger()
 
 arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Daemon worker that handles data seeding tasks.')
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/config/cic.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/cic.ini
index 5064df1..2e346da 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/config/cic.ini
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/config/cic.ini
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 [cic]
-registry_address = 0x32E860c2A0645d1B7B005273696905F5D6DC5D05
+registry_address =
 token_index_address =
 accounts_index_address = 
 declarator_address = 
 approval_escrow_address =
-chain_spec = evm:bloxberg:8996
+chain_spec =
 tx_retry_delay = 
-trust_address = 0xEb3907eCad74a0013c259D5874AE7f22DcBcC95C
+trust_address =
 user_ussd_svc_service_port =
-
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/create_import_users.py b/apps/data-seeding/create_import_users.py
index aa8e4e5..01d58c0 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/create_import_users.py
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/create_import_users.py
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ logg = logging.getLogger()
 
 fake = Faker(['sl', 'en_US', 'no', 'de', 'ro'])
 
-script_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-# config_dir = os.environ.get('CONFINI_DIR', '/usr/local/etc/cic')
-config_dir = os.environ.get('CONFINI_DIR', os.path.join(script_dir, 'config'))
+default_config_dir = './config'
+
 
 argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-argparser.add_argument('-c', type=str, default=config_dir, help='Config dir')
+argparser.add_argument('-c', type=str, default=default_config_dir, help='Config dir')
 argparser.add_argument('--tag', type=str, action='append',
                        help='Tags to add to record')
 argparser.add_argument('--gift-threshold', type=int,
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ elif args.vv:
 
 config = confini.Config(args.c, os.environ.get('CONFINI_ENV_PREFIX'))
 config.process()
-logg.info('loaded config\n{}'.format(config))
+logg.debug('loaded config\n{}'.format(config))
 
 
 dt_now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/data-seeding/docker/Dockerfile
index 4113c2d..f993e33 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ COPY package.json \
 RUN npm ci --production 
 #RUN --mount=type=cache,mode=0755,target=/root/node_modules npm install
 
-COPY requirements.txt . 
+COPY requirements.txt .
+COPY config/ /usr/local/etc/data-seeding
 
 ARG EXTRA_INDEX_URL="https://pip.grassrootseconomics.net:8433"
 ARG GITLAB_PYTHON_REGISTRY="https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/27624814/packages/pypi/simple"
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/import_ussd.sh b/apps/data-seeding/import_ussd.sh
index 0277348..1eb7e3f 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/import_ussd.sh
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/import_ussd.sh
@@ -1,60 +1,94 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/bash
 
-set -e
+if [[ -d "$OUT_DIR" ]]
+then
+  echo "found existing IMPORT DIR cleaning up..."
+  rm -rf "$OUT_DIR"
+  mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR"
+else
+  echo "IMPORT DIR does not exist creating it."
+  mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR"
+fi
+
+# using timeout because the timeout flag for celery inspect does not work
+timeout 5 celery inspect ping -b "$CELERY_BROKER_URL"
+if [[ $? -eq 124 ]]
+then
+  >&2 echo "Celery workers not available. Is the CELERY_BROKER_URL ($CELERY_BROKER_URL) correct?"
+  exit 1
+fi
 
 echo "Creating seed data..."
-python create_import_users.py -vv --dir "$IMPORT_DIR" "$ACCOUNT_COUNT"
+python create_import_users.py -vv  -c "$CONFIG" --dir "$OUT_DIR" "$NUMBER_OF_USERS"
 wait $!
+
+echo "Check for running celery workers ..."
+if [ -f ./cic-ussd-import.pid ];
+then
+  echo "Found a running worker. Killing ..."
+  kill -9 $(<cic-ussd-import.pid)
+fi
+
 echo "Purge tasks from celery worker"
 celery -A cic_ussd.import_task purge -Q "$CELERY_QUEUE" --broker redis://"$REDIS_HOST":"$REDIS_PORT" -f
+
 echo "Start celery work and import balance job"
 if [ "$INCLUDE_BALANCES" != "y" ]
 then
   echo "Running worker without opening balance transactions"
-  TARGET_TX_COUNT=$ACCOUNT_COUNT
-  python cic_ussd/import_balance.py -vv -c "$CONFIG" -p "$ETH_PROVIDER" -r "$CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS" --token-symbol "$TOKEN_SYMBOL" -y "$KEYSTORE_PATH" "$IMPORT_DIR" &
+  TARGET_TX_COUNT=$NUMBER_OF_USERS
+  nohup python cic_ussd/import_balance.py -vv -c "$CONFIG" -p "$ETH_PROVIDER" -r "$CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS" --token-symbol "$TOKEN_SYMBOL" -y "$KEYSTORE_PATH" "$OUT_DIR" > nohup.out 2> nohup.err < /dev/null &
 else
   echo "Running worker with opening balance transactions"
-  TARGET_TX_COUNT=$((ACCOUNT_COUNT*2))
-  python cic_ussd/import_balance.py -vv -c "$CONFIG" -p "$ETH_PROVIDER" -r "$CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS" --include-balances --token-symbol "$TOKEN_SYMBOL" -y "$KEYSTORE_PATH" "$IMPORT_DIR" &
+  TARGET_TX_COUNT=$((NUMBER_OF_USERS*2))
+  nohup python cic_ussd/import_balance.py -vv -c "$CONFIG" -p "$ETH_PROVIDER" -r "$CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS" --include-balances --token-symbol "$TOKEN_SYMBOL" -y "$KEYSTORE_PATH" "$OUT_DIR" &
 fi
 
+echo "Target count set to ${TARGET_TX_COUNT}"
 until [ -f ./cic-import-ussd.pid ]
 do
   echo "Polling for celery worker pid file..."
   sleep 1
 done
 IMPORT_BALANCE_JOB=$(<cic-import-ussd.pid)
+
 echo "Start import users job"
 if [ "$USSD_SSL" == "y" ]
 then
   echo "Targeting secure ussd-user server"
-  python cic_ussd/import_users.py -vv -c "$CONFIG" --ussd-host "$USSD_HOST" --ussd-port "$USSD_PORT" "$IMPORT_DIR"
+  python cic_ussd/import_users.py -vv -c "$CONFIG" --ussd-host "$USSD_HOST" --ussd-port "$USSD_PORT" "$OUT_DIR"
 else
-  python cic_ussd/import_users.py -vv -c "$CONFIG" --ussd-host "$USSD_HOST" --ussd-port "$USSD_PORT" --ussd-no-ssl "$IMPORT_DIR"
+  python cic_ussd/import_users.py -vv -c "$CONFIG" --ussd-host "$USSD_HOST" --ussd-port "$USSD_PORT" --ussd-no-ssl "$OUT_DIR"
 fi
+
 echo "Waiting for import balance job to complete ..."
 tail --pid="$IMPORT_BALANCE_JOB" -f /dev/null
 set -e
+
 echo "Importing pins"
-python cic_ussd/import_pins.py -c "$CONFIG" -vv "$IMPORT_DIR"
+python cic_ussd/import_pins.py -c "$CONFIG" -vv "$OUT_DIR"
 set +e
 wait $!
 set -e
+
 echo "Importing ussd data"
-python cic_ussd/import_ussd_data.py -c "$CONFIG" -vv "$IMPORT_DIR"
+python cic_ussd/import_ussd_data.py -c "$CONFIG" -vv "$OUT_DIR"
 set +e
 wait $!
+
 echo "Importing person metadata"
-node cic_meta/import_meta.js "$IMPORT_DIR" "$ACCOUNT_COUNT"
+node cic_meta/import_meta.js "$OUT_DIR" "$NUMBER_OF_USERS"
+
 echo "Import preferences metadata"
-node cic_meta/import_meta_preferences.js "$IMPORT_DIR" "$ACCOUNT_COUNT"
+node cic_meta/import_meta_preferences.js "$OUT_DIR" "$NUMBER_OF_USERS"
+
 CIC_NOTIFY_DATABASE=postgres://$DATABASE_USER:$DATABASE_PASSWORD@$DATABASE_HOST:$DATABASE_PORT/$NOTIFY_DATABASE_NAME
 NOTIFICATION_COUNT=$(psql -qtA "$CIC_NOTIFY_DATABASE" -c 'SELECT COUNT(message) FROM notification WHERE message IS NOT NULL')
 while [[ "$NOTIFICATION_COUNT" < "$TARGET_TX_COUNT" ]]
 do
   NOTIFICATION_COUNT=$(psql -qtA "$CIC_NOTIFY_DATABASE" -c 'SELECT COUNT(message) FROM notification WHERE message IS NOT NULL')
   sleep 5
-  echo "Notification count is: ${NOTIFICATION_COUNT}. Checking after 5 ..."
+  echo "Notification count is: ${NOTIFICATION_COUNT} of ${TARGET_TX_COUNT}. Checking after 5 ..."
 done
-python verify.py -c "$CONFIG" -v -p "$ETH_PROVIDER"  -r "$CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS" --exclude "$EXCLUSIONS" --token-symbol "$TOKEN_SYMBOL" "$IMPORT_DIR"
+echo "Running verify script."
+python verify.py -c "$CONFIG" -v -p "$ETH_PROVIDER"  -r "$CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS" --exclude "$EXCLUSIONS" --meta-provider "$META_URL" --token-symbol "$TOKEN_SYMBOL" --ussd-provider "$USSD_PROVIDER" "$OUT_DIR"
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/requirements.txt b/apps/data-seeding/requirements.txt
index eaa28ed..f8616fa 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/requirements.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-sarafu-faucet~=0.0.7a1
+sarafu-faucet~=0.0.7a2
 cic-eth[tools]~=0.12.4a8
 cic-types~=0.1.0a15
-crypto-dev-signer>=0.4.15a4,<=0.4.15
+crypto-dev-signer~=0.4.15a7
 faker==4.17.1
 chainsyncer~=0.0.6a3
-chainlib-eth~=0.0.9a13
+chainlib-eth~=0.0.9a14
 eth-address-index~=0.2.3a4
 eth-contract-registry~=0.6.3a3
 eth-accounts-index~=0.1.2a3
-eth-erc20~=0.1.2a2
+eth-erc20~=0.1.2a3
 erc20-faucet~=0.3.2a2
 psycopg2==2.8.6
+liveness~=0.0.1a7
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/verify.py b/apps/data-seeding/verify.py
index 3db3e91..216b26e 100644
--- a/apps/data-seeding/verify.py
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/verify.py
@@ -164,20 +164,8 @@ for t in custodial_tests:
         logg.info('activating custodial module'.format(t))
         break
 
-cols = os.get_terminal_size().columns
 
-
-def to_terminalwidth(s):
-    ss = s.ljust(int(cols)-1)
-    ss += "\r"
-    return ss
-
-def default_outfunc(s):
-    ss = to_terminalwidth(s)
-    sys.stdout.write(ss)
-outfunc = default_outfunc
-if logg.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
-    outfunc = logg.debug
+outfunc = logg.debug
 
 
 def send_ussd_request(address, data_dir):
diff --git a/ci_templates/.cic-template.yml b/ci_templates/.cic-template.yml
index 5ba4739..2ecba76 100644
--- a/ci_templates/.cic-template.yml
+++ b/ci_templates/.cic-template.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-image:
-  name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
-  entrypoint: [""]
 
 variables:
   KANIKO_CACHE_ARGS: "--cache=true --cache-copy-layers=true --cache-ttl=24h"
   MR_IMAGE_TAG: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/mergerequest/$APP_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
 
 .py_build_merge_request:
+  image:
+    name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
+    entrypoint: [""]
   stage: build
   script:
     - mkdir -p /kaniko/.docker
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ variables:
       --cache-repo $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE --destination $MR_IMAGE_TAG 
 
 .py_build_target_dev:
+  image:
+    name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
+    entrypoint: [""]
   stage: build
   variables:
     IMAGE_TAG_BASE: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$APP_NAME:mr-unittest-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@ variables:
       --destination $MR_IMAGE_TAG
 
 .py_build_push:
+  image:
+    name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
+    entrypoint: [""]
   stage: build
   variables:
       IMAGE_TAG_BASE: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$APP_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4c5b8f5..143f981 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ services:
       RUN_MASK: ${RUN_MASK:-0} # bit flags; 1: contract migrations 2: seed data
       DEV_FAUCET_AMOUNT: ${DEV_FAUCET_AMOUNT:-0}
       DEV_ETH_GAS_PRICE: $DEV_ETH_GAS_PRICE
-      TOKEN_NAME: ${TOKEN_NAME:-Demurrage Token}
-      TOKEN_SYMBOL: ${TOKEN_SYMBOL:-DET}
+      TOKEN_NAME: ${TOKEN_NAME:-Giftable Token}
+      TOKEN_SYMBOL: ${TOKEN_SYMBOL:-GFT}
       TOKEN_DECIMALS: $TOKEN_DECIMALS
       TOKEN_REDISTRIBUTION_PERIOD: $TOKEN_DEMURRAGE_REDISTRIBUTION_PERIOD
       TASKS_TRANSFER_CALLBACKS: ${TASKS_TRANSFER_CALLBACKS:-"cic-eth:cic_eth.callbacks.noop.noop,cic-ussd:cic_ussd.tasks.callback_handler.transaction_callback"}
@@ -115,6 +115,49 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - contract-config:/tmp/cic/config
 
+
+  data-seeding:
+    image: registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics/cic-internal-integration/data-seeding:${TAG:-latest}
+    build:
+      context: apps/data-seeding
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+      args:
+        pip_index_url: ${PIP_DEFAULT_INDEX_URL:-https://pypi.org/simple}
+        pip_extra_args: $PIP_EXTRA_ARGS
+    environment:
+      CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS: ${CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS:-0xea6225212005e86a4490018ded4bf37f3e772161}
+      OUT_DIR: out
+      NUMBER_OF_USERS: 10
+      CONFIG: /usr/local/etc/data-seeding
+      CIC_CHAIN_SPEC: ${CIC_CHAIN_SPEC:-evm:bloxberg:8996}
+      ETH_PROVIDER: ${CIC_HTTP_PROVIDER:-http://eth:8545}
+      TOKEN_SYMBOL: GFT 
+      KEYSTORE_PATH: keystore/UTC--2021-01-08T17-18-44.521011372Z--eb3907ecad74a0013c259d5874ae7f22dcbcc95c
+      USSD_HOST: cic-user-ussd-server 
+      USSD_PORT: 9000
+      INCLUDE_BALANCES: y
+      USSD_SSL: n
+      DATABASE_NAME: ${DATABASE_NAME:-cic_ussd}
+      DATABASE_USER: ${DATABASE_USER:-grassroots}
+      DATABASE_PASSWORD: ${DATABASE_PASSWORD:-tralala} # this is is set at initdb see: postgres/initdb/create_db.sql
+      DATABASE_HOST: ${DATABASE_HOST:-postgres}
+      DATABASE_PORT: ${DATABASE_PORT:-5432}
+      CELERY_BROKER_URL: ${CELERY_BROKER_URL:-redis://redis:6379}
+      CELERY_RESULT_URL: ${CELERY_RESULT_URL:-redis://redis:6379}
+      NOTIFY_DATABASE_NAME: cic_notify
+      REDIS_HOST: redis 
+      REDIS_PORT: 6379
+      REDIS_DB: 0
+      META_HOST: meta
+      META_PORT: 8000
+      META_URL: http://meta:8000
+      USSD_PROVIDER: http://cic-user-ussd-server:9000
+      CELERY_QUEUE: cic-import-ussd
+      EXCLUSIONS: ussd
+    command: bash import_ussd.sh
+    volumes:
+      - contract-config:/tmp/cic/config/:ro
+
   cic-cache-tracker:
     image: registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics/cic-internal-integration/cic-cache:${TAG:-latest}
     profiles: