diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8f6b7f861f..1910152163 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "directus",
-  "version": "0.1.0-preview.3",
+  "version": "0.1.0-preview.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92d127b41b..e27dfff3aa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "directus",
-  "version": "0.1.0-preview.4",
+  "version": "0.1.0-preview.5",
   "description": "Directus",
   "main": "dist/app.js",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/src/cli/utils/create-db-connection.ts b/src/cli/utils/create-db-connection.ts
index d0b0f192cf..cfbac7a86c 100644
--- a/src/cli/utils/create-db-connection.ts
+++ b/src/cli/utils/create-db-connection.ts
@@ -36,16 +36,10 @@ export default function createDBConnection(
 	const knexConfig: Config = {
 		client: client,
 		connection: connection,
-		seeds:
-			process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
-				? {
-						extension: 'ts',
-						directory: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../database/seeds/'),
-				  }
-				: {
-						extension: 'js',
-						directory: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../database/seeds/'),
-				  },
+		seeds: {
+			extension: 'js',
+			directory: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../database/seeds/'),
+		},
 	};
 
 	if (client === 'sqlite3') {