diff --git a/spec/support/seeds/seeds_e2e.rb b/spec/support/seeds/seeds_e2e.rb
index 67933c7dd..0c280f21b 100644
--- a/spec/support/seeds/seeds_e2e.rb
+++ b/spec/support/seeds/seeds_e2e.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Settings::SMTP.password = "password"
 ##############################################################################
 
 # Some of our Cypress tests assume specific DEV profile fields to exist
-ProfileField.create!(label: "Work", display_area: :header)
-ProfileField.create!(label: "Education", display_area: :header)
+ProfileField.create_with(display_area: :header).find_or_create_by(label: "Work")
+ProfileField.create_with(display_area: :header).find_or_create_by(label: "Education")
 Profile.refresh_attributes!
 
 ##############################################################################
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "article-editor-v1-user@forem.com") do
+seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "article-editor-v1-user@forem.local") do
   user = User.create!(
     name: "Article Editor v1 User",
     email: "article-editor-v1-user@forem.local",
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "article-editor-v2-user@forem.com") do
+seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "article-editor-v2-user@forem.local") do
   user = User.create!(
     name: "Article Editor v2 User",
     email: "article-editor-v2-user@forem.local",
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ chat_user_2 = seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "chat-user-2@forem.lo
 end
 
 ##############################################################################
-seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "notifications-user@forem.com") do
+seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "notifications-user@forem.local") do
   user = User.create!(
     name: "Notifications User",
     email: "notifications-user@forem.local",
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "liquid-tags-user@forem.com") do
+seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "liquid-tags-user@forem.local") do
   liquid_tags_user = User.create!(
     name: "Liquid tags User",
     email: "liquid-tags-user@forem.local",
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(Article, "title", "Test article") do
+seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(Article, "slug", "test-article-slug") do
   markdown = <<~MARKDOWN
     ---
     title:  Test article
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(Article, "title", "Test article") do
     #{Faker::Markdown.random}
     #{Faker::Hipster.paragraph(sentence_count: 2)}
   MARKDOWN
-  article = Article.create(
+  article = Article.create!(
     body_markdown: markdown,
     featured: true,
     show_comments: true,
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "series-user@forem.com") do
+seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(User, "email", "series-user@forem.local") do
   series_user = User.create!(
     name: "Series User",
     email: "series-user@forem.local",
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ end
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(Podcast, "title", "Test podcast") do
+seeder.create_if_doesnt_exist(Podcast, "title", "Developer on Fire") do
   podcast_attributes = {
     title: "Developer on Fire",
     description: "",