diff --git a/services/comms/kustomization.yaml b/services/comms/kustomization.yaml
index f1e0c80..6947617 100644
--- a/services/comms/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/comms/kustomization.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ resources:
   - mas-db-ensure-rbac.yaml
   - mas-db-ensure-job.yaml
   - comms-secrets-ensure-job.yaml
+  - synapse-user-seed-job.yaml
   - mas-deployment.yaml
   - element-rendered.yaml
   - livekit-config.yaml
diff --git a/services/comms/synapse-user-seed-job.yaml b/services/comms/synapse-user-seed-job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea0dc49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/comms/synapse-user-seed-job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# services/comms/synapse-user-seed-job.yaml
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: synapse-user-seed-1
+  namespace: comms
+spec:
+  backoffLimit: 1
+  ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 3600
+  template:
+    spec:
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      containers:
+        - name: seed
+          image: python:3.11-slim
+          env:
+            - name: PGHOST
+              value: postgres-service.postgres.svc.cluster.local
+            - name: PGPORT
+              value: "5432"
+            - name: PGDATABASE
+              value: synapse
+            - name: PGUSER
+              value: synapse
+            - name: PGPASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: synapse-db
+                  key: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+            - name: SEEDER_USER
+              value: othrys-seeder
+            - name: SEEDER_PASS
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: atlasbot-credentials-runtime
+                  key: seeder-password
+            - name: BOT_USER
+              value: atlasbot
+            - name: BOT_PASS
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: atlasbot-credentials-runtime
+                  key: bot-password
+          command:
+            - /bin/sh
+            - -c
+            - |
+              set -euo pipefail
+              pip install --no-cache-dir psycopg2-binary bcrypt >/dev/null
+              python - <<'PY'
+              import os
+              import time
+              import bcrypt
+              import psycopg2
+
+              def get_cols(cur):
+                  cur.execute(
+                      """
+                      SELECT column_name, is_nullable, column_default
+                      FROM information_schema.columns
+                      WHERE table_schema = 'public' AND table_name = 'users'
+                      """
+                  )
+                  cols = {}
+                  for name, is_nullable, default in cur.fetchall():
+                      cols[name] = {"nullable": is_nullable == "YES", "default": default}
+                  return cols
+
+              def upsert_user(cur, cols, user_id, password, admin):
+                  now_ms = int(time.time() * 1000)
+                  values = {
+                      "name": user_id,
+                      "password_hash": bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode(), bcrypt.gensalt()).decode(),
+                      "creation_ts": now_ms,
+                  }
+                  if "admin" in cols:
+                      values["admin"] = admin
+                  if "deactivated" in cols:
+                      values["deactivated"] = False
+                  if "shadow_banned" in cols:
+                      values["shadow_banned"] = False
+                  if "is_guest" in cols:
+                      values["is_guest"] = False
+
+                  columns = list(values.keys())
+                  placeholders = ", ".join(["%s"] * len(columns))
+                  updates = ", ".join([f"{col}=EXCLUDED.{col}" for col in columns if col != "name"])
+                  query = f"INSERT INTO users ({', '.join(columns)}) VALUES ({placeholders}) ON CONFLICT (name) DO UPDATE SET {updates};"
+                  cur.execute(query, [values[c] for c in columns])
+
+              seeder_user = os.environ["SEEDER_USER"]
+              bot_user = os.environ["BOT_USER"]
+              server = "live.bstein.dev"
+              seeder_id = f"@{seeder_user}:{server}"
+              bot_id = f"@{bot_user}:{server}"
+
+              conn = psycopg2.connect(
+                  host=os.environ["PGHOST"],
+                  port=int(os.environ["PGPORT"]),
+                  dbname=os.environ["PGDATABASE"],
+                  user=os.environ["PGUSER"],
+                  password=os.environ["PGPASSWORD"],
+              )
+              try:
+                  with conn:
+                      with conn.cursor() as cur:
+                          cols = get_cols(cur)
+                          upsert_user(cur, cols, seeder_id, os.environ["SEEDER_PASS"], True)
+                          upsert_user(cur, cols, bot_id, os.environ["BOT_PASS"], False)
+              finally:
+                  conn.close()
+              PY