diff --git a/app/controllers/goats_controller.rb b/app/controllers/goats_controller.rb
index 1325f74..7a39173 100644
--- a/app/controllers/goats_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/goats_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 class GoatsController < ApplicationController
+  # #reset needs this to access goat seed data
+  require 'goat_data'
+  include GoatData
+
+
   before_action :set_goat, only: [:show, :update, :destroy]
 
   # GET /goats
@@ -38,6 +43,10 @@ def destroy
     @goat.destroy
   end
 
+  def reset
+    reset_goats
+  end
+
   private
     # Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
     def set_goat
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 98e95fc..8abc872 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
   scope 'api' do
-    resources :goats
+    resources :goats do
+      post 'reset', on: :collection
+    end
   end
   # For details on the DSL available within this file, see http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
 
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 3d10333..3b4b6a8 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -7,42 +7,9 @@
 #   Character.create(name: 'Luke', movie: movies.first)
 #
 
+# goat hard coded data moved to lib/goat_data
+require 'goat_data'
+include GoatData
 
-goat_list = [
-  {name: 'Jorge',
-   charisma: 3,
-   latitude: 30.703639,
-   longitude: -9.861236,
-   color: 'grey',
-   birthdate: 300.days.ago,
-   image_url: 'http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/50000/nahled/white-goat.jpg'
-  },
-  {name: 'Maude',
-   charisma: 4,
-   latitude: 30.703641,
-   longitude: -9.861238,
-   color: 'mauve',
-   birthdate: 200.days.ago,
-   image_url: 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Angora_001.jpg'
-  },
-  {name: 'Methuselah',
-   charisma: 4,
-   latitude: 30.69585,
-   longitude: -9.871111,
-   color: 'grey',
-   birthdate: 3000.days.ago,
-   image_url: 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Feral_goat.jpg'
-  },
-  {name: 'Claudia',
-   charisma: 8,
-   latitude: 30.695,
-   longitude: -9.87,
-   color: 'grey',
-   birthdate: 30.days.ago,
-   image_url: 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Hausziege_04.jpg/1024px-Hausziege_04.jpg'
-  },
-]
 
-goat_list.each do |goat|
-  Goat.create goat
-end
+reset_goats
diff --git a/lib/goat_data.rb b/lib/goat_data.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e277c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/goat_data.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# moved seed data here, we'll use it from the controller's reset route
+
+module GoatData
+  GOAT_LIST = [
+    {name: 'Jorge',
+     charisma: 3,
+     latitude: 30.703639,
+     longitude: -9.861236,
+     color: 'grey',
+     birthdate: 300.days.ago,
+     image_url: 'http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/50000/nahled/white-goat.jpg'
+    },
+    {name: 'Maude',
+     charisma: 4,
+     latitude: 30.703641,
+     longitude: -9.861238,
+     color: 'mauve',
+     birthdate: 200.days.ago,
+     image_url: 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Angora_001.jpg'
+    },
+    {name: 'Methuselah',
+     charisma: 4,
+     latitude: 30.69585,
+     longitude: -9.871111,
+     color: 'grey',
+     birthdate: 3000.days.ago,
+     image_url: 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Feral_goat.jpg'
+    },
+    {name: 'Claudia',
+     charisma: 8,
+     latitude: 30.695,
+     longitude: -9.87,
+     color: 'grey',
+     birthdate: 30.days.ago,
+     image_url: 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Hausziege_04.jpg/1024px-Hausziege_04.jpg'
+    },
+  ]
+
+  def reset_goats
+    Goat.destroy_all
+
+    GOAT_LIST.each do |goat|
+      Goat.create goat
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/goats_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/goats_controller_spec.rb
index 29a9d5c..21b1cc7 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/goats_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/goats_controller_spec.rb
@@ -141,4 +141,11 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "POST #reset" do
+    it "resets the goats in the db" do
+      FactoryGirl.create(:goat)
+      expect { post :reset, valid_session }.to change{Goat.count}.from(1).to(4)
+    end
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/routing/goats_routing_spec.rb b/spec/routing/goats_routing_spec.rb
index a0d1e97..c359495 100644
--- a/spec/routing/goats_routing_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/routing/goats_routing_spec.rb
@@ -27,5 +27,9 @@
       expect(:delete => "/api/goats/1").to route_to("goats#destroy", :id => "1")
     end
 
+    it 'routes to POST #reset' do
+      expect(post: '/api/goats/reset').to route_to('goats#reset')
+    end
+
   end
 end