diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fac6c7e..68bd285 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 vendor/
 node_modules/
-data/
+data/*.json
 .direnv/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/admin.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/admin.cy.js
index c06aece..5dca670 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/admin.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/admin.cy.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 describe('The admin page', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
+    cy.exec('npm run db:seed')
     cy.visit('/admin')
   })
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cy.exec('npm run db:wipe')
+  })
 
   it('navigates to texts page', () => {
     cy.get('#texts').click()
diff --git a/data/seedDb.php b/data/seedDb.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8d3698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/seedDb.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+$texts = [
+    [
+        'id' => 0,
+        'name' => 'test text'
+    ],
+];
+
+$fileDataMap = [
+    'texts.json' => $texts,
+];
+
+foreach ($fileDataMap as $file => $data) {
+    $path = __DIR__."/$file";
+    file_put_contents($path, json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
+}
diff --git a/data/wipeDb.php b/data/wipeDb.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b180c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/wipeDb.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+$files = [
+    'texts.json',
+];
+
+foreach ($files as $file) {
+    echo __DIR__."/$file";
+    $path = __DIR__."/$file";
+    file_put_contents($path, json_encode([], JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 352443a..b203020 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
   "scripts": {
     "cypress:dev": "cypress open",
-    "cypress:run": "cypress run"
+    "cypress:run": "cypress run",
+    "db:seed": "php data/seedDb.php",
+    "db:wipe": "php data/wipeDb.php"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "cypress": "^15.12.0"