diff --git a/lib/auth/role.ex b/lib/auth/role.ex
index f2661a2c..8508c657 100644
--- a/lib/auth/role.ex
+++ b/lib/auth/role.ex
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ defmodule Auth.Role do
   @doc false
   def changeset(role, attrs) do
     role
-    |> cast(attrs, [:name, :desc])
+    |> cast(attrs, [:name, :desc, :person_id])
     |> validate_required([:name, :desc])
   end
 
diff --git a/priv/repo/create_default_roles.exs b/priv/repo/create_default_roles.exs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c4e11cd..00000000
--- a/priv/repo/create_default_roles.exs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# scripts for creating default roles and permissions
-defmodule Setup.CreateDefaultRoles do
-  
-end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/priv/repo/default_roles.json b/priv/repo/default_roles.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1216f98e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/default_roles.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "superadmin", 
+    "desc": "With great power comes great responsibility", 
+    "person_id": "1"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "admin", 
+    "desc": "Can perform all system administration tasks", 
+    "person_id": "1"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/priv/repo/seeds.exs b/priv/repo/seeds.exs
index 55898e91..c71744b0 100644
--- a/priv/repo/seeds.exs
+++ b/priv/repo/seeds.exs
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ defmodule Auth.Seeds do
 
   # write the key:value pair to project .env file
   def write_env(key, value) do
-    IO.inspect(File.cwd!, label: "CWD")
+    # IO.inspect(File.cwd!, label: "cwd")
     path = File.cwd! <> "/.env"
-    IO.inspect(path, label: "path")
+    IO.inspect(path, label: ".env file path")
     {:ok, data} = File.read(path)
     # IO.inspect(data)
 
@@ -77,12 +77,36 @@ defmodule Auth.Seeds do
       |> String.replace("'", "")
       |> String.split("=")
 
-      IO.inspect(List.last(parts), label: List.first(parts))
+      # IO.inspect(List.last(parts), label: List.first(parts))
       System.put_env(List.first(parts), List.last(parts))
     end)
   end
 end
 
-
 Auth.Seeds.create_admin()
 |> Auth.Seeds.create_apikey_for_admin()
+
+
+# scripts for creating default roles and permissions
+defmodule SetupRoles do
+  alias Auth.Role
+
+  def get_json(filepath) do
+    # IO.inspect(filepath, label: "filepath")
+    path = File.cwd! <> filepath
+    # IO.inspect(path, label: "path")
+    {:ok, data} = File.read(path)
+    json = Jason.decode!(data)
+    # IO.inspect(json)
+    json
+  end
+
+  def create_default_roles() do
+    json = get_json("/priv/repo/default_roles.json")
+    Enum.each(json, fn role -> 
+      Role.create_role(role)
+    end)
+  end
+end
+
+SetupRoles.create_default_roles()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/role-based-access-control.md b/role-based-access-control.md
index 0e846215..e883efcf 100644
--- a/role-based-access-control.md
+++ b/role-based-access-control.md
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ If you don't already have these schemas/tables,
 see: https://github.com/dwyl/app-mvp-phoenix#create-schemas
 
 
+
 ### Create `Roles` and `Permissions` Schemas
 
 Let's create the Database Schemas (Tables) 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ mix ecto.gen.migration create_role_permissions
 ```
 
 Open the file that was just created, e.g: 
-[`priv/repo/migrations/20200723143204_create_role_permissions.exs`]()
+[`priv/repo/migrations/20200723143204_create_role_permissions.exs`](https://github.com/dwyl/auth/blob/ef4261d09a702c4003cd84f30dabe630b47922d2/priv/repo/migrations/20200723143204_create_role_permissions.exs)
 
 And replace the contents with:
 ```elixir
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ mix ecto.gen.migration create_people_roles
 ```
 
 Open the migration file that was just created, e.g: 
-[`/Users/n/code/auth/priv/repo/migrations/20200723154847_create_people_roles.exs`]()
+[`/Users/n/code/auth/priv/repo/migrations/20200723154847_create_people_roles.exs`](https://github.com/dwyl/auth/blob/ef4261d09a702c4003cd84f30dabe630b47922d2/priv/repo/migrations/20200723154847_create_people_roles.exs)
 
 
 Replace the contents of the file with the following code:
@@ -179,7 +180,26 @@ defmodule Auth.Repo.Migrations.CreatePeopleRoles do
 end
 ```
 
-This 
+This is all we need in terms of database tables for now.
+Run:
+```
+mix ecto.migrate
+```
+To create the tables.
+
+The Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) should now look like this:
+
+[![auth-erd-with-roles-permissions](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/88439166-5c2e0e00-ce02-11ea-93ce-11c3a721cb18.png "Schema Diagram - Click to Enlarge")](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/88439166-5c2e0e00-ce02-11ea-93ce-11c3a721cb18.png)
+
+Next we need to create a script 
+that inserts the default roles and permissions
+during the setup of the Auth App. 
+
+### Setup Default Roles & Permissions
+
+
+
+