diff --git a/server/index.ts b/server/index.ts
index 32deafa..c5b53e3 100644
--- a/server/index.ts
+++ b/server/index.ts
@@ -3992,33 +3992,35 @@ const server = Bun.serve<WSData>({
 
 // ── Startup ──
 
-// Call onInit for each module that defines it (schema registration, DB init, etc.)
-(async () => {
-	for (const mod of getAllModules()) {
-		if (mod.onInit) {
-			try {
-				await mod.onInit({ syncServer });
-				console.log(`[Init] ${mod.name} initialized`);
-			} catch (e) {
-				console.error(`[Init] ${mod.name} failed:`, e);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	// Pass syncServer to OAuth handlers
-	setNotionOAuthSyncServer(syncServer);
-	setGoogleOAuthSyncServer(syncServer);
-	setClickUpOAuthSyncServer(syncServer);
-	setOAuthStatusSyncServer(syncServer);
-})();
-
 // Ensure generated files directory exists
 import { mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
 try { mkdirSync(resolve(process.env.FILES_DIR || "./data/files", "generated"), { recursive: true }); } catch {}
 
-ensureDemoCommunity().then(() => console.log("[Demo] Demo community ready")).catch((e) => console.error("[Demo] Failed:", e));
 import { initTokenService, seedCUSDC } from "./token-service";
+
+// IMPORTANT: Load persisted docs FIRST, then run module onInit + seeding.
+// Previously onInit ran before loadAllDocs, causing seed functions to see
+// empty docs and re-create demo data that users had already deleted.
+ensureDemoCommunity().then(() => console.log("[Demo] Demo community ready")).catch((e) => console.error("[Demo] Failed:", e));
 loadAllDocs(syncServer)
 	.then(async () => {
+		// Now that persisted docs are loaded, init modules (which may seed)
+		for (const mod of getAllModules()) {
+			if (mod.onInit) {
+				try {
+					await mod.onInit({ syncServer });
+					console.log(`[Init] ${mod.name} initialized`);
+				} catch (e) {
+					console.error(`[Init] ${mod.name} failed:`, e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// Pass syncServer to OAuth handlers
+		setNotionOAuthSyncServer(syncServer);
+		setGoogleOAuthSyncServer(syncServer);
+		setClickUpOAuthSyncServer(syncServer);
+		setOAuthStatusSyncServer(syncServer);
+
 		// Seed all modules' demo data so /demo routes always have content
 		for (const mod of getAllModules()) {
 			if (mod.seedTemplate) {