diff --git a/server/.github/test.conf.json5 b/server/.github/test.conf.json5
index 5c854318e..3f7c251f9 100644
--- a/server/.github/test.conf.json5
+++ b/server/.github/test.conf.json5
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 	ARC_AUTH_TOKEN: "unused",
 	ENABLE_SERVER_HTTPS: false,
 	OUR_URL: "https://example.com",
-	SEEDS_URL: null,
 	INVITE_CODE_CONFIG: {
 		BATCH_SIZE: 2,
 		INVITE_CAP: 100,
diff --git a/server/src/lib/database-seeds/repo.ts b/server/src/lib/database-seeds/repo.ts
index 5989a8fc9..7f40309b6 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/database-seeds/repo.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/database-seeds/repo.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,29 @@ export class DatabaseSeedsRepo {
 		return this.WriteCollection(collectionName, newData);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Provide authentication so that CommitChangesBack can do its job.
+	 */
+	#AuthenticateWithGitServer() {
+		if (!ServerConfig.SEEDS_CONFIG) {
+			// Shouldn't be possible. Ever, since SEEDS_CONFIG must be deffed in order
+			// to run PullDBSeeds
+			throw new Error(`Cannot commit changes back. SEEDS_CONFIG is not set.`);
+		}
+
+		if (!ServerConfig.SEEDS_CONFIG.USER_NAME || !ServerConfig.SEEDS_CONFIG.USER_EMAIL) {
+			throw new Error(
+				`Cannot commit changes back if SEEDS_CONFIG.USER_NAME/SEEDS_CONFIG.USER_EMAIL aren't defined.`
+			);
+		}
+
+		return asyncExec(
+			`git config user.name "${ServerConfig.SEEDS_CONFIG.USER_NAME}" || exit 3;
+			git config user.email "${ServerConfig.SEEDS_CONFIG.USER_EMAIL}" || exit 4;
+			git config credential.helper '!f() { sleep 1; echo "username=\${GIT_USER}"; echo "password=\${GIT_PASSWORD}"; }; f' || exit 5;`
+		);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Checks for any diffs in the seeds repository we cloned. If there are any, commit them back
 	 * to the repository.
@@ -123,7 +146,9 @@ export class DatabaseSeedsRepo {
 			// 	throw err;
 			// }
 
-			this.logger.info(`Changes. Committing changes back.`);
+			this.logger.info(`Changes detected. Authenticating with Github.`);
+
+			await this.#AuthenticateWithGitServer();
 
 			const { stdout: commitOut } = await asyncExec(
 				`cd "${this.baseDir}" || exit 2;
@@ -146,8 +171,8 @@ export class DatabaseSeedsRepo {
  * Pulls the database seeds from github, returns an object that can be used to manipulate them.
  */
 export async function PullDatabaseSeeds() {
-	if (!ServerConfig.SEEDS_URL) {
-		throw new Error(`SEEDS_URL was null. You cannot pull a seeds repo.`);
+	if (!ServerConfig.SEEDS_CONFIG) {
+		throw new Error(`SEEDS_CONFIG was not defined. You cannot pull a seeds repo.`);
 	}
 
 	const seedsDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "tachi-database-seeds-"));
@@ -161,7 +186,7 @@ export async function PullDatabaseSeeds() {
 		// stdout is for errors.
 		// there were expletives below this comment, but I have removed them.
 		const { stdout } = await asyncExec(
-			`git clone "${ServerConfig.SEEDS_URL}" -b "${
+			`git clone "${ServerConfig.SEEDS_CONFIG.REPO_URL}" -b "${
 				Environment.nodeEnv === "production" ? "production" : "develop"
 			}" --depth=1 '${seedsDir}'`
 		);
diff --git a/server/src/lib/jobs/backsync-bms-pms-data.ts b/server/src/lib/jobs/backsync-bms-pms-data.ts
index 13474c5f8..d4a9c1809 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/jobs/backsync-bms-pms-data.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/jobs/backsync-bms-pms-data.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import CreateLogCtx from "lib/logger/logger";
 const logger = CreateLogCtx(__filename);
 
 /**
- * The tachi-server may have its BMS database update. It needs to sync this
+ * The tachi-server may have its BMS or PMS database update. It needs to sync this
  * information back with the seeds.
  */
 export async function BacksyncBMSPMSSongsAndCharts() {
diff --git a/server/src/lib/setup/config.ts b/server/src/lib/setup/config.ts
index e0e0fa13a..0e3dcb227 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/setup/config.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/setup/config.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ export interface TachiServerConfig {
 	OPTIONS_ALWAYS_SUCCEEDS?: boolean;
 	USE_EXTERNAL_SCORE_IMPORT_WORKER: boolean;
 	EXTERNAL_SCORE_IMPORT_WORKER_CONCURRENCY?: integer;
-	SEEDS_URL: string | null;
+	SEEDS_CONFIG?: {
+		REPO_URL: string;
+		USER_NAME: string | null;
+		USER_EMAIL: string | null;
+	};
 	EMAIL_CONFIG?: {
 		FROM: string;
 		DKIM?: SendMailOptions["dkim"];
@@ -205,7 +209,11 @@ const err = p(config, {
 			}
 		),
 	},
-	SEEDS_URL: "?string",
+	SEEDS_CONFIG: p.optional({
+		REPO_URL: "string",
+		USER_NAME: "?string",
+		USER_EMAIL: "?string",
+	}),
 });
 
 if (err) {