diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2fb125b..876a227 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
           sleep 10s # Wait for maker to start\
 
           # The maker-id is generated from the makers seed found in daemon/util/testnet_seeds/maker_seed
-          target/debug/taker --data-dir=/tmp/taker --generate-seed --maker-id 10d4ba2ac3f7a22da4009d813ff1bc3f404dfe2cc93a32bedf1512aa9951c95e testnet &
+          target/debug/taker --data-dir=/tmp/taker --maker-id 10d4ba2ac3f7a22da4009d813ff1bc3f404dfe2cc93a32bedf1512aa9951c95e testnet &
           sleep 10s # Wait for taker to start
 
           curl --fail http://localhost:8000/api/alive
diff --git a/daemon/src/maker.rs b/daemon/src/maker.rs
index bd31bf2..defbd77 100644
--- a/daemon/src/maker.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/maker.rs
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ struct Opts {
     #[clap(long)]
     data_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 
-    /// Generate a seed file within the data directory.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    generate_seed: bool,
-
     /// If enabled logs will be in json format
     #[clap(short, long)]
     json: bool,
@@ -160,7 +156,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&data_dir).await?;
     }
 
-    let seed = Seed::initialize(&data_dir.join("maker_seed"), opts.generate_seed).await?;
+    let seed = Seed::initialize(&data_dir.join("maker_seed")).await?;
 
     let bitcoin_network = opts.network.bitcoin_network();
     let ext_priv_key = seed.derive_extended_priv_key(bitcoin_network)?;
diff --git a/daemon/src/seed.rs b/daemon/src/seed.rs
index 7ab6193..e9a299e 100644
--- a/daemon/src/seed.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/seed.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use bdk::bitcoin::util::bip32::ExtendedPrivKey;
 use bdk::bitcoin::Network;
 use hkdf::Hkdf;
@@ -11,23 +11,16 @@ pub struct Seed([u8; 256]);
 
 impl Seed {
     /// Initialize a [`Seed`] from a path.
-    ///
-    /// Fails if the file does not exist or it exists but would be overwritten.
-    pub async fn initialize(seed_file: &Path, generate: bool) -> Result<Seed> {
-        let exists = seed_file.exists();
-
-        let seed = match (exists, generate) {
-            (true, false) => Seed::read_from(seed_file).await?,
-            (false, true) => {
-                let seed = Seed::default();
-                seed.write_to(seed_file).await?;
-
-                seed
-            }
-            (true, true) => bail!("Refusing to overwrite seed at {}", seed_file.display()),
-            (false, false) => bail!("Seed file at {} does not exist", seed_file.display()),
+    /// Generates new seed if there was no seed found in the given path
+    pub async fn initialize(seed_file: &Path) -> Result<Seed> {
+        let seed = if !seed_file.exists() {
+            tracing::info!("No seed found. Generating new seed");
+            let seed = Seed::default();
+            seed.write_to(seed_file).await?;
+            seed
+        } else {
+            Seed::read_from(seed_file).await?
         };
-
         Ok(seed)
     }
 
diff --git a/daemon/src/taker.rs b/daemon/src/taker.rs
index 5b66125..d34c6f7 100644
--- a/daemon/src/taker.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/taker.rs
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ struct Opts {
     #[clap(long)]
     data_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 
-    /// Generate a seed file within the data directory.
-    #[clap(long)]
-    generate_seed: bool,
-
     /// If enabled logs will be in json format
     #[clap(short, long)]
     json: bool,
@@ -159,7 +155,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&data_dir).await?;
     }
 
-    let seed = Seed::initialize(&data_dir.join("taker_seed"), opts.generate_seed).await?;
+    let seed = Seed::initialize(&data_dir.join("taker_seed")).await?;
 
     let bitcoin_network = opts.network.bitcoin_network();
     let ext_priv_key = seed.derive_extended_priv_key(bitcoin_network)?;