// seed default data if not exists
            void seedRootData(string x)
            {
            IConfiguration rtInf = Configuration.GetSection("RootUser");
            var rootRaw = rtInf.GetValue<string>("Raw");
                if (rootRaw == "True")
                {
                    //storage of inital appsettings.json rootuser info
                    string usrPass = rtInf.GetValue<string>("Password");
                    string usrEmail = rtInf.GetValue<string>("Email");

                    var json = System.IO.File.ReadAllText("appsettings.json");

                    //Optional -- create a backup of appsettings.json
                    using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter("appsettings.json.bac"))
                    {
                        writer.WriteLine(json);
                    }

                    JObject configJson = JObject.Parse(json);
                    configJson["RootUser"]["Raw"] = "false";

                    //replace "test2" with password data
                    configJson["RootUser"]["Password"] = "test2";

                    var newConfig = JObject.FromObject(configJson).ToString();

                    using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter("appsettings.json.tmp"))
                    {
                        writer.WriteLine(newConfig);
                    }

                    //if no backup, replace backup file with 'null'
                    File.Replace(@"appsettings.json.tmp", @"appsettings.json", @"appsettings.json.bac");

                }
            }