diff --git a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/build.rs b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/build.rs
index 525e477..f8c982d 100644
--- a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/build.rs
+++ b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/build.rs
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ pub fn build(args: RpcServerArgs) -> TokenStream {
         ident: Ident::new("rpc_handler", command.span()),
         arguments,
     });
-    let seed = args.seed;
+    let ctx = args.ctx;
     let status_fn = args
         .status_fn
         .unwrap_or_else(|| syn::parse2(quote! { |_| rpc_toolkit::hyper::StatusCode::OK }).unwrap());
     quote! {
         {
-            let seed = #seed;
+            let ctx = #ctx;
             let status_fn = #status_fn;
-            let (builder, ctx_phantom) = rpc_toolkit::rpc_server_helpers::make_builder(seed.clone());
+            let (builder, ctx_phantom) = rpc_toolkit::rpc_server_helpers::make_builder(&ctx);
             let make_svc = rpc_toolkit::hyper::service::make_service_fn(move |_| {
-                let seed = seed.clone();
+                let ctx = ctx.clone();
                 async move {
-                    Ok::<_, hyper::Error>(rpc_toolkit::hyper::service::service_fn(move |mut req| {
-                        let seed = seed.clone();
+                    Ok::<_, rpc_toolkit::hyper::Error>(rpc_toolkit::hyper::service::service_fn(move |mut req| {
+                        let ctx = ctx.clone();
                         async move {
                             let rpc_req = rpc_toolkit::rpc_server_helpers::make_request(&mut req).await;
                             rpc_toolkit::rpc_server_helpers::to_response(
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn build(args: RpcServerArgs) -> TokenStream {
                                     Ok(rpc_req) => Ok((
                                         rpc_req.id,
                                         #command(
-                                            rpc_toolkit::rpc_server_helpers::bind_type(ctx_phantom, rpc_toolkit::SeedableContext::new(seed)),
+                                            rpc_toolkit::rpc_server_helpers::bind_type(ctx_phantom, ctx),
                                             rpc_toolkit::yajrc::RpcMethod::as_str(&rpc_req.method),
                                             rpc_req.params,
                                         )
diff --git a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/mod.rs b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/mod.rs
index 9377905..debe917 100644
--- a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/mod.rs
+++ b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use syn::*;
 
 pub struct RpcServerArgs {
     command: Path,
-    seed: Expr,
+    ctx: Expr,
     status_fn: Option<Expr>,
 }
 
diff --git a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/parse.rs b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/parse.rs
index ef9e0a8..b959298 100644
--- a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/parse.rs
+++ b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/rpc_server/parse.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ impl Parse for RpcServerArgs {
     fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Self> {
         let command = input.parse()?;
         let _: token::Comma = input.parse()?;
-        let seed = input.parse()?;
+        let ctx = input.parse()?;
         if !input.is_empty() {
             let _: token::Comma = input.parse()?;
         }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl Parse for RpcServerArgs {
         };
         Ok(RpcServerArgs {
             command,
-            seed,
+            ctx,
             status_fn,
         })
     }
diff --git a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/build.rs b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/build.rs
index b33922c..3de2f62 100644
--- a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/build.rs
+++ b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/build.rs
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ pub fn build(args: RunCliArgs) -> TokenStream {
     } else {
         quote! { #command::build_app() }
     };
-    let make_ctx = if let Some(make_seed) = args.make_seed {
-        let ident = make_seed.matches_ident;
-        let body = make_seed.body;
+    let make_ctx = if let Some(make_ctx) = args.make_ctx {
+        let ident = make_ctx.matches_ident;
+        let body = make_ctx.body;
         quote! {
             {
                 let #ident = &rpc_toolkit_matches;
-                rpc_toolkit::SeedableContext::new(#body)
+                #body
             }
         }
     } else {
-        quote! { rpc_toolkit::SeedableContext::new(&rpc_toolkit_matches) }
+        quote! { &rpc_toolkit_matches }
     };
     let exit_fn = args
         .exit_fn
diff --git a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/mod.rs b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/mod.rs
index 21edfc7..91ae048 100644
--- a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/mod.rs
+++ b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use syn::*;
 
-pub struct MakeSeed {
+pub struct MakeCtx {
     matches_ident: Ident,
     body: Expr,
 }
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub struct MutApp {
 pub struct RunCliArgs {
     command: Path,
     mut_app: Option<MutApp>,
-    make_seed: Option<MakeSeed>,
+    make_ctx: Option<MakeCtx>,
     exit_fn: Option<Expr>,
 }
 
diff --git a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/parse.rs b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/parse.rs
index b693d21..82bd770 100644
--- a/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/parse.rs
+++ b/rpc-toolkit-macro-internals/src/run_cli/parse.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ use syn::parse::{Parse, ParseStream};
 
 use super::*;
 
-impl Parse for MakeSeed {
+impl Parse for MakeCtx {
     fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Self> {
         let matches_ident = input.parse()?;
         let _: token::FatArrow = input.parse()?;
         let body = input.parse()?;
-        Ok(MakeSeed {
+        Ok(MakeCtx {
             matches_ident,
             body,
         })
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl Parse for RunCliArgs {
         if !input.is_empty() {
             let _: token::Comma = input.parse()?;
         }
-        let make_seed = if !input.is_empty() {
+        let make_ctx = if !input.is_empty() {
             Some(input.parse()?)
         } else {
             None
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl Parse for RunCliArgs {
         Ok(RunCliArgs {
             command,
             mut_app,
-            make_seed,
+            make_ctx,
             exit_fn,
         })
     }
diff --git a/rpc-toolkit/src/context.rs b/rpc-toolkit/src/context.rs
index eadc21a..320c836 100644
--- a/rpc-toolkit/src/context.rs
+++ b/rpc-toolkit/src/context.rs
@@ -26,14 +26,4 @@ pub trait Context {
     }
 }
 
-pub trait SeedableContext<T: Clone>: Context {
-    fn new(seed: T) -> Self;
-}
-
 impl Context for () {}
-
-impl<T: Copy> SeedableContext<T> for () {
-    fn new(_: T) -> Self {
-        ()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rpc-toolkit/src/lib.rs b/rpc-toolkit/src/lib.rs
index 488e00b..0091680 100644
--- a/rpc-toolkit/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rpc-toolkit/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@
 ///
 /// See also: [arg](rpc_toolkit_macro::arg), [context](rpc_toolkit_macro::context)
 pub use rpc_toolkit_macro::command;
-/// `rpc_server!(command, seed, status_fn)`
+/// `rpc_server!(command, context, status_fn)`
 /// - returns: [Server](hyper::Server)
 /// - `command`: path to an rpc command (with the `#[command]` attribute)
-/// - `seed`: A seed for the [SeedableContext] of the rpc command.
+/// - `context`: The [Context] for `command`. Must implement [Clone](std::clone::Clone).
 /// - `status_fn` (optional): a function that takes a JSON RPC error code (`i32`) and returns a [StatusCode](hyper::StatusCode)
 ///   - default: `|_| StatusCode::OK`
 pub use rpc_toolkit_macro::rpc_server;
-/// `run_cli!(command, app_mutator, make_seed, exit_fn)`
+/// `run_cli!(command, app_mutator, make_ctx, exit_fn)`
 /// - this function does not return
 /// - `command`: path to an rpc command (with the `#[command]` attribute)
 /// - `app_mutator` (optional): an expression that returns a mutated app.
 ///   - example: `app => app.arg(Arg::with_name("port").long("port"))`
 ///   - default: `app => app`
-/// - `make_seed` (optional): an expression that takes [&ArgMatches](clap::ArgMatches) and returns a seed.
+/// - `make_ctx` (optional): an expression that takes [&ArgMatches](clap::ArgMatches) and returns the [Context] used by `command`.
 ///   - example: `matches => matches.value_of("port")`
 ///   - default: `matches => matches`
 /// - `exit_fn` (optional): a function that takes a JSON RPC error code (`i32`) and returns an Exit code (`i32`)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub use rpc_toolkit_macro::rpc_server;
 pub use rpc_toolkit_macro::run_cli;
 pub use {clap, hyper, reqwest, serde, serde_json, tokio, url, yajrc};
 
-pub use crate::context::{Context, SeedableContext};
+pub use crate::context::Context;
 
 pub mod command_helpers;
 mod context;
diff --git a/rpc-toolkit/src/rpc_server_helpers.rs b/rpc-toolkit/src/rpc_server_helpers.rs
index df20a2b..d619a01 100644
--- a/rpc-toolkit/src/rpc_server_helpers.rs
+++ b/rpc-toolkit/src/rpc_server_helpers.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 use url::Host;
 use yajrc::{AnyRpcMethod, GenericRpcMethod, Id, RpcError, RpcRequest, RpcResponse};
 
-use crate::SeedableContext;
+use crate::Context;
 
 lazy_static! {
     #[cfg(feature = "cbor")]
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ lazy_static! {
         serde_json::to_vec(&RpcResponse::<AnyRpcMethod<'static>>::from(yajrc::INTERNAL_ERROR)).unwrap();
 }
 
-pub fn make_builder<Ctx: SeedableContext<Seed>, Seed: Clone>(
-    seed: Seed,
-) -> (Builder<AddrIncoming>, PhantomData<Ctx>) {
-    let ctx = Ctx::new(seed);
+pub fn make_builder<Ctx: Context>(ctx: &Ctx) -> (Builder<AddrIncoming>, PhantomData<Ctx>) {
     let addr = match ctx.host() {
         Host::Ipv4(ip) => (ip, ctx.port()).into(),
         Host::Ipv6(ip) => (ip, ctx.port()).into(),
diff --git a/rpc-toolkit/src/test.rs b/rpc-toolkit/src/test.rs
index 0b4ca10..21d9318 100644
--- a/rpc-toolkit/src/test.rs
+++ b/rpc-toolkit/src/test.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ use url::Host;
 use yajrc::RpcError;
 
 pub use crate as rpc_toolkit;
-use crate::{command, rpc_server, Context, SeedableContext};
+use crate::{command, rpc_server, Context};
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct AppState<T, U> {
     seed: T,
     data: U,
@@ -29,14 +30,6 @@ pub struct ConfigSeed {
     port: u16,
 }
 
-impl SeedableContext<Arc<ConfigSeed>> for AppState<Arc<ConfigSeed>, ()> {
-    fn new(seed: Arc<ConfigSeed>) -> Self {
-        AppState {
-            seed: seed.clone(),
-            data: (),
-        }
-    }
-}
 impl<T> Context for AppState<Arc<ConfigSeed>, T> {
     fn host(&self) -> Host<&str> {
         match &self.seed.host {
@@ -104,7 +97,7 @@ async fn test() {
         host: Host::parse("localhost").unwrap(),
         port: 8000,
     });
-    let server = rpc_server!(dothething::<String, _>, seed);
+    let server = rpc_server!(dothething::<String, _>, AppState { seed, data: () });
     let handle = tokio::spawn(server);
     let mut cmd = tokio::process::Command::new("cargo")
         .arg("test")
@@ -158,7 +151,7 @@ fn cli_test() {
         port: 8000,
     });
     dothething::cli_handler::<String, _, _>(
-        SeedableContext::new(seed),
+        AppState { seed, data: () },
         None,
         &matches,
         "".into(),
@@ -175,10 +168,10 @@ fn cli_example() {
         app => app
             .arg(Arg::with_name("host").long("host").short("h").takes_value(true))
             .arg(Arg::with_name("port").long("port").short("p").takes_value(true)),
-        matches => Arc::new(ConfigSeed {
+        matches => AppState { seed: Arc::new(ConfigSeed {
             host: Host::parse(matches.value_of("host").unwrap_or("localhost")).unwrap(),
             port: matches.value_of("port").unwrap_or("8000").parse().unwrap(),
-        }),
+        }), data: () },
         |code| if code < 0 { 1 } else { code }
     )
 }