diff --git a/lib/shift73k/accounts/user.ex b/lib/shift73k/accounts/user.ex
index d9b8b838..9f92c860 100644
--- a/lib/shift73k/accounts/user.ex
+++ b/lib/shift73k/accounts/user.ex
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ defmodule Shift73k.Accounts.User do
   use Ecto.Schema
   import Ecto.Changeset
   import EctoEnum
+  import Shift73k.Util.Dt, only: [weekdays: 0]
 
-  alias Shift73k.EctoEnums.WeekdayEnum
   alias Shift73k.Shifts.Templates.ShiftTemplate
   alias Shift73k.Shifts.Shift
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ defmodule Shift73k.Accounts.User do
     field(:confirmed_at, :naive_datetime)
 
     field(:role, RolesEnum, default: :user)
-    field(:week_start_at, WeekdayEnum, default: 1)
+    field(:week_start_at, Ecto.Enum, values: weekdays(), default: :monday)
 
     has_many(:shift_templates, ShiftTemplate)
     belongs_to(:fave_shift_template, ShiftTemplate)
diff --git a/lib/shift73k/ecto_enums.ex b/lib/shift73k/ecto_enums.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index 18e08674..00000000
--- a/lib/shift73k/ecto_enums.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-defmodule Shift73k.EctoEnums do
-  import EctoEnum
-
-  @weekdays [:monday, :tuesday, :wednesday, :thursday, :friday, :saturday, :sunday]
-            |> Enum.with_index(1)
-
-  defenum(WeekdayEnum, @weekdays)
-end
diff --git a/lib/shift73k/util/dt.ex b/lib/shift73k/util/dt.ex
index 6f5dfe46..8838b47c 100644
--- a/lib/shift73k/util/dt.ex
+++ b/lib/shift73k/util/dt.ex
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@ defmodule Shift73k.Util.Dt do
   @app_vars Application.get_env(:shift73k, :app_global_vars, time_zone: "America/New_York")
   @app_time_zone @app_vars[:time_zone]
 
+  @weekdays [:monday, :tuesday, :wednesday, :thursday, :friday, :saturday, :sunday]
+
   def app_time_zone, do: @app_time_zone
+
+  def weekdays, do: @weekdays
 end
diff --git a/lib/shift73k_web/live/user/settings/week_start.ex b/lib/shift73k_web/live/user/settings/week_start.ex
index 7759cd74..756aa7ea 100644
--- a/lib/shift73k_web/live/user/settings/week_start.ex
+++ b/lib/shift73k_web/live/user/settings/week_start.ex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 defmodule Shift73kWeb.UserLive.Settings.WeekStart do
   use Shift73kWeb, :live_component
+  import Shift73k.Util.Dt, only: [weekdays: 0]
 
-  alias Shift73k.EctoEnums.WeekdayEnum
   alias Shift73k.Accounts
 
   @impl true
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ defmodule Shift73kWeb.UserLive.Settings.WeekStart do
   end
 
   def week_start_options do
-    {week_start_at, _} = WeekdayEnum.__enum_map__() |> hd()
-    week_start = Date.beginning_of_week(Date.utc_today(), week_start_at)
+    week_start = Date.beginning_of_week(Date.utc_today(), hd(weekdays()))
 
     week_start
     |> Date.range(Date.add(week_start, 6))
     |> Enum.map(&Calendar.strftime(&1, "%A"))
-    |> Enum.zip(Keyword.keys(WeekdayEnum.__enum_map__()))
+    |> Enum.zip(weekdays())
   end
 
   @impl true
diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20200913000515_create_users_auth_tables.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20200913000515_create_users_auth_tables.exs
index 7dbac93d..e57e7d7d 100644
--- a/priv/repo/migrations/20200913000515_create_users_auth_tables.exs
+++ b/priv/repo/migrations/20200913000515_create_users_auth_tables.exs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ defmodule Shift73k.Repo.Migrations.CreateUsersAuthTables do
       add(:id, :binary_id, primary_key: true)
       add(:email, :citext, null: false)
       add(:hashed_password, :string, null: false)
-      add(:week_start_at, :integer, null: false)
+      add(:week_start_at, :string, null: false)
       add(:confirmed_at, :naive_datetime)
       timestamps()
     end
diff --git a/priv/repo/seeds.exs b/priv/repo/seeds.exs
index d99cbe5e..4a9c2de9 100644
--- a/priv/repo/seeds.exs
+++ b/priv/repo/seeds.exs
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ extra_mock_users = ~s([
   {"email":"kat@73k.us","password":"katkatA1","role":"manager","inserted_at":"2018-12-14T01:06:01Z","confirmed_at":true}
 ])
 
+# for random week_start_at values
+[head | tail] = Shift73k.Util.Dt.weekdays()
+week_starts = [head | Enum.drop(tail, 4)]
+
 mock_users =
   extra_mock_users
   |> Jason.decode!()
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ mock_users =
       email: e["email"],
       role: String.to_existing_atom(e["role"]),
       hashed_password: Bcrypt.hash_pwd_salt(e["password"]),
-      week_start_at: :rand.uniform(2),
+      week_start_at: Enum.at(week_starts, Enum.random(0..2)),
       inserted_at: add_dt,
       updated_at: add_dt,
       confirmed_at: (e["confirmed_at"] && NaiveDateTime.add(add_dt, 300, :second)) || nil