diff --git a/postgres/db_restore b/postgres/db_restore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/postgres/db_restore
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+if [ -z $1 ]
+	then
+		echo "No SQL script file"
+		exit 1
+fi
+
+NAME=${2:-postgres}
+CONTAINER=$(docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep "$NAME")
+if [ -z "$CONTAINER" ]
+	then
+		echo "Container not found"
+		exit 1
+fi
+
+#need to do this in case db dump file has a colon in it
+cp $1 tmp.sql
+docker cp tmp.sql "$CONTAINER:/"
+rm tmp.sql
+
+docker exec $CONTAINER dropdb wubloader -U postgres
+docker exec $CONTAINER createdb wubloader -U postgres
+docker exec $CONTAINER psql -d wubloader -f dump.sql -U postgres
+docker exec $CONTAINER rm tmp.sql