diff --git a/scripts/get-dump.sh b/scripts/get-dump.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this script was meant to be run on the server
+# it will get you the database dump that you can use to populate your local database.
+sudo docker exec -it service-psij mongodump --out=sc-dump
+sudo docker cp service-psij:~/sc-dump ~/sc-dump
+
+tar -cf sc-dump.tar sc-dump
+
+sudo rm -rf sc-dump
+ls -l
diff --git a/scripts/restore-get.sh b/scripts/restore-get.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# run this script after running get-dump
+# you will need to change the username below
+
+scp -r aschwanden1@testing.exaworks.org:~/sc-dump.tar ~/sc-dump.tar
+cd ~/
+tar -xvf ~/sc-dump.tar
+
+mongosh psi-j-testing-aggregator --eval "db.dropDatabase()"
+
+mongorestore ~/sc-dump