diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
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+++ b/.env.template
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+API_TOKEN=
+TESTER_EMAILS=''
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 .env
+*.sql.gz
+*.sql
+backup
 
 # Logs
 logs
diff --git a/scripts/.env.template b/scripts/.env.template
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+# Copy contents to .env in this directory and fill in the values
+
+# Your ad-username
+USERNAME=
+
+APP_NAME=toppi
+DB_NAME=toppi
+CONTAINER_NAME=toppi_db
+LOCAL_DB_USER=toppi
+LOCAL_DB_NAME=toppi
diff --git a/scripts/load_backup.sh b/scripts/load_backup.sh
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+++ b/scripts/load_backup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+PROJECT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BACKUPS=$PROJECT_ROOT/backups/
+
+echo "Found project root" $PROJECT_ROOT
+
+# Get variables from .env file
+export $(grep -v '^#' $PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/.env | xargs)
+
+echo "Found env variables from .env file"
+
+# Login to OC
+oc login -u $USERNAME https://api.ocp-prod-0.k8s.it.helsinki.fi:6443
+
+# Print login success
+echo "Login successful"
+
+# Read db password from user
+DB_PASSWORD=""
+echo "Enter the possu database password \n(see https://version.helsinki.fi/toska/dokumentaatio/-/blob/master/passwords.md?ref_type=heads)"
+read -s DB_PASSWORD
+
+# Download backup
+oc exec -it $(oc get pods -l deployment=db-tools -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') -- pg_dump postgres://$DB_NAME:$DB_PASSWORD@possu-toska.it.helsinki.fi:5432/$APP_NAME | gzip -c > $DB_NAME.sql.gz
+
+# Remove and recreate the database, then load the backup
+docker-compose down db -v
+docker-compose up -d db
+
+# Wait for the database to be ready
+while ! docker-compose exec db pg_isready --dbname=$DB_NAME; do
+  echo "Waiting for the database to be ready..."
+  sleep 1
+done
+
+# Load the backup
+docker exec -i $CONTAINER_NAME /bin/bash -c "gunzip | psql -U $LOCAL_DB_USER -d $LOCAL_DB_NAME" < $DB_NAME.sql.gz