diff --git a/deployment/docker/loadproduction_docker.sh b/deployment/docker/loadproduction_docker.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "usage:"
+  echo "$0 [databasename]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+database="$1"
+
+echo "Fetching database ${database} from production and loading it into the docker compose deployment"
+PG_CLUSTER_PRIMARY_POD=$(kubectl -n c3nav get pod -o name -l postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/cluster=c3nav,postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/role=master)
+kubectl exec -n c3nav ${PG_CLUSTER_PRIMARY_POD} --container database -- pg_dump -U postgres -n public -c -O -x "${database}" | \
+docker exec -i c3nav-postgres-1 psql -U postgres "${database}"