diff --git a/deployment/docker/db_export.sh b/deployment/docker/db_export.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb2f8030
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+++ b/deployment/docker/db_export.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+bash -c 'source .env && docker compose exec postgres pg_dump $C3NAV_DATABASE_NAME -U postgres'
diff --git a/deployment/docker/db_import.sh b/deployment/docker/db_import.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78abf6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/docker/db_import.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+bash -c 'source .env && docker compose exec -T postgres psql $C3NAV_DATABASE_NAME -U postgres'