diff --git a/bin/restore-database.sh b/bin/restore-database.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+heroku pg:backups capture --app recyclery-database
+sleep 3
+curl -o tmp/latest.dump `heroku pg:backups public-url --app recyclery-database`
+pg_restore --verbose --clean --no-acl --no-owner -h localhost -U louisk -d db/bikedb_development tmp/latest.dump
+