diff --git a/restore-db.sh b/restore-db.sh
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index 00000000..f07ab1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/restore-db.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 dump/{timestamp, like 2016-07-26-1150}" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mongorestore -h localhost:27017 -d eve --maintainInsertionOrder --stopOnError "$1/eve"