diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96210e2..9e611e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 1. Rename *dist.env* to *.env*. Update the environment variables.
 2. run osmtile with import script
-2. Build the images and run the containers:
+3. Build the images and run the containers:
 
     ```sh
     $ docker-compose up -d --build --remove-orphans ; docker-compose logs -f --timestamps
     ```
+4. Seed db
diff --git a/src/forest/manage.py b/src/forest/manage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffaf0f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/forest/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+
+from flask.cli import FlaskGroup
+from forest import app, db
+from forest.models import User
+
+from flask_migrate import Migrate
+
+cli = FlaskGroup(app)
+
+migrate = Migrate()
+migrate.init_app(app, db)
+
+@cli.command("create_db")
+def create_db():
+    db.drop_all()
+    db.create_all()
+    db.session.commit()
+
+
+@cli.command("seed_db")
+def seed_db():
+    db.session.add(User(email="daniel@deflax.net"))
+    db.session.commit()
+
+
+@cli.command("upgrade_db")
+def upgrade_db():
+    """Run deployment tasks."""
+    from flask_migrate import upgrade
+    from app.models import Role, User
+
+    # migrate database to latest revision
+    upgrade()
+
+    # create user roles
+    Role.insert_roles()
+
+
+@cli.command("restore_db")
+def restore_db(restore_file):
+    """ recreate db from grid export with python3 manage.py restore /path/grid.tar.bz2 """
+    print(str(restore_file))
+    #TODO
+    from app.models import User
+    db.session.add(User(email=str(user), password=str(password), confirmed=True, confirmed_on=datetime.datetime.now()))
+    db.session.commit()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    cli()
+