diff --git a/documentation/changelog.rst b/documentation/changelog.rst
index aa1035037..0a833676e 100644
--- a/documentation/changelog.rst
+++ b/documentation/changelog.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Bugfixes
 * Documentation listed 2.0 API endpoints twice [see `PR #59 <http://www.github.com/SeitaBV/flexmeasures/pull/59>`_]
 * User page did not list number of assets correctly [see `PR #64 <http://www.github.com/SeitaBV/flexmeasures/pull/64>`_]
 
-
+Infrastructure/Support
+----------------------
+* Dump and restore postgres database as CLI commands [see `PR #68 <https://github.com/SeitaBV/flexmeasures/pull/68>`_]
 
 v0.2.3 | February 27, 2021
 ===========================
diff --git a/flexmeasures/data/Readme.md b/flexmeasures/data/Readme.md
index e049434a6..496c46259 100644
--- a/flexmeasures/data/Readme.md
+++ b/flexmeasures/data/Readme.md
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ You need data to enjoy the benefits of FlexMeasures or to develop features for i
 
 ### Import from another database
 
-Here is a short recipe to import data from a database (e.g. a demo database) into your local system.
+Here is a short recipe to import data from a FlexMeasures database (e.g. a demo database) into your local system.
 
 On the to-be-exported database:
 
-    pg_dump --host=YOUR_URL --port=YOUR_PORT --username=YOUR_USER --no-privileges --no-owner --data-only --format=c --file=pgbackup_`date +%F-%H%M`.dump YOUR_DB_NAME
+    flask db-dump
 
 Note that we only dump the data here. Locally, we create a fresh database with the structure being based on the data model given by the local codebase:
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Note that we only dump the data here. Locally, we create a fresh database with t
 
 Then we import the data dump we made earlier:
 
-    pg_restore -U YOUR_DEV_USER --password -h 127.0.0.1 -d YOUR_DEV_DB_NAME ~/Downloads/pgbackup_YOUR_DATETIME.dump
+    flask db-restore <DATABASE DUMP FILENAME>
 
 A potential `alembic_version` error should not prevent other data tables from being restored.
 You can also choose to import a complete db dump into a freshly created database, of course.
diff --git a/flexmeasures/data/scripts/cli_tasks/db_pop.py b/flexmeasures/data/scripts/cli_tasks/db_pop.py
index 71a3fc0d1..3633b2eff 100644
--- a/flexmeasures/data/scripts/cli_tasks/db_pop.py
+++ b/flexmeasures/data/scripts/cli_tasks/db_pop.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """CLI Tasks for (de)populating the database - most useful in development"""
 
-from datetime import timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+import subprocess
 from typing import List
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -321,3 +322,54 @@ def create_power_forecasts(
         end_of_roll=pd.Timestamp(to_date).tz_localize(timezone)
         - timedelta(hours=horizon_hours),
     )
+
+
+@app.cli.command()
+def db_dump():
+    """Create a database dump of the database used by the app."""
+    db_uri = app.config.get("SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI")
+    db_host_and_db_name = db_uri.split("@")[-1]
+    click.echo(f"Backing up {db_host_and_db_name} database")
+    db_name = db_host_and_db_name.split("/")[-1]
+    time_of_saving = datetime.now().strftime("%F-%H%M")
+    dump_filename = f"pgbackup_{db_name}_{time_of_saving}.dump"
+    command_for_dumping = f"pg_dump --no-privileges --no-owner --data-only --format=c --file={dump_filename} {db_uri}"
+    try:
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(command_for_dumping, shell=True)  # , env={
+        # 'PGPASSWORD': DB_PASSWORD
+        # })
+        proc.wait()
+        click.echo(f"db dump successful: saved to {dump_filename}")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        click.echo(f"Exception happened during dump: {e}")
+        click.echo("db dump unsuccessful")
+
+
+@app.cli.command()
+@click.argument("file", type=click.Path(exists=True))
+def db_restore(file: str):
+    """Restore the database used by the app, from a given database dump file, after you've reset the database.
+
+    From the command line:
+
+        % db-dump
+        % db-reset
+        % db-restore FILE
+
+    """
+
+    db_uri = app.config.get("SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI")
+    db_host_and_db_name = db_uri.split("@")[-1]
+    click.echo(f"Restoring {db_host_and_db_name} database from file {file}")
+    command_for_restoring = f"pg_restore -d {db_uri} {file}"
+    try:
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(command_for_restoring, shell=True)  # , env={
+        # 'PGPASSWORD': DB_PASSWORD
+        # })
+        proc.wait()
+        click.echo("db restore successful")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        click.echo(f"Exception happened during restore: {e}")
+        click.echo("db restore unsuccessful")