diff --git a/app/backend/gwells/fixtures/wellsearch-codetables.json b/app/backend/gwells/fixtures/wellsearch-codetables.json
index 74103740b..7337dcf0d 100644
--- a/app/backend/gwells/fixtures/wellsearch-codetables.json
+++ b/app/backend/gwells/fixtures/wellsearch-codetables.json
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@
             "create_date": "2017-07-01T08:00:00Z",
             "update_user": "ETL_USER",
             "update_date": "2017-07-01T08:00:00Z",
-            "description": "Dugout",
+            "description": "Dug",
             "display_order": 50,
             "effective_date": "2018-05-25T07:00:00Z",
             "expiry_date": "9999-12-31T23:59:59Z"
diff --git a/app/backend/wells/management/commands/update_drilling_method_codes.py b/app/backend/wells/management/commands/update_drilling_method_codes.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ab58522f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/backend/wells/management/commands/update_drilling_method_codes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from wells.models import DrillingMethodCode
+from collections import defaultdict
+import json
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+  help = "Update a value in the drilling_methods_code table"
+  def update_drilling_method_codes(self):
+    drilling_method_codes = open("gwells/fixtures/wellsearch-codetables.json")
+    drilling_method_codes = json.load(drilling_method_codes)
+
+    for item in drilling_method_codes:
+        if item["model"] == "wells.drillingmethodcode":          
+            DrillingMethodCode.objects.update_or_create(pk=item["pk"], defaults=item["fields"])
+            
+  def handle(self, *args, **options):
+    self.update_drilling_method_codes()
+    print("update_drilling_method_codes.py completed successfully")