diff --git a/init-db.sh b/init-db.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Quick and dirty script to apply a new db dump to the glvd instance
+# Obtain image digest from https://github.com/gardenlinux/glvd-contrib/actions/workflows/pg-init.yaml
+
+if [[ "$#" -ne 1 ]]; then
+	echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") <image-digest-sha>"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+SHA=$1
+
+kubectl scale --replicas=0 deploy/glvd
+kubectl delete po/init-pg
+DB_PASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret/postgres-credentials --template="{{.data.password}}" | base64 -d)
+kubectl run init-pg --image=ghcr.io/gardenlinux/glvd-postgres-init:latest@sha256:"$SHA" --restart=Never --env=PGHOST=glvd-database-0.glvd-database --env=PGPASSWORD="$DB_PASSWORD"
+sleep 40
+kubectl logs po/init-pg
+sleep 10
+kubectl scale --replicas=1 deploy/glvd