diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 35c2f2f03..8e70ac2cc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ install: conda
 # pip install git+https://github.com/mskcc/beagle_cli.git@develop
 # pip install -r requirements-cli.txt # <- what happened to this file?
 
+BEAGLE_BACKUP_DB_FOLDER=/juno/work/ci/beagle_backups/
+
 export ENVIRONMENT=dev
 # ~~~~~ Set Up Demo Postgres Database for Dev ~~~~~ #
 export BEAGLE_DB_NAME=db
@@ -172,13 +174,18 @@ db-backup: $(DB_BACKUP_DIR)
 db-restore:
 	@echo ">>> restoring db from DBFILE: $(DBFILE)"
 	if [ -n "$(DBFILE)" ]; then \
-	psql "$(PGDATABASE)" < "$(DBFILE)" ; fi
+	pg_restore -h $(PGHOST) -p $(PGPORT) --no-privileges --no-owner --clean -d $(PGDATABASE) < "$(DBFILE)" ; fi
 
 # interactive Postgres console
 # use command `\dt` to show all tables
 db-inter:
 	psql -p "$(PGPORT)" -U "$(PGUSER)" -W "$(PGDATABASE)"
 
+db-sync-prod: 
+	LATEST_DUMP=`ssh voyager ls -Art $(BEAGLE_BACKUP_DB_FOLDER) | tail -n 1` && \
+	rsync --progress voyager:$(BEAGLE_BACKUP_DB_FOLDER)$$LATEST_DUMP . && \
+	pg_restore  -d $(PGDATABASE) < $$LATEST_DUMP
+
 
 # ~~~~~~ Celery tasks & RabbitMQ setup ~~~~~ #
 # !! need to start RabbitMQ before celery, and both before running Django app servers !!