diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d89407..8f9be7b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 *.dylib
 
 bin
+database.txt
 db.sqlite3
 *.png
 
diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
index d005846..2547900 100644
--- a/backend/Makefile
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ migrate:
 db.sqlite3:
 	make migrate
 
+dbdump:
+	sqlite3 $(DB_FILE) .dump > database.txt
+
 backup:
 	mkdir -p backups
 	sqlite3 $(DB_FILE) .dump | gzip -9 > ./backups/BACKUP_$(DB_FILE)_$(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S").sql.gz