diff --git a/dev.py b/dev.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+from subprocess import run
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+import os
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-i',
+        '--init-db',
+        help='Run the admin cli to setup the db backend',
+        action='store_true'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-d',
+        '--db-url',
+        help='Sets the database URL to use for connecting to postgres',
+        default='postgres://psql:example@localhost:5432'
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    env = os.environ
+    if args.init_db:
+        run('cargo run --bin admin-cli -- --setup'.split(), env=env)
+    else:
+        print('Nothing to do')