# How to restore from pgdump on local development docker install?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-restore-from-pgdump-on-local-development-docker-install/215083
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-restore-from-pgdump-on-local-development-docker-install/215083 "2022-01-17T12:26:45Z")
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### Author:  [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-restore-from-pgdump-on-local-development-docker-install/215083/1 "2022-01-17T12:26:45Z")
I was previously using the macOS environment, but I got tired of rails code breaking after Discourse updates, so I’m trying the docker setup.
Everything worked up to the point where I see the wizard welcome screen, but I’m trying to restore my old development database content with this command:
```plaintext
psql -d discourse_development -f my_old_pg_dump.sql
```
Which isn’t making a difference because it’s not targeting the DB in the docker container. I’ve also tried using `d/psql` but then it can’t access the sql file.
I feel like there’s something obvious I’m missing.
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### Author:  [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-restore-from-pgdump-on-local-development-docker-install/215083/2 "2022-01-18T08:17:32Z")
I figured out that the docker image [maps the current folder](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/bin/docker/boot_dev#L100), so I moved the sql file there and was able to access it:
```plaintext
d/shell_root
su postgres -c "psql -d discourse_development -f my_old_pg_dump.sql"
```