diff --git a/scripts/initialize_hub_from_snapshot.sh b/scripts/initialize_hub_from_snapshot.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT="1049658"
+
+HUB_VOLUME_PATH="/var/lib/docker/volumes/${USER}_wallet_server"
+ES_VOLUME_PATH="/var/lib/docker/volumes/${USER}_es01"
+
+SNAPSHOT_TAR_NAME="wallet_server_snapshot_${SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT}.tar"
+ES_SNAPSHOT_TAR_NAME="es_snapshot_${SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT}.tar"
+
+SNAPSHOT_URL="https://snapshots.lbry.com/hub/${SNAPSHOT_TAR_NAME}"
+ES_SNAPSHOT_URL="https://snapshots.lbry.com/hub/${ES_SNAPSHOT_TAR_NAME}"
+
+echo "fetching wallet server snapshot"
+wget $SNAPSHOT_URL
+echo "decompressing wallet server snapshot"
+tar -xf $SNAPSHOT_TAR_NAME
+sudo mkdir -p $HUB_VOLUME_PATH
+sudo rm -rf "${HUB_VOLUME_PATH}/_data"
+sudo chown -R 999:999 "snapshot_${SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT}"
+sudo mv "snapshot_${SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT}" "${HUB_VOLUME_PATH}/_data"
+echo "finished setting up wallet server snapshot"
+
+echo "fetching elasticsearch snapshot"
+wget $ES_SNAPSHOT_URL
+echo "decompressing elasticsearch snapshot"
+tar -xf $ES_SNAPSHOT_TAR_NAME
+sudo chown -R $USER:root "snapshot_es_${SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT}"
+sudo chmod -R 775 "snapshot_es_${SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT}"
+sudo mkdir -p $ES_VOLUME_PATH
+sudo rm -rf "${ES_VOLUME_PATH}/_data"
+sudo mv "snapshot_es_${SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT}" "${ES_VOLUME_PATH}/_data"
+echo "finished setting up elasticsearch snapshot"