diff --git a/lbry/wallet/database.py b/lbry/wallet/database.py
index 9941933fa..233958755 100644
--- a/lbry/wallet/database.py
+++ b/lbry/wallet/database.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import asyncio
 import sqlite3
+import sys
 
 from binascii import hexlify
 from concurrent.futures.thread import ThreadPoolExecutor
@@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ class AIOSQLite:
     def executescript(self, script: str) -> Awaitable:
         return self.run(lambda conn: conn.executescript(script))
 
+    def create_function(self, name, num_params, func, deterministic=True) -> Awaitable:
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+            return self.run(lambda conn: conn.create_function(name, num_params, func))
+        return self.run(lambda conn: conn.create_function(name, num_params, func, deterministic=deterministic))
+
     def execute_fetchall(self, sql: str, parameters: Iterable = None) -> Awaitable[Iterable[sqlite3.Row]]:
         parameters = parameters if parameters is not None else []
         return self.run(lambda conn: conn.execute(sql, parameters).fetchall())
diff --git a/scripts/stay_in_sync.py b/scripts/stay_in_sync.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bd974c2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/stay_in_sync.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+
+from lbry.wallet import database
+
+
+def enable_logging():
+    root = logging.getLogger()
+    root.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+    handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')  # %(asctime)s - %(levelname)s -
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    root.addHandler(handler)
+
+
+async def initialize_tables(queue, old_file, db):
+
+    await db.executescript("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
+    await db.executescript("PRAGMA case_sensitive_like=true")
+    await db.executescript("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS claim_with_metadata "
+                           "(claimID BLOB NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, "
+                           "name BLOB NOT NULL, "
+                           "originalHeight INTEGER NOT NULL, "
+                           "updateHeight INTEGER NOT NULL, "
+                           "activationHeight INTEGER NOT NULL, "
+                           "metadataField1 TEXT)")
+
+    await db.executescript(f"ATTACH '{old_file}' AS crd")
+
+    await db.create_function("NEEDS_UPDATE", 5, lambda id, name, original, update, activation:
+                                  queue.put_nowait({
+                                      "claimID": id, "name": name, "originalHeight": original,
+                                      "updateHeight": update, "activationHeight": activation
+                                  }))
+    await db.executescript("CREATE TEMP TRIGGER on_claim_insert AFTER INSERT ON crd.claim "
+                           "FOR EACH ROW BEGIN SELECT NEEDS_UPDATE(NEW.claimID, NEW.nodeName, "
+                           "NEW.originalHeight, NEW.updateHeight, NEW.ActivationHeight); END")
+    await db.executescript("CREATE TEMP TRIGGER on_claim_update AFTER UPDATE ON crd.claim "
+                           "FOR EACH ROW BEGIN SELECT NEEDS_UPDATE(NEW.claimID, NEW.nodeName, "
+                           "NEW.originalHeight, NEW.updateHeight, NEW.ActivationHeight); END")
+    await db.executescript("CREATE TEMP TRIGGER on_claim_delete AFTER DELETE ON crd.claim "
+                           "FOR EACH ROW BEGIN SELECT NEEDS_UPDATE(OLD.claimID, OLD.nodeName, 0, 0, 0); END")
+
+
+async def catch_up_on_missing(queue, db):
+    # items removed from crd are those that are in claim_with_metadata but not in crd
+    # items inserted into crd are those in crd but not in claim_with_metadata
+    # items updated are those that are in both but some columns don't match
+    await db.executescript("DELETE FROM claim_with_metadata WHERE claimID NOT IN"
+                           "(SELECT c.claimID FROM crd.claim c)")
+    await db.executescript("INSERT INTO claim_with_metadata(claimID, name, originalHeight, updateHeight, activationHeight) "
+                           "SELECT c.claimID, c.nodeName, c.originalHeight, c.updateHeight, c.activationHeight "
+                           "FROM crd.claim c LEFT JOIN claim_with_metadata m ON c.claimID = m.claimID "
+                           "WHERE m.claimID IS NULL OR c.nodeName != m.name OR c.updateHeight != m.updateHeight "
+                           "OR c.activationHeight != m.activationHeight ON CONFLICT(claimID) DO UPDATE SET "
+                           "name = excluded.name, originalHeight = excluded.originalHeight, "
+                           "updateHeight = excluded.updateHeight, activationHeight = excluded.activationHeight")
+
+
+async def remove_claim(claim, db):
+    await db.executescript("DELETE FROM claim_with_metadata WHERE claimID = :claimID", claim)
+
+
+async def insert_update(claim, db):
+    # TODO: lookup and parse metadata here
+    await db.executescript("INSERT INTO claim_with_metadata(claimID, name, originalHeight, updateHeight, activationHeight) "
+                           "VALUES(:claimID, :name, :originalHeight, :updateHeight, :activationHeight) "
+                           "ON CONFLICT(claimID) DO UPDATE SET name = excluded.name, "
+                           "originalHeight = excluded.originalHeight, updateHeight = excluded.updateHeight, "
+                           "activationHeight = excluded.activationHeight", claim)
+
+
+async def handle_changes():
+    old_file = os.path.expanduser("~/.lbrycrd/claims.sqlite")
+    new_file = os.path.expanduser("~/.lbrycrd/duplicate.sqlite")
+    db = database.AIOSQLite()
+    db = await db.connect(new_file)  # super confusing that you have to use the return value here
+
+    queue = asyncio.Queue()
+    await initialize_tables(queue, old_file, db)
+    await catch_up_on_missing(queue, db)
+
+    while True:
+        claim = await queue.get()
+        if claim.updateHeight <= 0:
+            await remove_claim(claim, db)
+        else:
+            await insert_update(claim, db)
+
+
+def main():
+    enable_logging()
+
+    try:
+        asyncio.run(handle_changes())
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        logging.info("Process interrupted")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()