diff --git a/recover-db-dev.bash b/recover-db-dev.bash
index a26cf714..110a1352 100644
--- a/recover-db-dev.bash
+++ b/recover-db-dev.bash
@@ -5,27 +5,43 @@ BUCKET_NAME="ibc-db-backup"
 ENDPOINT_URL="https://s3.eu-central-3.ionoscloud.com"
 LOCAL_DOWNLOAD_DIR="./"                    # Where to save the file
 
-# === Get latest file from IONOS S3 bucket ===
-LATEST_FILE=$(aws s3api list-objects-v2 \
-  --bucket "$BUCKET_NAME" \
-	--prefix "data-dump" \
-  --endpoint-url "$ENDPOINT_URL" \
-  --query 'Contents | sort_by(@, &LastModified) | [-1].Key' \
-  --output text)
+# === Check if a custom file is given as a command line argument ===
+if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+	CUSTOM_FILE="$1"
+	echo "🔍 Using custom file: $CUSTOM_FILE"
+	# Check if the file exists
+	if [ ! -f "$CUSTOM_FILE" ]; then
+		echo "❌ Custom file does not exist: $CUSTOM_FILE"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	LATEST_FILE="$CUSTOM_FILE"
+	FILENAME=$(basename "$LATEST_FILE")
+	SQL_FILE="${FILENAME%.br}"  # Remove .br suffix
+else
+	echo "🔍 No custom file provided, searching for latest .sql.br file in S3"
 
-# === Check if file was found ===
-if [ "$LATEST_FILE" == "None" ] || [ -z "$LATEST_FILE" ]; then
-  echo "❌ No matching .sql.br file found."
-  exit 1
+	# === Get latest file from IONOS S3 bucket ===
+	LATEST_FILE=$(aws s3api list-objects-v2 \
+		--bucket "$BUCKET_NAME" \
+		--prefix "data-dump" \
+		--endpoint-url "$ENDPOINT_URL" \
+		--query 'Contents | sort_by(@, &LastModified) | [-1].Key' \
+		--output text)
+
+	# === Check if file was found ===
+	if [ "$LATEST_FILE" == "None" ] || [ -z "$LATEST_FILE" ]; then
+		echo "❌ No matching .sql.br file found."
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	echo "🔍 Latest file found: $LATEST_FILE"
+	FILENAME=$(basename "$LATEST_FILE")
+	SQL_FILE="${FILENAME%.br}"  # Remove .br suffix
+
+	echo "📥 Downloading $LATEST_FILE"
+	aws s3 cp "s3://$BUCKET_NAME/$LATEST_FILE" "$LOCAL_DOWNLOAD_DIR" \
+		--endpoint-url "$ENDPOINT_URL"
 fi
 
-FILENAME=$(basename "$LATEST_FILE")
-SQL_FILE="${FILENAME%.br}"  # Remove .br suffix
-
-echo "📥 Downloading $LATEST_FILE"
-aws s3 cp "s3://$BUCKET_NAME/$LATEST_FILE" "$LOCAL_DOWNLOAD_DIR" \
-  --endpoint-url "$ENDPOINT_URL"
-
 # === Decompress with Brotli ===
 echo "🗜️ Decompressing $FILENAME -> $SQL_FILE"
 brotli -d "$FILENAME"