diff --git a/scripts/add.sh b/scripts/add.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9da953d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/add.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+DB_PATH=$(realpath "$1")
+
+print_help() {
+	echo -e "add.sh - convenience script to quickly add some things without details. Usage:\n"
+	echo -e "tx\t<amt> <asset type name> <asset code> <storage name> <category name> [<datetime>]"
+	echo -e "bal\t<amt> <asset type name> <asset code> <storage name>"
+	echo -e "rate\t<amt> <asset type name> <asset code>\n"
+}
+
+num_arg() {
+	ARG="${1//[^A-Za-z0-9-\.]/}"
+	if [ -z "$ARG" ]; then
+		echo NULL
+	else
+		echo "$ARG"
+	fi
+}
+text_arg() {
+	ARG="${1//\'/\'\'}"
+	if [ -z "$ARG" ]; then
+		echo NULL
+	else
+		echo "'$ARG'"
+	fi
+}
+make_query() {
+	TARGET="$1"
+	shift 1
+
+	case "$TARGET" in
+    	"tx")
+    	    echo "insert into latest_fin_transactions(amount,asset_type,asset_code,storage,category,datetime)	values($(num_arg "$1"),$(text_arg "$2"),$(text_arg "$3"),$(text_arg "$4"),$(text_arg "$5"),$(text_arg "$6"));";;
+    	"bal")
+			echo "insert into current_balances(balance,asset_type,asset_code,storage) 							values($(num_arg "$1"),$(text_arg "$2"),$(text_arg "$3"),$(text_arg "$4"));";;
+		"rate")
+			echo "insert into current_fin_asset_rates(rate,asset_type,asset)									values($(num_arg "$1"),$(text_arg "$2"),$(text_arg "$3"))";;
+	esac
+}
+
+print_help
+MIME=$(file -b --mime-type "$DB_PATH")
+if [ "$MIME" = "application/vnd.sqlite3" ]; then 
+	BIN_PATH=sqlite3
+else
+	BIN_PATH=sqlcipher
+	read -srp "Password: " PASS; echo '';
+fi
+
+while read -rp '> ' ARGS_STR; do
+	eval "ARGS=($ARGS_STR)"
+	SQL=$(make_query "${ARGS[@]}")
+	if [ -z "$SQL" ]; then
+		echo -e "Error: unknown command\n" 
+		print_help
+		continue
+	fi
+	$BIN_PATH "$DB_PATH" <<EOF
+.output '/dev/null'
+pragma key='$PASS';
+pragma foreign_keys=ON;
+.output 'stdout'
+$SQL
+EOF
+done
diff --git a/scripts/dump_schema.sh b/scripts/dump_schema.sh
index 4f6b6f1..b717e57 100755
--- a/scripts/dump_schema.sh
+++ b/scripts/dump_schema.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
 
 DB_PATH=$(realpath "$1")
 DUMP_PATH=$(realpath "$2")
@@ -21,11 +22,12 @@ order by
 SQL
 )
 
-read -s -p "Password (if any): " PASS; echo '';
-if [ -z "$PASS" ]; then 
+MIME=$(file -b --mime-type "$DB_PATH")
+if [ "$MIME" = "application/vnd.sqlite3" ]; then 
 	BIN_PATH=sqlite3
 else
 	BIN_PATH=sqlcipher
+	read -srp "Password: " PASS; echo '';
 fi
 
 # dump
@@ -39,6 +41,6 @@ EOF
 # test
 TEST_DB_PATH="$DUMP_PATH.test.db"
 rm -f "$TEST_DB_PATH"
-cat "$DUMP_PATH" | sqlite3 "$TEST_DB_PATH"
+sqlite3 "$TEST_DB_PATH" < "$DUMP_PATH"
 echo 'pragma foreign_key_check;' | sqlite3 "$TEST_DB_PATH"
 rm -f "$TEST_DB_PATH"