diff --git a/tools/.htaccess b/tools/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d2f256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+deny from all
diff --git a/tools/dbjsonDecode.php b/tools/dbjsonDecode.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..06ff956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dbjsonDecode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/php5
+<?php
+if (! isset ($argv[1]))
+  die ("No file to decode provided\n");
+
+$file = $argv[1];
+if (! file_exists ($file))
+  die ("File $file not found\n");
+if (! is_readable ($file))
+  die ("File $file not readable\n");
+if (! is_writeable ($file))
+  die ("File $file not writeable\n");
+
+print_r (json_decode (file_get_contents ($file)));
+