diff --git a/include/stmt.h b/include/stmt.h
index e593e35..c644421 100644
--- a/include/stmt.h
+++ b/include/stmt.h
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ static const char set_repo_stmt_template[] =
 		"repo_link = ? "
 	"WHERE who = ?;"
 ;
+
+static const char dump_stmt[] =
+	"SELECT * FROM project;"
+;
diff --git a/src/api.c b/src/api.c
index b622aac..4421fd7 100644
--- a/src/api.c
+++ b/src/api.c
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ rtos(void* data,
 }
 
 DECL char *
+dump(){
+  char* errmsg;
+  char* r = (char*)calloc(sizeof(char), 10000);	// TODO: allow for reallocing in rtos, start with a smaller value
+  DBERR(sqlite3_exec(connection, dump_stmt, rtos, &r, &errmsg));
+  return r;
+}
+
+DECL char *
 raw(const char * const sql)
 {
   char* errmsg;