diff --git a/opensource/cli/src/commands/application.ts b/opensource/cli/src/commands/application.ts
index f067d556c..ee97a8183 100644
--- a/opensource/cli/src/commands/application.ts
+++ b/opensource/cli/src/commands/application.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ async function listAllApplicationsHandler() {
   prettyPrint(apps);
 }
 
+async function dbDumpHandler() {
+  const dump = await fetchCordManagementApi<ApplicationData[]>(
+    'customer/dbdump',
+    'GET',
+    undefined,
+    'text',
+  );
+  console.log(dump);
+}
+
 async function whichApplicationHandler() {
   const variables = await getEnvVariables().catch(() => {
     /* no op, catch below instead */
@@ -196,6 +206,7 @@ export const projectCommand = {
         (yargs) => yargs,
         listAllApplicationsHandler,
       )
+      .command('dbdump', 'Dumps all data from all projects', (yargs) => yargs, dbDumpHandler)
       .command(
         'get <id>',
         'Get a project: GET https://api.cord.com/v1/projects/<ID>',
diff --git a/opensource/cli/src/fetchCordRESTApi.ts b/opensource/cli/src/fetchCordRESTApi.ts
index be28f843f..73fd4b2c8 100644
--- a/opensource/cli/src/fetchCordRESTApi.ts
+++ b/opensource/cli/src/fetchCordRESTApi.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export async function fetchCordManagementApi<T>(
   endpoint: string,
   method: 'GET' | 'PUT' | 'POST' | 'DELETE' = 'GET',
   body?: string,
+  type: 'json' | 'text' = 'json',
 ): Promise<T> {
   const env = await getEnvVariables().catch(() => {
     /*no-op. probably just doesn't exist yet*/
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ export async function fetchCordManagementApi<T>(
   });
 
   if (response.ok) {
-    return response.json() as T;
+    return type === 'text' ? (await response.text() as T) : (await response.json() as T);
   } else {
     const responseText = await response.text();
     throw new Error(