diff --git a/.env b/.env
index c65541e..46d2c7c 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-BLOG_ENDPOINT=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lumither/blog-posts/master
-BACKEND_PORT=3001
+BLOG_ENDPOINT=git@github.com:Lumither/blog-posts.git
+GIT_WORK_DIR=./blog_posts_git
 
+BACKEND_PORT=3001
 DB_CONNECTION=postgresql://localhost:5432/blog
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bd9b839..a995bcd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@ bun.lockb
 
 # ide related
 .idea
+
+# tmp git working dir
+/blog_posts_git/
diff --git a/backend/post.sql b/backend/post.sql
index 8c7cf26..5b874d1 100644
--- a/backend/post.sql
+++ b/backend/post.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CREATE TABLE Post
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Post
 (
     post_id     UUID PRIMARY KEY,
     title       VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
diff --git a/backend/tag.sql b/backend/tag.sql
index 3611b09..6c84b76 100644
--- a/backend/tag.sql
+++ b/backend/tag.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CREATE TABLE Tag
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Tag
 (
     post_id UUID         NOT NULL,
     tag     VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
diff --git a/refresh.sh b/refresh.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a09e231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/refresh.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source .env
+
+if [ -z "$BLOG_ENDPOINT" ]; then
+  echo "BLOG_ENDPOINT is not set in the .env file"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$GIT_WORK_DIR" ]; then
+  echo "GIT_WORK_DIR is not set in the .env file"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+check_for_updates() {
+  cd "$GIT_WORK_DIR" || exit
+  res=$(git pull)
+  if echo "$res" | grep -q "Already up to date"; then
+    echo "Repo is up to date."
+  else
+    echo "Repo has updated"
+  fi
+  }
+
+if [ -d "$GIT_WORK_DIR" ]; then
+  check_for_updates
+else
+  git clone "$BLOG_ENDPOINT" "$GIT_WORK_DIR"
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    check_for_updates
+  else
+    echo "Failed to clone the repo"
+  fi
+fi