diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b784703..2e971155 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 # Never commit database backups to the codebase.
 /db/backups/*
 !/db/backups/.keep
+/db/dumps/*
+!/db/dumps/.keep
 
 # Ignore all the Puma related files given they are ephemeral and production only.
 /puma/*
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0f1f5f5f..b6be0fd2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ gem 'byebug', groups: %i[development test]
 # For seeding the database with modular control and dependencies
 gem 'seedbank'
 
-# For dumping database data into a YAML file (great for maintenance backups)
-gem 'yaml_db'
-
 # So we can upload files to Digital Ocean Spaces (S3-compatible)
 gem 'aws-sdk-s3'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 40ea2e6e..2c54828c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -211,9 +211,6 @@ GEM
     websocket-driver (0.7.3)
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
-    yaml_db (0.7.0)
-      rails (>= 3.0)
-      rake (>= 0.8.7)
     zeitwerk (2.4.2)
 
 PLATFORMS
@@ -241,7 +238,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rubocop
   rubocop-rails
   seedbank
-  yaml_db
 
 RUBY VERSION
    ruby 3.0.0p0
diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/json_api_controller.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/json_api_controller.rb
index 6abcad8a..45376348 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/json_api_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/json_api_controller.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 module JsonApiController
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
-  included do
-    before_action :check_content_type
-  end
-
   # CRUD
   #
   # In order to follow the JSON API specs, unsported request endpoints should
@@ -547,15 +543,6 @@ def user_has_ability?(_action)
     true
   end
 
-  # VALIDATION
-
-  # Check for the JSON API Content Type header. Throw 415 error if not present.
-  # Firefox has a known bug where they append "; charset=UTF-8" to the end, which breaks.
-  # https://josef.codes/firefox-adds-charset-utf-8-when-doing-post-requests-with-ajax/
-  def check_content_type
-    wrong_content_type unless request.content_type.present? && request.content_type.split(';').first == 'application/vnd.api+json'
-  end
-
   # ERRORS
 
   def unauthorized(meta = nil)
@@ -633,14 +620,6 @@ def route_not_found(meta = nil)
     )
   end
 
-  def wrong_content_type
-    render_error(
-      415,
-      'unsupported-media-type',
-      'This API follows the JSON API standards and can therefor only accepts request with Content-Type "application/vnd.api+json".'
-    )
-  end
-
   def record_not_found(meta = nil)
     render_error(
       404,
diff --git a/db/dumps/.keep b/db/dumps/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/scripts/backup-remote.sh b/scripts/backup-remote.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ab525e8b..00000000
--- a/scripts/backup-remote.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-set -o pipefail
-
-timestamp=$1
-
-(
-  set -x
-  cd /var/www/rails.api.interflux.com/
-  bin/rails db:data:dump_dir dir=backups/$timestamp
-  tar --create --gzip --verbose --file db/backups/$timestamp.tar.gz db/backups/$timestamp/
-)
diff --git a/scripts/backup.sh b/scripts/backup.sh
index c954dbd1..0bf4c37b 100755
--- a/scripts/backup.sh
+++ b/scripts/backup.sh
@@ -3,34 +3,28 @@
 set -e
 set -o pipefail
 
-# url=admin@frankfurt.server.interflux.com
-server=frankfurt # Configured in ~/.ssh/config
 timestamp="$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S")-UTC"
+server=frankfurt # See ~/.ssh/config
+db_prod=interflux_production
+db_dev=interflux_development
 
 echo "----------"
-echo "Backing up Interflux database"
+echo "Backing up database"
 echo "Timestamp: $timestamp"
+echo "DB source: $db_prod @ $server"
+echo "DB target: $db_dev @ localhost"
 echo "----------"
-
-(
-  set -x
-  scp scripts/backup-remote.sh $server:~/
-  ssh $server "~/backup-remote.sh $timestamp; rm -f ~/backup-remote.sh"
-)
-
+ssh $server "pg_dump -Fc --no-owner --no-privileges --verbose $db_prod" > db/dumps/$db_prod-$timestamp.dump
 echo "----------"
-echo "Remote database backup complete."
-echo "Copying database to local..."
+echo "✅ Downloaded production database"
 echo "----------"
-
-(
-  set -x
-  scp $server:/var/www/rails.api.interflux.com/db/backups/$timestamp.tar.gz ./db/backups
-  tar --extract --file db/backups/$timestamp.tar.gz
-  bin/rails db:data:load_dir dir=backups/$timestamp
-  rm db/backups/$timestamp.tar.gz
-)
-
+ls -la db/dumps
+echo "----------"
+RAILS_ENV=development rails db:drop db:create
+echo "----------"
+echo "✅ Reset local database"
 echo "----------"
-echo "Done!"
+pg_restore --clean --if-exists --no-owner --no-privileges --dbname=$db_dev db/dumps/$db_prod-$timestamp.dump
 echo "----------"
+echo "✅ Synced local database with production"
+echo "----------"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/restore-backup-remote.sh b/scripts/restore-backup-remote.sh
index d3357af9..9a1bea13 100755
--- a/scripts/restore-backup-remote.sh
+++ b/scripts/restore-backup-remote.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -e
-set -o pipefail
-
-backup=$1
-
-(
-  set -x
-  cd /var/www/api.interflux.com/builds/production/latest/
-  cp -r "/var/www/api.interflux.com/db/$backup" ./db/
-  export RAILS_ENV=production
-  bin/rails db:data:load_dir dir=$backup
-)
+# TODO: use pg_restore
+
+# set -e
+# set -o pipefail
+
+# backup=$1
+
+# (
+#   set -x
+#   cd /var/www/api.interflux.com/builds/production/latest/
+#   cp -r "/var/www/api.interflux.com/db/$backup" ./db/
+#   export RAILS_ENV=production
+#   bin/rails db:data:load_dir dir=$backup
+# )
diff --git a/scripts/restore-backup.sh b/scripts/restore-backup.sh
index ea16db37..82809eff 100755
--- a/scripts/restore-backup.sh
+++ b/scripts/restore-backup.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -e
-set -o pipefail
+# TODO: use pg_restore
 
-user=bot
-server=server.interflux.com
-backup=$1
+# set -e
+# set -o pipefail
 
-echo "----------"
-echo "Restoring database backup $backup"
-echo "----------"
+# user=bot
+# server=server.interflux.com
+# backup=$1
 
-(
-  set -x
-  scp -i ~/.ssh/$user@$server remote/restore-backup-remote.sh $user@$server:~/
-  ssh -i ~/.ssh/$user@$server $user@$server "~/restore-backup-remote.sh $backup; rm -f ~/backup-remote.sh"
-)
+# echo "----------"
+# echo "Restoring database backup $backup"
+# echo "----------"
 
-echo "----------"
-echo "Done!"
-echo "----------"
+# (
+#   set -x
+#   scp -i ~/.ssh/$user@$server remote/restore-backup-remote.sh $user@$server:~/
+#   ssh -i ~/.ssh/$user@$server $user@$server "~/restore-backup-remote.sh $backup; rm -f ~/backup-remote.sh"
+# )
+
+# echo "----------"
+# echo "Done!"
+# echo "----------"
diff --git a/wiki/production.sh b/wiki/production.sh
index fa173164..c4faf9c6 100644
--- a/wiki/production.sh
+++ b/wiki/production.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 # Back up the production database
 
-remote/backup.sh
+script/backup.sh
 
 # Restore a production database
 
-remote/restore-backup.sh "production-2022-03-09-013916-UTC"
+script/restore-backup.sh "production-2022-03-09-013916-UTC"
 
 # Seed production database