diff --git a/cleanup_pyc.sh b/cleanup_pyc.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d210e0425c..00000000000
--- a/cleanup_pyc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash 
-
-find . -name "*.pyc" -exec rm -f {} \;
diff --git a/flake8.sh b/flake8.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b7fab077c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake8.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+flake8 geonode
diff --git a/scripts/misc/align_remote_branches.sh b/scripts/misc/align_remote_branches.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93b5a570569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/misc/align_remote_branches.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This is the script directory
+# pushd $(dirname $0)
+
+# This is the current directory
+pushd $PWD
+
+git fetch --all --prune
+OUTPUT=`git branch -r | awk '{print $1}' | egrep -v -f /dev/fd/0 <(git branch -vv) | awk '{print $1}' | xargs git branch -D 2>&1`
+
+`echo $OUTPUT | grep 'branch name required' &> /dev/null`
+if [ $? == 0 ]; then
+   echo "All remote branches are aligned!"
+   BRANCH=`git branch 2>&1`
+   echo "You are currently on branch: $BRANCH"
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/misc/cleanup_pyc.sh b/scripts/misc/cleanup_pyc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4eeae2b9440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/misc/cleanup_pyc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash 
+
+# This is the script directory
+# pushd $(dirname $0)
+
+# This is the current directory
+pushd $PWD
+
+find . -name "*.pyc" -exec rm -f {} \;
diff --git a/scripts/misc/django_backup.sh b/scripts/misc/django_backup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..658cbe1c9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/misc/django_backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source ~/.virtualenvs/geonode/bin/activate
+
+# This is the script directory
+# pushd $(dirname $0)
+
+# This is the current directory
+pushd $PWD
+
+case $1 in
+	"backup-dir")
+		case $2 in
+                        "")
+                                echo "Missing 'backup-dir <backup-dis>' path!"
+                                ;;
+			*)
+				echo "Starting Backup to $2"
+				DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=geonode.settings python -W ignore manage.py backup --backup-dir=$2
+				;;
+		esac
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "Missing 'backup-dir' parameter!"
+		;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/misc/django_generate_secret_key.sh b/scripts/misc/django_generate_secret_key.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7019cf49464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/misc/django_generate_secret_key.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This is the script directory
+# pushd $(dirname $0)
+
+# This is the current directory
+pushd $PWD
+
+OUTPUT=`python -c "import random,string;print(''.join([random.SystemRandom().choice(\"{}{}{}\".format(string.ascii_letters, string.digits, \"---\")) for i in range(63)]).replace('\\'','\\'\"\\'\"\\''))"; 2>&1`
+
+echo $OUTPUT
diff --git a/scripts/misc/django_restore.sh b/scripts/misc/django_restore.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78b4c9e98a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/misc/django_restore.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source ~/.virtualenvs/geonode/bin/activate
+
+# This is the script directory
+# pushd $(dirname $0)
+
+# This is the current directory
+pushd $PWD
+
+case $1 in
+	"backup-file")
+		case $2 in
+                        "")
+                                echo "Missing 'backup-file <backup-file>' path!"
+                                ;;
+			*)
+				echo "Starting Restore from $2"
+				DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=geonode.settings python -W ignore manage.py restore --backup-file=$2
+                                # e.g.: source-address=localhost:8000 target-address=example.com
+				DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=geonode.settings python -W ignore manage.py migrate_baseurl -f --source-address=source-address --target-address=target-address
+				;;
+		esac
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "Missing 'backup-file' parameter!"
+		;;
+esac
+
+exit 0