diff --git a/bin/dumpcheck.sh b/bin/dumpcheck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5d4fda018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/dumpcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cd "`dirname $0`"
+java -ea -cp ../classes:../lib/yacycore.jar net.yacy.kelondro.logging.ThreadDump -f $1