diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index df44e28..95d3f6b 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
       DASH_DEBUG_MODE: "True"
       DASH_SILENCE_ROUTES_LOGGING: "False"
       DASH_SERVER_PORT: 8050
-      DB_HOST: db
+      DB_HOST: mongodb://db/openpath_prod_ca_ebike
       WEB_SERVER_HOST: 0.0.0.0
       SERVER_BRANCH: master
       CONFIG_PATH: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/e-mission/nrel-openpath-deploy-configs/main/configs/"
diff --git a/docker/load_mongodump.sh b/docker/load_mongodump.sh
index bd6fcea..a6f8863 100755
--- a/docker/load_mongodump.sh
+++ b/docker/load_mongodump.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,70 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Directory of the script
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$0")"
+
+# Path to the configuration file (one level up)
+CONFIG_FILE="$SCRIPT_DIR/../docker-compose-dev.yml"
+
+# Check if the correct number of arguments is provided
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <mongodump-file>"
+    echo "  <mongodump-file> : The path to the MongoDB dump file to be restored."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 MONGODUMP_FILE=$1
 
-echo "Copying file to docker container"
-docker cp $MONGODUMP_FILE op-admin-dashboard-db-1:/tmp
+# Print debug information
+echo "Script Directory: $SCRIPT_DIR"
+echo "Configuration File Path: $CONFIG_FILE"
+echo "MongoDump File Path: $MONGODUMP_FILE"
+
+# Check if the provided file exists
+if [ ! -f "$MONGODUMP_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Error: File '$MONGODUMP_FILE' does not exist."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if the configuration file exists
+if [ ! -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Configuration file '$CONFIG_FILE' does not exist."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Print details about the configuration file
+echo "Configuration file details:"
+ls -l "$CONFIG_FILE"
+
+# Extract the database name from the mongodump file
+DB_NAME=$(tar -tf "$MONGODUMP_FILE" | grep '^dump/' | sed 's|^dump/||' | awk -F'/' '{if (NF > 0) {print $1; exit}}')
+
+# Output the database name
+echo "$DB_NAME"
+
+if [ -z "$DB_NAME" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Failed to extract database name from mongodump."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Database Name: $DB_NAME"
+
+# Update the docker-compose configuration file with the actual DB_HOST
+DB_HOST="mongodb://db/$DB_NAME"
+sed -i.bak "s|DB_HOST:.*|DB_HOST: $DB_HOST|" "$CONFIG_FILE"
+
+echo "Updated docker-compose file:"
+cat "$CONFIG_FILE"
+
+echo "Copying file to Docker container"
+docker cp "$MONGODUMP_FILE" op-admin-dashboard-db-1:/tmp
+
+FILE_NAME=$(basename "$MONGODUMP_FILE")
 
-FILE_NAME=`basename $MONGODUMP_FILE`
+echo "Clearing existing database"
+docker exec op-admin-dashboard-db-1 bash -c "mongo $DB_NAME --eval 'db.dropDatabase()'"
 
-echo "Restoring the dump from $FILE_NAME"
-docker exec -e MONGODUMP_FILE=$FILE_NAME op-admin-dashboard-db-1 bash -c 'cd /tmp && tar xvf $MONGODUMP_FILE && mongorestore'
+echo "Restoring the dump from $FILE_NAME to database $DB_NAME"
+docker exec -e MONGODUMP_FILE=$FILE_NAME op-admin-dashboard-db-1 bash -c "cd /tmp && tar xvf $FILE_NAME && mongorestore -d $DB_NAME dump/$DB_NAME"
 
+echo "Database restore complete."