diff --git a/cli/src/cli.rs b/cli/src/cli.rs
index 3e1f9537..597a951a 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ pub enum SignCommands {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
 pub enum Commands {
+    /// Dumps genesis block files to the path
+    DummyGenesis,
     // ----- Initialization Commands ----- //
     /// Create a genesis commit and initialize a Simberby repository
     /// from the given existing Git repository.
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index cf92a408..98f23d9f 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ async fn run(
     server_config: Option<ServerConfig>,
 ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
     match (args.command, config, auth, server_config) {
+        (Commands::DummyGenesis, _, _, _) => Client::dump_genesis(&path).await,
         (Commands::Genesis, _, _, _) => Client::genesis(&path).await,
         (Commands::Init, _, _, _) => Client::init(&path).await,
         (Commands::Clone { url }, _, _, _) => {
diff --git a/simperby/src/lib.rs b/simperby/src/lib.rs
index 837fbb88..0e49a59e 100644
--- a/simperby/src/lib.rs
+++ b/simperby/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use simperby_repository::raw::RawRepository;
 use simperby_repository::*;
 use std::net::SocketAddrV4;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::fs;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 
 pub use simperby_consensus;
@@ -41,6 +42,17 @@ pub struct Client {
 }
 
 impl Client {
+    pub async fn dump_genesis(path: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        let (rs, keys) = test_utils::generate_standard_genesis(4);
+
+        simperby_repository::raw::reserved_state::write_reserved_state(path, &rs)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let keys = serde_spb::to_string(&keys)?;
+        fs::write(format!("{}/{}", path, "keys.json"), keys).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
     pub async fn genesis(path: &str) -> Result<()> {
         let repository = RawRepository::open(path).await?;
         DistributedRepository::genesis(repository).await?;