diff --git a/bin/riesel b/bin/riesel
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Looks for the Rocket.toml and uses the database url in it to run diesel
+# commands.
+
+while [ ! -f Rocket.toml ]; do
+    cd ..
+
+    if [ "$PWD" == "/" ]; then
+        echo -e >&2 "\033[31;1merror:\033[0m unable to find a Rocket.toml"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+url=$(cat Rocket.toml | grep url | cut -d '"' -f 2)
+
+diesel --database-url $url $@