diff --git a/local/download_database.py b/local/download_database.py
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+import boto3
+
+# You must already have configured your "AWS" (DigitalOcean) credentials via the AWS CLI.
+
+s3 = boto3.resource("s3")
+bucket = s3.Bucket("hmn-backup")
+for obj in bucket.objects.filter(Prefix="db"):
+    print(obj.key)
+
+print()
+print("Above is a list of all the available database backups.")
+print("Enter the name of the one you would like to download (e.g. \"hmn_pg_dump_live_2023-09-24\"):")
+filename = input()
+
+s3 = boto3.client("s3")
+s3.download_file("hmn-backup", f"db/{filename}", f"local/backups/{filename}")
+
+print(f"Downloaded {filename} to local/backups.")
diff --git a/local/download_database.sh b/local/download_database.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-s3cmd ls s3://hmn-backup/db/
-
-echo ""
-echo "Above is a list of all the available database backups."
-echo "Enter the name of the one you would like to download (e.g. \"hmn_pg_dump_live_2021-09-01\"):"
-read filename
-
-s3cmd get --force s3://hmn-backup/db/$filename ./local/backups/$filename
-
-echo ""
-echo "Downloaded $filename to local/backups."
diff --git a/local/requirements.txt b/local/requirements.txt
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+boto3