diff --git a/scripts/maintenance-upgrade.sh b/scripts/maintenance-upgrade.sh
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+++ b/scripts/maintenance-upgrade.sh
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+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+###############################################################
+# this script is an automation for restarting docker containers 
+# on maintenance nodes strictly built for purpose of siasky.net
+###############################################################
+
+set -e # exit on first error
+
+docker build --no-cache --quiet --build-arg branch=master -t sia-master /home/user/sia-dockerfile
+
+for container in `docker container ls --format '{{.Names}}'`; do 
+    docker stop $container
+    docker rm $container
+    docker run -d -v /home/user/nodes/$container/sia-data:/sia-data --env-file /home/user/nodes/$container/.env --name $container --log-opt max-size=100m --log-opt max-file=3 sia-master
+done