diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b90c3bb..32f321a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ destroy: ignition.json $(config_dir)$(TERRAFORM_ENV).tfvars generated.tfvars
 restic-init: $(apps_config) restic-password
 	./init-restic.sh $(apps_config)
 
+## just an easy way to see snapshots that have been taken
+.PHONY: restic-snapshots
+restic-snapshots: $(apps_config) restic-password
+	./restic-snapshots.sh $(apps_config)
+
 ## to help me remember the command to run to test the config locally
 testlocalhost:
 	curl -k --resolve localhost:443:146.190.12.129 https://localhost
diff --git a/restic-snapshots.sh b/restic-snapshots.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9c256aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/restic-snapshots.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+. $1 # source the apps.config file with then env vars
+
+docker run --rm --volume $PWD/restic-password:/restic-password -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="$BACKBLAZE_KEY_ID" -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="$BACKBLAZE_APPLICATION_KEY" -i restic/restic:0.18.0 snapshots --repo s3:$BACKBLAZE_BUCKET_URL --password-file /restic-password