diff --git a/etc/bbsdb_admin.py b/etc/bbsdb_admin.py
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+# Load the bbs messages from the database file to screen for admin functions
+import pickle # pip install pickle
+
+
+# load the bbs messages from the database file
+try:
+    with open('bbsdb.pkl', 'rb') as f:
+        bbs_messages = pickle.load(f)
+except:
+    print ("\nSystem: bbsdb.pkl not found")
+
+try:
+    with open('bbsdm.pkl', 'rb') as f:
+        bbs_dm = pickle.load(f)
+except:
+    print ("\nSystem: bbsdm.pkl not found")
+
+print ("\nSystem: bbs_messages")
+print (bbs_messages)
+print ("\nSystem: bbs_dm")
+print (bbs_dm)
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