diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8a1ea8..3ec919d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,6 +129,28 @@ docker-compose up -d
 ## Deployment as a swarm
 TBD
 
+# Other useful commands
+## Loading badges from a CSV files
+You can now load a list of badges from a CSV files of the following structure: user name,email address,badge mac . The
+files should have no header row.
+
+This command must be executed from a hub that is recognizable by the server, and the file needs to be copied to the hub
+so it is recognized. therefore, you have two options:
+1. Running a dev hub, and copying the file to a directoy recognized by the hub. For example, if you copy it to the
+config folder, you can run:
+ ```
+docker-compose -f dev_ubuntu.yml run openbadge-hub-py -m server load_badges -f ../config/badges_to_load.csv
+ ```
+2. Another option is to run the command from a production hub. In this case, you can use 'docker cp' to copy the file
+into the container, and then run the load_badges command. For example:
+```
+docker-compose up  # if not already up
+docker cp config/badges_to_load.csv `docker-compose ps -q openbadge-hub-py`:/config/badges_to_load.csv
+docker-compose down
+docker-compose run openbadge-hub-py -m server load_badges -f ../config/badges_to_load.csv
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
 # MISC
 ## Updating BlueZ
 One of the main requirements for the hub is the BlueZ library. Raspbian and Ubuntu already have BlueZ installed, but it
diff --git a/src/badge_hub.py b/src/badge_hub.py
index 640b685..f2c1509 100755
--- a/src/badge_hub.py
+++ b/src/badge_hub.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import shlex
 import subprocess
 import signal
+import csv
 
 import logging
 import json
@@ -499,10 +500,18 @@ def start_all_devices(mgr):
                 else:
                     logger.info("No need to start {}".format(device['mac']))
 
-
         time.sleep(2)  # allow BLE time to disconnect
 
 
+def load_badges(mgr, csv_file_name):
+    logger.info("Loading badged from: {}".format(csv_file_name))
+    with open(csv_file_name, 'r') as csvfile:
+        badgereader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',')
+        for row in badgereader:
+            logger.info("Asking to create badge: {}".format(row))
+            mgr.create_badge(row[0],row[1],row[2])
+
+
 def add_pull_command_options(subparsers):
     pull_parser = subparsers.add_parser('pull', help='Continuously pull data from badges')
     pull_parser.add_argument('-r','--start_recording'
@@ -510,6 +519,7 @@ def add_pull_command_options(subparsers):
                              , default='both'
                              , dest='start_recording',help='data recording option')
 
+
 def add_scan_command_options(subparsers):
     pull_parser = subparsers.add_parser('scan', help='Continuously scan for badges')
 
@@ -522,6 +532,12 @@ def add_start_all_command_options(subparsers):
     st_parser = subparsers.add_parser('start_all', help='Start recording on all devices in whitelist')
 
 
+def add_load_badges_command_options(subparsers):
+    lb_parser = subparsers.add_parser('load_badges', help='Loads badges from a CSVfile')
+    lb_parser.add_argument('-f', '--csv_file', required=True
+                           , type=str
+                           , help='Badges CSV file to load. Structure: name,email,mac_address')
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import time
     import argparse
@@ -540,6 +556,7 @@ def add_start_all_command_options(subparsers):
     add_scan_command_options(subparsers)
     add_sync_all_command_options(subparsers)
     add_start_all_command_options(subparsers)
+    add_load_badges_command_options(subparsers)
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -562,4 +579,7 @@ def add_start_all_command_options(subparsers):
     if args.mode == "start_all":
         start_all_devices(mgr)
 
+    if args.mode == "load_badges":
+        load_badges(mgr, args.csv_file)
+
     exit(0)
diff --git a/src/badge_manager_server.py b/src/badge_manager_server.py
index 3ef997a..0130343 100644
--- a/src/badge_manager_server.py
+++ b/src/badge_manager_server.py
@@ -173,6 +173,31 @@ def send_badge(self, mac):
         except Exception as e:
             self.logger.error('Error sending updated badge into to server: {}'.format(e))
 
+    def create_badge(self, name, email, mac):
+        """
+        Creates a badge using the giving information
+        :param name: user name
+        :param email: user email
+        :param mac: badge mac
+        :return:
+        """
+        try:
+            data = {
+                'name': name,
+                'email': email,
+                'badge': mac,
+            }
+
+            self.logger.info("Creating new badge : {}".format(data))
+            response = requests.post(BADGES_ENDPOINT, data=data, headers=request_headers())
+            if response.ok is False:
+                s = traceback.format_exc()
+                raise Exception('Error creating badge {}. Status: {}, Error: {}, {}'.format(data, response.status_code,
+                                                                                             response.text, s))
+        except Exception as e:
+            s = traceback.format_exc()
+            self.logger.error('Error creating new badge. Error: {} ,{}'.format(e,s))
+
     @property
     def badges(self):
         if self._badges is None:
diff --git a/src/badge_manager_standalone.py b/src/badge_manager_standalone.py
index 4b83ab1..162fefb 100644
--- a/src/badge_manager_standalone.py
+++ b/src/badge_manager_standalone.py
@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ def send_badge(self, mac):
         """
         pass # not implemented in standalone
 
+    def create_badge(self, name, email, mac):
+        """
+        Creates a badge using the giving information
+        :param name: user name
+        :param email: user email
+        :param mac: badge mac
+        :return:
+        """
+        self.logger.debug("Command 'create_badge' is not implemented for standalone mode'")
+        pass # not implemented in standalone
+
+
     @property
     def badges(self):
         if self._badges is None: