diff --git a/tools/run.sh b/tools/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6c42dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+export NODE_ENV=${2:-'development'}
+export DEBUG='dbj:*'
+
+if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
+  echo
+  echo 'Must provide a script name to run.'
+  echo
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# make sure we are at app root
+cd `dirname $0`/../
+node "tools/${1}.js"
diff --git a/tools/toplist.sh b/tools/toplist.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 83070c3..0000000
--- a/tools/toplist.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-export NODE_ENV='production'
-export DEBUG='dbj:*'
-
-cd /srv/user/douban/doubanj/
-/usr/local/bin/node tools/toplist.js