diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8518ffb..1eef153 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .mypy_cache
+__pycache__/
 simple/
 local.json
 local.db
diff --git a/utils/create_package_stubs.py b/utils/create_package_stubs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad827be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/create_package_stubs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# This script is used to create EMPTY package files USED FOR DEBUG ONLY!
+# It requires a full simple/ and db (genlocal-ed)
+# Call like: python -m utils.create_package_stubs /path/to/pypi/
+
+from shadowmire import LocalVersionKV, get_package_urls_size_from_index_json
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+from tqdm import tqdm
+from os.path import (
+    normpath,
+)  # fast path computation, instead of accessing real files like pathlib
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pass
+    try:
+        repo = sys.argv[1]
+    except IndexError:
+        print("Please give repo basedir as argv[1].")
+        sys.exit(-1)
+    basedir = Path(repo).resolve()
+    local_db = LocalVersionKV(basedir / "local.db", basedir / "local.json")
+    local_names = set(local_db.keys())
+    simple_dir = basedir / "simple"
+    for package_name in tqdm(local_names, desc="Creating stub"):
+        package_simple_path = simple_dir / package_name
+        json_simple = package_simple_path / "index.v1_json"
+        hrefsize_json = get_package_urls_size_from_index_json(json_simple)
+        for href, _ in hrefsize_json:
+            dest = Path(normpath(package_simple_path / href))
+            dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            if not dest.exists():
+                dest.touch()