diff --git a/bin/unlock_es.sh b/bin/unlock_es.sh
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+#/bin/bash
+# Unlock all ES indices for read / write mode
+# Useful in cases where ES locked all indices after disk quota has been reached
+# Make sure ES is available
+myES="http://127.0.0.1:64298/"
+myESSTATUS=$(curl -s -XGET ''$myES'_cluster/health' | jq '.' | grep -c "green\|yellow")
+if ! [ "$myESSTATUS" = "1" ]
+  then
+    echo "### Elasticsearch is not available, try starting via 'systemctl start tpot'."
+    exit
+  else
+    echo "### Elasticsearch is available, now continuing."
+    echo
+fi
+
+echo "### Trying to unlock all ES indices for read / write operation: "
+curl -XPUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" ''$myES'_all/_settings' -d '{"index.blocks.read_only_allow_delete": null}'
+echo
+