diff --git a/tools/deescalate.sh b/tools/deescalate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8efa6e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/deescalate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+vaults_directory=~/vaults/
+resolved_directory=$vaults_directory/resolved
+target_vault="$vaults_directory/vault.vera"
+target_mount="/tmp/target_vault"
+conflicted_mount=/tmp/conflicted_vault
+
+mkdir -p $resolved_directory
+
+umount-vault
+
+conflicted=`find "$vaults_directory" -maxdepth 1 -iname "*vault*sync-conflict*"`
+read -s -p "password: " vault_password
+echo
+
+for current_vault in $conflicted; do
+    echo
+    VAULT_PASSWORD="$vault_password" mount-vault $current_vault "$conflicted_mount"
+    VAULT_PASSWORD="$vault_password" mount-vault $target_vault $target_mount
+   
+    cd $target_mount
+    hg pull $conflicted_mount
+
+    cd $vaults_directory
+    umount-vault
+    rm -fr "$conflicted_mount"
+    mv $current_vault $resolved_directory
+done
+
+mkdir -p $vaults_directory/deescalated 
diff --git a/tools/mount-vault b/tools/mount-vault
index e5a7bc45..0a0c89bb 100755
--- a/tools/mount-vault
+++ b/tools/mount-vault
@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -e
-mkdir -p ~/.vault
 VERACRYPT="veracrypt"
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
     VERACRYPT="/Applications/VeraCrypt.app/Contents/MacOS/VeraCrypt"
 fi
-$VERACRYPT -t --mount ~/vaults/vault.vera ~/.vault
-sudo chown $USER ~/.vault
+
+MOUNT_TARGET=$2
+if [[ -z "$MOUNT_TARGET" ]]; then
+    MOUNT_TARGET=~/.vault
+fi
+mkdir -p "$MOUNT_TARGET"
+
+MOUNT_SOURCE=$1
+if [[ -z "$MOUNT_SOURCE" ]]; then
+    MOUNT_SOURCE="~/vaults/vault.vera"
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$VAULT_PASSWORD" ]]; then
+    $VERACRYPT -t --mount "$MOUNT_SOURCE" "$MOUNT_TARGET"
+else
+    $VERACRYPT -t --non-interactive -p $VAULT_PASSWORD --mount "$MOUNT_SOURCE" "$MOUNT_TARGET"
+fi
+sudo chown $USER "$MOUNT_TARGET"
+
+echo "$MOUNT_SOURCE -> $MOUNT_TARGET"