diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index fb8a080..2580934 100644
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from mev_inspect.classifiers.trace import TraceClassifier
 from mev_inspect.db import get_inspect_session, get_trace_session
 from mev_inspect.inspect_block import inspect_block
 from mev_inspect.provider import get_base_provider
+from mev_inspect.block import create_from_block_number
 
 
 RPC_URL_ENV = "RPC_URL"
@@ -47,6 +48,24 @@ def inspect_block_command(block_number: int, rpc: str, cache: bool):
     )
 
 
+@cli.command()
+@click.argument("block_number", type=int)
+@click.option("--rpc", default=lambda: os.environ.get(RPC_URL_ENV, ""))
+def fetch_block_command(block_number: int, rpc: str):
+    base_provider = get_base_provider(rpc)
+    w3 = Web3(base_provider)
+    trace_db_session = get_trace_session()
+
+    block = create_from_block_number(
+        base_provider,
+        w3,
+        block_number,
+        trace_db_session=trace_db_session,
+    )
+
+    print(block.json())
+
+
 @cli.command()
 @click.argument("after_block", type=int)
 @click.argument("before_block", type=int)
diff --git a/mev b/mev
index 2988390..45b2aa6 100755
--- a/mev
+++ b/mev
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ case "$1" in
         echo "Running tests"
         kubectl exec -ti deploy/mev-inspect -- poetry run pytest tests
 	;;
+  fetch)
+      block_number=$2
+      echo "Fetching block $block_number"
+      kubectl exec -ti deploy/mev-inspect -- poetry run fetch-block $block_number
+  ;;
   *)
 	echo "Usage: "$1" {db|backfill|inspect|test}"
 	exit 1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 797a99c..b593a95 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 inspect-block = 'cli:inspect_block_command'
 inspect-many-blocks = 'cli:inspect_many_blocks_command'
+fetch-block = 'cli:fetch_block_command'
 
 [tool.black]
 exclude = '''