diff --git a/scripts/export.lua b/scripts/export.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..050c163e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/export.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+local path = 'scripts'
+if config.install then
+    path = config.install .. '/' .. path
+end
+package.path = package.path .. ';' .. path .. '/?.lua;' .. path .. '/?/init.lua'
+require 'eressea'
+require 'eressea.xmlconf' -- read xml data
+
+local rules = {}
+if config.rules then
+    rules = require('eressea.' .. config.rules)
+    eressea.log.info('loaded ' .. #rules .. ' modules for ' .. config.rules)
+else
+    eressea.log.warning('no rule modules loaded, specify a game in eressea.ini or with -r')
+end
+export_locales()