diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/Makefile.am b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/Makefile.am
index be441d772425fcac621efa8e900278f209ee337d..ee2540cc2f19eb3d269dcb48206976d03b5800da 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/Makefile.am
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/Makefile.am
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dist_bin_SCRIPTS = \
gstlal_inspiral_create_prior_diststats \
gstlal_inspiral_dag \
gstlal_inspiral_dlrs_diag \
+ gstlal_inspiral_grid_bank \
gstlal_inspiral_iir_bank_pipe \
gstlal_inspiral_injection_snr \
gstlal_inspiral_lvalert_background_plotter \
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_grid_bank b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_grid_bank
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bef96af30ebce8e5e5f88402c8a3faec5dabaad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_grid_bank
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Kipp Cannon, Chad Hanna
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+# option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
+# Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+
+### A program to create some prior likelihood data to seed an offline analysis
+
+#
+# =============================================================================
+#
+# Preamble
+#
+# =============================================================================
+#
+
+import sys
+from optparse import OptionParser
+import numpy
+import scipy
+from scipy.stats import logistic
+
+from lal import series
+
+from ligo.lw import ligolw
+from ligo.lw import lsctables
+from ligo.lw import array as ligolw_array
+from ligo.lw import param as ligolw_param
+from ligo.lw import utils as ligolw_utils
+from ligo.lw.utils import process as ligolw_process
+
+
+from gstlal import far
+from gstlal import svd_bank
+from gstlal import templates
+
+@ligolw_array.use_in
+@ligolw_param.use_in
+@lsctables.use_in
+class LIGOLWContentHandler(ligolw.LIGOLWContentHandler):
+ pass
+
+__author__ = "Chad Hanna <chad.hanna@ligo.org>"
+__version__ = "git id %s" % "" # FIXME
+__date__ = "" # FIXME
+
+
+#
+# =============================================================================
+#
+# Command Line
+#
+# =============================================================================
+#
+
+def chispace(start, stop, numpoints):
+ x = numpy.linspace(0., 5.5, numpoints)
+ return start + ((logistic.cdf(x) - 0.5) / (logistic.cdf(x[-1]) - 0.5)) * (stop - start)
+
+def mchirp(m1, m2):
+ return (m1 * m2)**.6 / (m1 + m2)**.2
+
+parser = OptionParser(
+ version = "Name: %%prog\n%s" % "" # FIXME
+)
+parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", action = "store_true", help = "Be verbose.")
+parser.add_option("--instrument", action = "append", help = "Append to a list of instruments to create dist stats for. List must be whatever instruments you intend to analyze.")
+parser.add_option("--output-name", type = "string", default = "gstlal_inspiral_grid_bank.xml.gz", help = "Specify output file name. Default gstlal_inspiral_grid_bank.xml.gz")
+parser.add_option("--psd-xml", type = "string", help = "Specify a PSD to use for computing template bandwidth. Required if df is bandwidth")
+parser.add_option("--m1", type = "string", help = "Specify m1 as start:stop:numpoints")
+parser.add_option("--m2", type = "string", help = "Specify m2 as start:stop:numpoints")
+parser.add_option("--chi", type = "string", help = "Specify chi as start:stop:numpoints")
+parser.add_option("--bandwidth-min", type = "float", help = "Specify minimum bandwidth to keep")
+parser.add_option("--min-q", type = "float", default = 1.0, help = "Specify min q, default 1.0")
+parser.add_option("--max-q", type = "float", default = float("inf"), help = "Specify max q, default inf")
+parser.add_option("--min-mtot", type = "float", default = 0., help = "Specify min mtotal, default 0")
+parser.add_option("--max-mtot", type = "float", default = float("inf"), help = "Specify max mtotal, default inf")
+options, filenames = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+if not options.instrument:
+ raise ValueError("must specify at least one --instrument")
+options.instrument = set(options.instrument)
+
+psd = {}
+if options.psd_xml:
+ for ifo, p in series.read_psd_xmldoc(ligolw_utils.load_filename(options.psd_xml, verbose = options.verbose, contenthandler = series.PSDContentHandler)).items():
+ f = numpy.arange(len(p.data.data)) * p.deltaF
+ psd[ifo] = scipy.interpolate.interp1d(f, p.data.data)
+
+m1start, m1stop, m1num = [float(x) for x in options.m1.split(":")]
+m2start, m2stop, m2num = [float(x) for x in options.m2.split(":")]
+chistart, chistop, s1num = [float(x) for x in options.chi.split(":")]
+
+numtmps = 0
+m1s = []
+m2s = []
+s1s = []
+s2s = []
+for m1 in numpy.logspace(numpy.log10(m1start), numpy.log10(m1stop), m1num):
+ for m2 in numpy.logspace(numpy.log10(m2start), numpy.log10(m2stop), m2num):
+ for chi in chispace(chistart, chistop, s1num):
+ s1 = chi
+ s2 = (chi * (m1 + m2) - m1 * s1) / m2
+ if m1 < m2:
+ continue
+ if m1 / m2 > options.max_q or m1 / m2 < options.min_q:
+ continue
+ if m1 + m2 > options.max_mtot or m1 + m2 < options.min_mtot:
+ continue
+ if options.bandwidth_min is not None:
+ bw = templates.bandwidth(m1, m2, s1, s2, f_min = 10.0, f_max = 1024., delta_f = 0.25, psd = psd[ifo])
+ if bw < options.bandwidth_min:
+ continue
+ numtmps += 1
+ m1s.append(m1)
+ m2s.append(m2)
+ s1s.append(s1)
+ s2s.append(s2)
+ print m1, m2, s1, s2, numtmps
+
+# prepare a new XML document for writing template bank
+xmldoc = ligolw.Document()
+xmldoc.appendChild(ligolw.LIGO_LW())
+sngl_inspiral_columns = ("process:process_id", "mass1", "mass2", "spin1x", "spin1y", "spin1z", "spin2x", "spin2y", "spin2z", "mchirp")
+tbl = lsctables.New(lsctables.SnglInspiralTable, columns = sngl_inspiral_columns)
+xmldoc.childNodes[-1].appendChild(tbl)
+# FIXME make a real process table
+process = ligolw_process.register_to_xmldoc(xmldoc, sys.argv[0], {})
+ligolw_process.set_process_end_time(process)
+
+if options.verbose:
+ print >> sys.stderr, "Writing output document"
+
+for n, (m1, m2, s1, s2) in enumerate(zip(m1s, m2s, s1s, s2s)):
+ row = lsctables.SnglInspiralTable.RowType()
+ row.mass1, row.mass2, row.spin1x, row.spin1y, row.spin1z, row.spin2x, row.spin2y, row.spin2z, row.mchirp = (m1, m2, 0., 0., s1, 0., 0., s2, mchirp(m1, m2))
+ row.event_id = n
+ row.ifo = "H1" # FIXME
+ row.process_id = process.process_id
+ tbl.append(row)
+
+ligolw_utils.write_filename(xmldoc, options.output_name, gz=options.output_name.endswith("gz"))
+
+import matplotlib
+matplotlib.use('agg')
+from matplotlib import pyplot
+pyplot.loglog(m1s, m2s, '*')
+pyplot.savefig("bw.png")
+
+
+