diff --git a/eventstore/cmd/eventstore/helpers.go b/eventstore/cmd/eventstore/helpers.go
index f21da49..c4c6a4d 100644
--- a/eventstore/cmd/eventstore/helpers.go
+++ b/eventstore/cmd/eventstore/helpers.go
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ func writeStdinLinesOrNothing(ch chan string) (hasStdinLines bool) {
 		// piped
 		go func() {
 			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+			scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 16*1024*1024), 256*1024*1024)
 			for scanner.Scan() {
 				ch <- strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
 			}
@@ -115,3 +116,26 @@ func writeStdinLinesOrNothing(ch chan string) (hasStdinLines bool) {
 		return false
 	}
 }
+
+func getFileLines(filename string) chan string {
+	ch := make(chan string)
+	go func() {
+		f, err := os.Open(filename)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to open file '%s': %s\n", filename, err)
+			close(ch)
+			return
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+		scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 16*1024*1024), 256*1024*1024)
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			ch <- strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+		}
+		if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error reading file '%s': %s\n", filename, err)
+		}
+		close(ch)
+	}()
+	return ch
+}
diff --git a/eventstore/cmd/eventstore/save.go b/eventstore/cmd/eventstore/save.go
index c454783..d9d164a 100644
--- a/eventstore/cmd/eventstore/save.go
+++ b/eventstore/cmd/eventstore/save.go
@@ -14,10 +14,23 @@ var save = &cli.Command{
 	Name:        "save",
 	ArgsUsage:   "[<event-json>]",
 	Usage:       "stores an event",
-	Description: "takes either an event as an argument or reads a stream of events from stdin and inserts those in the currently opened eventstore.\ndoesn't perform any kind of signature checking or replacement.",
+	Description: "takes either an event as an argument, reads a stream of events from stdin, or from a file specified with --file, and inserts those in the currently opened eventstore.\ndoesn't perform any kind of signature checking or replacement.",
+	Flags: []cli.Flag{
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:    "file",
+			Aliases: []string{"f"},
+			Usage:   "file to read events from",
+		},
+	},
 	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 		hasError := false
-		for line := range getStdinLinesOrFirstArgument(c) {
+		var lines chan string
+		if file := c.String("file"); file != "" {
+			lines = getFileLines(file)
+		} else {
+			lines = getStdinLinesOrFirstArgument(c)
+		}
+		for line := range lines {
 			var event nostr.Event
 			if err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(line), &event); err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "invalid event '%s': %s\n", line, err)