diff --git a/backend/src/app/db.clj b/backend/src/app/db.clj
index e1455e719..6e2e086bb 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/db.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/db.clj
@@ -349,6 +349,12 @@
     (.setType "inet")
     (.setValue (str ip-addr))))
 
+(defn decode-inet
+  [^PGobject o]
+  (if (= "inet" (.getType o))
+    (.getValue o)
+    nil))
+
 (defn tjson
   "Encode as transit json."
   [data]