diff --git a/lb_store.lua b/lb_store.lua
index 4352d97..d22e4ec 100644
--- a/lb_store.lua
+++ b/lb_store.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ local ColdStore = {}
 -- Livestore are new records nad records loaded from leaderboard.txt file
 local LiveStore = {}
 
+-- parse score function
+local parseScore
 
 -- GLOBAL
 -- Returns a list of all maps with records
@@ -40,13 +42,19 @@ end
 rawset(_G, "lb_map_list", MapList)
 
 -- GLOBAL
--- Function for adding records from lua
+-- Function for adding a single record from lua
 local function AddColdStore(record)
 	ColdStore[record.map] = $ or {}
 	table.insert(ColdStore[record.map], record)
 end
 rawset(_G, "lb_add_coldstore_record", AddColdStore)
 
+-- GLOBAL
+-- Function for adding a single record in string form from lua
+local function AddColdStoreString(record)
+	AddColdStore(parseScore(record))
+end
+rawset(_G, "lb_add_coldstore_record_string", AddColdStoreString)
 
 -- Insert mode separated records from the flat sourceTable into dest
 local function insertRecords(dest, sourceTable, modeSep)
@@ -204,7 +212,7 @@ local function score_t(map, name, skin, color, time, splits, flags, stat, checks
 	}
 end
 
-local function parseScore(str)
+function parseScore(str)
 	-- Leaderboard is stored in the following tab separated format
 	-- mapnum, name, skin, color, time, splits, flags, stat
 	local t = {}