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@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ Environment varaibles:
   CACHET_DEV      set to enable dev logging
 ```
 
+## Init script
+
+If your system is running systemd (like Debian, Ubuntu 16.04, Fedora or Archlinux) you can use the provided example file: [example.cachet-monitor.service](cachet-monitor/example.cachet-monitor.service).
+
+1. Simply put it in the right place with `cp example.cachet-monitor.service /etc/systemd/system/cachet-monitor.service`
+2. Then do a `systemctl daemon-reload` in your terminal to update Systemd configuration
+3. Finally you can start cachet-monitor on every startup with `systemctl enable cachet-monitor.service`! 👍
+
 ## Templates
 
 This package makes use of [`text/template`](https://godoc.org/text/template). [Default HTTP template](https://github.com/CastawayLabs/cachet-monitor/blob/master/http.go#L14)
@@ -185,4 +193,4 @@ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
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+SOFTWARE.