diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c6f22a..884349f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+venv/
+
 settings.ini
 *.pyc
 *.cache
+
+ftpbot.service
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index ae3ddb7..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-run:
-	python fdskun.py
-install:
-	pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/ftpbot.service.example b/ftpbot.service.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6bc72e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ftpbot.service.example
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=File system monitoring irc bot
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=%USER%
+Group=%GROUP%
+ExecStart=%PWD%/venv/bin/python %PWD%/ftpbot.py
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0073899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# TODO: Make sure this is executed from within its original directory!
+
+virtualenv ./venv
+. ./venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# Prepare a systemd service unit file with current pwd and user data
+USER=`id -un`
+GROUP=`id -gn`
+PWD=`pwd`
+
+cp ftpbot.service.example ftpbot.service
+sed -i "s#%USER%#$USER#g" ftpbot.service
+sed -i "s#%GROUP%#$GROUP#g" ftpbot.service
+sed -i "s#%PWD%#$PWD#g" ftpbot.service
+
+echo "Put ftpbot.servive within /etc/systemd/system and use systemctl to configure the service."