diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# SinusBot startscript
+
+## Installation
+
+1. Copy the file `sinusbot.service` to `/lib/systemd/system/sinusbot.service`
+2. Adjust the following placeholders to your installation:
+  
+   placeholder                   | description                                 | example
+   ------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------
+   YOUR_USER                     | Your user who starts the bot                | sinusbot               
+   YOURPATH_TO_THE_BOT\_BINARY   | Your path to the SinusBot binary            | /opt/sinusbot/sinusbot 
+   YOURPATH_TO_THE_BOT_DIRECTORY | Your path to the SinusBot install directory | /opt/sinusbot          
+  
+3. Reload systemd: `systemctl daemon-reload`
+4. Enable autostart (optional) `systemctl enable sinusbot`
+4. Start the sinusbot: `systemctl start sinusbot`
diff --git a/sinusbot b/sinusbot
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-#! /bin/bash
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides: sinusbot
-# Required-Start: $local_fs $network
-# Required-Stop: $local_fs $network
-# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
-# Description: Sinusbot
-### END INIT INFO
-
-##################################################################################
-# #
-# Usage: {start|stop|status|restart|console|update|backup} #
-# - start: start the bot #
-# - stop: stop the bot #
-# - status: display the status of the bot (down or up) #
-# - restart: restart the bot #
-# - console: display the bot console #
-# - update: runs the bot updater (with start & stop)
-# - backup: archives your bot root directory
-# To exit the console without stopping the server, press CTRL + A then D. #
-# #
-##################################################################################
-
-SCREEN_NAME="sinusbot"
-USER="mybotuser"
-DIR_ROOT="/opt/ts3soundboard/"
-DIR_BACKUP=""
-BOT_RUNCMD="./sinusbot"
-BOT_UPDATE_ARG=" -update"
-SCREEN_IGNORE_TTY="N" # Y = Ignore the tty, you can access the bot screen as root (i not recommend it) root should be disabled :) | N = disabled
-
-# No edits necessary beyond this line
-PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
-if [ ! -x `which screen` ]; then echo "ERROR: You need screen for this script (try apt-get install screen)"; exit 1; fi
-if [ ! -x `which tar` ]; then echo "WARNING: You need tar for the Backup Function (try apt-get install tar)";  fi
-
-function start {
-	if [ ! -d $DIR_ROOT ]; then echo "ERROR: $DIR_ROOT is not a directory"; exit 1; fi
-	if status; then echo "$SCREEN_NAME is already running"; exit 1; fi
-
-	# Start bot
-	if [ `whoami` = root ]
-	then
-		su - $USER -c "cd $DIR_ROOT ; screen -AmdS $SCREEN_NAME $BOT_RUNCMD"
-	else
-		cd $DIR_ROOT
-		screen -AmdS $SCREEN_NAME $BOT_RUNCMD
-	fi
-}
-
-function backup {
-
-	DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-	
-	if [ `whoami` = root ]
-	then
-		su - $USER -c "cd $DIR_ROOT ; tar -cjpf $DIR_BACKUP/sinusbot-$DATE.tar.bz2 $DIR_ROOT"
-	else
-		cd $DIR_ROOT
-		tar -cjpf $DIR_BACKUP/sinusbot-$DATE.tar.bz2 $DIR_ROOT
-	fi
-}
-function update {
-	if [ `whoami` = root ]
-	then
-		su - $USER -c "cd $DIR_ROOT ; $BOT_RUNCMD$BOT_UPDATE_ARG"
-	else
-		cd $DIR_ROOT
-		$BOT_RUNCMD$BOT_UPDATE_ARG
-	fi
-}
-
-function stop {
-	if ! status; then echo "$SCREEN_NAME could not be found. Probably not running."; exit 1; fi
-
-	if [ `whoami` = root ]
-	then
-		su - $USER -c "screen -S $SCREEN_NAME -X stuff '\003'"
-	else
-		screen -S $SCREEN_NAME -X stuff '\003'
-	fi
-}
-
-function status {
-	if [ `whoami` = root ]
-	then
-		su - $USER -c "screen -ls" | grep [.]$SCREEN_NAME[[:space:]] > /dev/null
-	else
-		screen -ls | grep [.]$SCREEN_NAME[[:space:]] > /dev/null
-	fi
-}
-
-function console {
-	if ! status; then echo "$SCREEN_NAME could not be found. Probably not running."; exit 1; fi
-
-	if [ `whoami` = root ]
-	then
-		
-		if [ $SCREEN_IGNORE_TTY == 'Y' ]
-		then 
-		su - $USER -c "script -q -c 'screen -x $SCREEN_NAME' /dev/null"
-		else 
-		su - $USER -c "screen -x $SCREEN_NAME"
-		fi
-	else
-		screen -x $SCREEN_NAME
-	fi
-}
-
-function usage {
-	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|console}"
-	echo "On console, press CTRL+A then D to stop the screen without stopping the server."
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-
-start)
-    echo "Using following data:"
-	echo "USER: $USER"
-	echo "DIR ROOT: $DIR_ROOT"
-	echo "BOT RUN CMD: $BOT_RUNCMD"
-	echo ""
-	sleep 2
-	echo "Starting $SCREEN_NAME..."
-	start
-	sleep 2
-	echo "$SCREEN_NAME started successfully"
-;;
-
-stop)
-	echo "Stopping $SCREEN_NAME..."
-	stop
-	sleep 2
-	echo "$SCREEN_NAME stopped successfully"
-;;
-
-restart)
-	echo "Restarting $SCREEN_NAME..."
-	status && stop
-	sleep 5
-	start
-	sleep 2
-	echo "$SCREEN_NAME restarted successfully"
-;;
-
-status)
-	if status
-	then echo "$SCREEN_NAME is UP"
-	else echo "$SCREEN_NAME is DOWN"
-	fi
-;;
-
-console)
-	echo "Open console on $SCREEN_NAME..."
-	console
-;;
-
-update)
-	if status
-	then stop && sleep 5 && update
-	else update 
-	fi
-	
-;;
-
-backup)
-
-	if [ -d "$DIR_BACKUP" ]
-	then 
-			if status
-			then stop && sleep 5 && backup
-			else backup
-			fi
-	else echo "BACKUP DIRECTORY NOT EXISTS. EXIT!"; exit 1;
-	fi
-	
-;;
-
-*)
-	usage
-	exit 1
-;;
-
-esac
-
-exit 0
-
diff --git a/sinusbot.service b/sinusbot.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Sinusbot, the Teamspeak 3 and Discord music bot.
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=syslog.target network.target network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+User=YOUR_USER
+ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /tmp/.sinusbot.lock
+ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -f /tmp/.sinusbot.lock
+ExecStart=YOURPATH_TO_THE_BOT_BINARY
+WorkingDirectory=YOURPATH_TO_THE_BOT_DIRECTORY
+Type=simple
+KillSignal=2
+SendSIGKILL=yes
+Environment=QT_XCB_GL_INTEGRATION=none
+LimitNOFILE=512000
+LimitNPROC=512000
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target