diff --git a/mistserver.init b/mistserver.init
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+#! /bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          mistserver
+# Required-Start:    $network
+# Default-Start:    2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: MistServer service
+# Description:      MistServer - next generation multimedia server
+### END INIT INFO
+
+#
+# Function that starts the daemon/service
+#
+do_start()
+{
+  MistController -d -L /var/log/mistserver.log -c /etc/mistserver.conf
+}
+
+#
+# Function that stops the daemon/service
+#
+do_stop()
+{
+  killall MistController
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+        echo "Starting MistServer"
+        do_start
+        ;;
+  stop)
+        echo "Stopping MistServer"
+        do_stop
+        ;;
+  restart)
+        log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
+        do_stop
+        sleep 2
+        do_start
+        ;;
+  *)
+        echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart}" >&2
+        exit 3
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/mistserver.service b/mistserver.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=MistServer
+After=networkmanager.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/MistController -c /etc/mistserver.conf
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target