diff --git a/.cfg.example b/.cfg.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a50fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cfg.example
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+SERVER=localhost # the IRC server to connect to
+PASS= # server pass
+PORT=6667 # port to connect to
+NICK=sedbot # bot's nickname
+LOGIN=sedbot # bot's username
+REALNAME=sedbot # bot's name
+CHANNELS=('#meta', '#team', '#yourtilde') # array of channels to autojoin at start
+IRC_LOG=sedbot.log # irc message log
+ERROR_LOG=sedbot.err # log of errors, events and used regexps
+
+MAX_LINE_LENGTH=400 # truncate lines to this many bytes
+SLEEP_JOIN=3 # sleep after identifying before autojoining channels
+SLEEP_RECONNECT=10 # sleep before reconnecting on disconnect
+READ_TIMEOUT=300 # seconds before reconnect if no line is read
+ACCEPT_INVITES=1 # 0 to ignore invites
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e71a4f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.cfg
diff --git a/sedbot.bash b/sedbot.bash
index 71b1a9b..2cb07e6 100755
--- a/sedbot.bash
+++ b/sedbot.bash
@@ -2,26 +2,8 @@
 #sedbot: a regex IRC bot in bash and sed
 #license: GNU GPL v3+
 
-
-SERVER=localhost # the IRC server to connect to
-PASS= # server pass
-PORT=6667 # port to connect to
-NICK=sedbot # bot's nickname
-LOGIN=sedbot # bot's username
-REALNAME=sedbot # bot's name
-CHANNELS=('#meta', '#team', '#yourtilde') # array of channels to autojoin at start
-IRC_LOG=sedbot.log # irc message log
-ERROR_LOG=sedbot.err # log of errors, events and used regexps
-
-MAX_LINE_LENGTH=400 # truncate lines to this many bytes
-SLEEP_JOIN=3 # sleep after identifying before autojoining channels
-SLEEP_RECONNECT=10 # sleep before reconnecting on disconnect
-READ_TIMEOUT=300 # seconds before reconnect if no line is read
-ACCEPT_INVITES=1 # 0 to ignore invites
-
-
-###############################################################################
-
+# source configs
+. .cfg
 
 exec 4> >(tee -a -- "$IRC_LOG") 2> >(tee -a -- "$ERROR_LOG" >&2)
 
diff --git a/sedbot.service b/sedbot.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5228a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sedbot.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=irc sedbot
+After=sedbot.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=/home/bot/sedbot
+ExecStart=./sedbot.bash
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+StartLimitInterval=60s
+StartLimitBurst=3
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
+