diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aa400d6..f0f5389 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "broker"
-version = "6.1.1"
+version = "6.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 61557f8..0ae3b88 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "broker"
-version = "6.1.1"
+version = "6.1.2"
 authors = ["Bevan Hunt <bevan@bevanhunt.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 03922bd..146f2f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ will return: `200` or `500` or `400` or `401`
 - the db can be passed in as a flag where the embedded database will be saved - default tmp
 - example: `./broker --db="tmp" --port="443" --secure="true" --origin="*" --jwt_expiry="86400" --jwt_secret="secret" --key_path="broker.rsa" --cert_path="broker.pem"`
 
+### Service
+
+There is an example `systemctl` service for Ubuntu called `broker.service` in the code
 
 ### TechStack
 
diff --git a/broker.service b/broker.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8c0568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/broker.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Broker
+After=network.target
+StartLimitIntervalSec=0
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=1
+User=root
+ExecStart=/root/broker
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target