diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7c985e..2c2a4cf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ HTMX_VERSION ?= 2.0.3
 BOOTSTRAP_VERSION ?= 5.3.3
 BOOTSTRAP_ICONS_VERSION ?= 1.11.3
 
+install: install-go-deps init-db build
+	mv -u prod/nutrition-tracker.service /etc/systemd/system/nutrition-tracker.service
+	systemctl enable nutrition-tracker.service
+
+start:
+	systemctl start nutrition-tracker.service
+
 install-go-deps:
 	go install -v github.com/sqlc-dev/sqlc/cmd/sqlc@$(SQLC_VERSION)
 	go install -v -tags 'sqlite3' github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/cmd/migrate@$(GOLANG_MIGRATE_VERSION)
diff --git a/prod/nutrition-tracker.service b/prod/nutrition-tracker.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d5e6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prod/nutrition-tracker.service
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Nutrition Tracker server
+ConditionFileNotEmpty=~/nutriton-tracker/.env
+ConditionPathExists=~/nutriton-tracker/sqlite/nutrition-tracker.db
+After=multi-user.target
+Wants=multi-user.target
+StartLimitIntervalSec=600
+StartLimitBurst=5
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'echo "$(date +"%%F-%%T") starting" >> /var/log/nutrition-tracker-starts.log'
+ExecStart=/bin/bash -c '~/nutriton-tracker/out/nutrition-tracker ~/nutriton-tracker/.env 2>&1 | tee /var/log/nutrition-tracker.log && exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}'
+ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c 'echo "$(date +"%%F-%%T") started" >> /var/log/nutrition-tracker-starts.log'
+Restart=on-failure
+TimeoutSec=30
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/prod/user-data.sh b/prod/user-data.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae6a1cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prod/user-data.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# logging
+exec >> /var/log/user-data.log
+exec 2>&1
+
+set -ex -o pipefail
+
+main() {
+  if [[ ! -d ~/nutrition-tracker ]]; then
+    cd ~
+    git clone https://github.com/szabolcs-horvath/nutrition-tracker.git
+    cd nutrition-tracker
+    make install
+  else
+    echo "Nutrition Tracker already installed."
+  fi
+}
+
+main "$@"