diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
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@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ figure out the word for all future days.
 
 You can reset the seed and all game state by removing the file `state.pickle`.
 
+A systemd service file is provided under `wordguess.service` in order to provide another way to run the server.
+
+Copy `wordguess.service` to `~/.config/systemd/user` and then enable and start the service with:
+
+```bash
+systemctl --user enable --now wordguess
+```
+
+To start on boot-up, your user needs to have `Linger` enabled. If you have root access, you can run:
+
+```bash
+sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER
+```
+
 ## Players
 
 Players can play the game by running the `client.py` python script.
@@ -55,3 +69,8 @@ python /home/wg/WordGuess/leaderboard.py
 ```
 
 You can also pass a date with `--date`.
+
+
+## Notes
+
+Word list from [Morgenstern2573/wordle_clone](https://github.com/Morgenstern2573/wordle_clone/blob/master/build/words.js) on GitHub.
diff --git a/wordguess.service b/wordguess.service
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@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=WordGuess server
+Requires=
+After=
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=%h/WordGuess/
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python server.py
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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