diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 ## overall
 you can use this as a base for your discord bot by writing your own [cogs](/cogs/), or as is.
 
-
 ## installation
 1. clone the repo
 ```bash
@@ -22,6 +21,30 @@ CAT_API_KEY=live_abc123abc
 ```
 you can then edit the [config.py](/config.py) to your liking.
 
+## usage
+the bot is running when the main.py script is running.
+
+### systemd service
+you can configure a systemd service for this bot.
+[systemd_service.sh](systemd_service.sh) is ONLY for systemd systems. 
+
+(*tested on Ubuntu 24.04*)
+
+simply do:
+```
+chmod +x systemd_service.sh
+./systemd_service.sh
+```
+the systemd service will now start and auto start on reboot.
+
+### updating with systemd service
+keep in mind that after updating with the systemd service enabled, you will need to restart the service.
+so the update workflow looks something like this:
+```
+git pull origin main
+sudo systemctl restart muzovkantv2
+```
+
 ## contacting
 if you have any feedback, contact me on github issues or/and discord. if you want to add any functions to this bot, make a PR.
 when submitting a bug report, make sure to attach the bot.log files. they generate automatically in root directory.
diff --git a/systemd_service.sh b/systemd_service.sh
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index 0000000..fd2eba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd_service.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+BOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+BOT_USER="$(whoami)"
+VENV_PYTHON="$BOT_DIR/venv/bin/python"
+SERVICE_NAME="muzovkantv2"
+
+echo "creating systemd service for user '$BOT_USER' in '$BOT_DIR'..."
+
+sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/$SERVICE_NAME.service > /dev/null <<EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=muzovkantv2 discord bot
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=$BOT_USER
+WorkingDirectory=$BOT_DIR
+ExecStart=$VENV_PYTHON $BOT_DIR/main.py
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl enable $SERVICE_NAME
+sudo systemctl start $SERVICE_NAME
+
+echo "done. status:"
+sudo systemctl status $SERVICE_NAME