diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 6931d21..9a4ee07 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ etebase__user: 'etebase'
 etebase__user_home: '/var/lib/etebase'
 etebase__shell: '/bin/false'
 etebase__venv: "{{ etebase__user_home }}/venv"
+etebase__socket: '/tmp/etebase_server.sock'
 
 # package state
 etebase__package_state: 'present'
@@ -38,5 +39,10 @@ etebase__database_options_extra: ''
 etebase__ldap_extra: ''
 etebase__config_extra: ''
 
+# webosting
+etebase__restart_webserver: false
+etebase__webserver_service: 'nginx.service'
+etebase__systemd_setup: false
+
 # should we do a version check? (recomended)
 submodules_versioncheck: false
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0254634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+- name: "Systemctl restart etebase.service"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: etebase.service
+    state: restarted
+  when: ansible_service_mgr == "systemd"
+
+- name: "Systemctl restart webserver"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: "{{ etebase__webserver_service }}"
+    state: restarted
+  when: ansible_service_mgr == "systemd" and etebase__restart_webserver | bool
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 2d0a9da..ad5628d 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@
 
 - name: Run ./manage.py migrate
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: migrate.yml
+
+- name: Setup Systemd Service
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: systemd.yml
+  when: etebase__systemd_setup | bool
diff --git a/tasks/systemd.yml b/tasks/systemd.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2da141a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/systemd.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+- name: "Setup systemd service"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: 'templates/etebase.service.j2'
+    dest: /lib/systemd/system/etebase.service
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
+  notify:
+    - "Systemctl restart etebase.service"
+    - "Systemctl restart webserver"
+
+- name: "Reload systemd"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    daemon_reload: true
diff --git a/templates/etebase.service.j2 b/templates/etebase.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e1b975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/etebase.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Execute the etebase server.
+
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory={{ etebase__user_home }}/etebase_{{ etebase_version_target }}
+ExecStart={{ etebase__venv }}/bin/uvicorn etebase_server.asgi:application --uds {{ etebase__socket }}
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 04660d7..71b6123 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ etebase__repo: 'https://github.com/etesync/server.git'
 etebase__repo_api: 'https://api.github.com/repos/etesync/server/tags'
 
 # versionscheck
-playbook_version_number: 6   # should be a integer
+playbook_version_number: 7   # should be a integer
 playbook_version_path: 'role-etebase'