diff --git a/etc/group b/etc/group
index a298035..1270985 100644
--- a/etc/group
+++ b/etc/group
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 root:x:0:root
 dnsmasq:x:963:dnsmasq
 sshd:x:33:sshd
-nobody:x:65534:
\ No newline at end of file
+nobody:x:65534:
+gitea:x:1000:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/etc/passwd b/etc/passwd
index 72f2cb6..db26337 100644
--- a/etc/passwd
+++ b/etc/passwd
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh
 dnsmasq:x:963:963:dnsmasq daemon:/:/usr/bin/nologin
 sshd:x:33:33:SSH daemon:/var/lib/sshd:/bin/sh
-nobody:x:65534:65534:Kernel Oerflow User:/:/usr/bin/nologin
\ No newline at end of file
+nobody:x:65534:65534:Kernel Oerflow User:/:/usr/bin/nologin
+gitea:x:1000:1000:Gitea daemon user:/home/gitea:/bin/sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/usr/lib/init/services/gitea.service b/usr/lib/init/services/gitea.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a23cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/lib/init/services/gitea.service
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#--- import colors and init-funcs ---
+. /usr/lib/init/colors.sh
+. /usr/lib/init/init-funcs.sh
+#------------------------------------
+
+start() {
+    otify "Starting gitea"
+    su gitea -c "/usr/bin/gitea -w /home/gitea"
+    check $? "start gitea"
+    echo $(pgrep gitea) > /var/run/gitea.pid
+    return $?
+}
+
+stop() {
+    notify "Stopping gitea"
+    kill $(cat /var/run/gitea.pid)
+    check $? "stop gitea"
+    rm /var/run/gitea.pid &> /dev/null
+    return $?
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    start|stop|restart|reload|help)
+        "$1"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        help
+		return 1
+        ;;
+esac
+return $?