diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 371541e..b26284d 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,85 @@
 #!/usr/bin/bash
 
-commit="git rev-parse --short HEAD"
+# work in progress
+id -u catask >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false -m -d /etc/catask -U catask
+sudo git clone https://git.mst.k.vu/mst/catask /tmp/catask
+cd /tmp/catask
+
+commit_short_hash=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 bold=$(tput bold)
 normal=$(tput sgr0)
 
 echo "--------------------------"
-echo "${bold}Installing CatAsk (commit ${commit})...${normal}"
+echo "${bold}Installing CatAsk (commit ${commit_short_hash})...${normal}"
 echo "--------------------------"
-echo 'Creating & activating virtual environment...'
+echo
+echo "${bold}Creating & activating virtual environment...${normal}"
 python3 -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate
-echo 'Installing required packages...'
+echo
+echo "${bold}Installing required packages...${normal}"
 pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# move to /etc/catask after installing packages
+sudo cp -r /tmp/catask/ /etc/catask/
+
+echo
+echo "${bold}Configuring CatAsk...${normal}"
 cp .env.example .env; cp config.example.json config.json
-read -n 1 -s -r -p "Press any key to open main config file"
+echo
+read -n 1 -s -r -p "Press any key to open main config file..."
 nano config.json
-read -n 1 -s -r -p "Press any key to open .env config file"
+read -n 1 -s -r -p "Press any key to open .env config file..."
 nano .env
+
+echo
+echo 'Initializing the database...'
+if flask init-db; then : ; else
+	echo 'If the error is "MySQL Connection not available." then you can safely ignore it'
+	echo 'Otherwise, create an issue at https://git.mst.k.vu/mst/catask/issues/new'
+	read -p "Proceed? (y/N) " proceed_after_error
+	proceed_after_error="${proceed_after_error,,}"
+	echo $proceed_after_error
+	if [[ "$proceed_after_error" == 'y' ]]; then
+		echo "Proceeding..."
+	else
+		exit 255
+	fi
+fi
+
+read -p "Do you want to install CatAsk as a systemd service? (Y/n) " sysd_service_input
+
+if [[ "$sysd_service_input" == 'n' ]]; then
+	echo "Start CatAsk with: ${bold}gunicorn -w 4 app:app -b 127.0.0.1:5000${normal}"
+	echo "Replace ${bold}127.0.0.1:5000${normal} with address where CatAsk will run"
+	exit 0
+else
+read -p "Address on which CatAsk will run (127.0.0.1:5000): " catask_addr
+catask_addr=${catask_addr:-127.0.0.1:5000}
+sudo cat > /etc/systemd/system/catask.service << EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=catask
+
+[Service]
+User=catask
+WorkingDirectory=$PWD
+ExecStart=$PWD/venv/bin/python3 -m gunicorn -w 4 app:app -b $catask_addr
+EOF
+fi
+echo "Created a systemd service with these contents:"
+echo "-----------------------"
+cat << EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=catask
+
+[Service]
+User=catask
+WorkingDirectory=$PWD
+ExecStart=$PWD/venv/bin/python3 -m gunicorn -w 4 app:app -b $catask_addr
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+echo "-----------------------"
+echo "Start the service with: ${bold}sudo systemctl start --now catask${normal}"
+echo
+echo "${bold}Install complete!${normal}"