diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9164ffa..7ea8c2e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Simon Stürz <simon.stuerz@guh.io>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0.0),
   dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~),
+  dh-systemd,
   qt5-default,
   qtbase5-dev,
   qtconnectivity5-dev
diff --git a/debian/nymea-networkmanager.dirs b/debian/nymea-networkmanager.dirs
index c703cf8..6589283 100644
--- a/debian/nymea-networkmanager.dirs
+++ b/debian/nymea-networkmanager.dirs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 usr/bin/
+lib/systemd/system/
diff --git a/debian/nymea-networkmanager.install.in b/debian/nymea-networkmanager.install.in
index 537be26..176cca0 100644
--- a/debian/nymea-networkmanager.install.in
+++ b/debian/nymea-networkmanager.install.in
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 usr/bin/nymea-networkmanager
+nymea-networkmanager.service /lib/systemd/system/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a70455d..494030a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $(PREPROCESS_FILES:.in=): %: %.in
 	sed 's,/@DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH@,$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH:%=/%),g' $< > $@
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --buildsystem=qmake --parallel
+	dh $@ --buildsystem=qmake --parallel --with systemd
 
 override_dh_install: $(PREPROCESS_FILES:.in=)
 	dh_install
diff --git a/nymea-networkmanager.service b/nymea-networkmanager.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c26bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nymea-networkmanager.service
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Daemon for nymea to configure wifi network using Bluetooth LE.
+Documentation=https://github.com/guh/nymea-networkmanager
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/nymea-networkmanager -d
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
+Restart=on-failure
+Type=simple
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
diff --git a/nymea-networkmanager/core.cpp b/nymea-networkmanager/core.cpp
index 7ea54d1..1848fe2 100644
--- a/nymea-networkmanager/core.cpp
+++ b/nymea-networkmanager/core.cpp
@@ -76,14 +76,17 @@ Core::Core(QObject *parent) :
 
 Core::~Core()
 {
+    qCDebug(dcApplication()) << "Shutting down nymea service";
     delete m_nymeaService;
     m_nymeaService = nullptr;
 
-    delete m_networkManager;
-    m_networkManager = nullptr;
-
+    qCDebug(dcApplication()) << "Shutting down bluetooth service";
     delete m_bluetoothServer;
     m_bluetoothServer = nullptr;
+
+    qCDebug(dcApplication()) << "Shutting down network-manager service";
+    delete m_networkManager;
+    m_networkManager = nullptr;
 }
 
 void Core::evaluateNetworkManagerState(const NetworkManager::NetworkManagerState &state)