diff --git a/image/mkimg.sh b/image/mkimg.sh
index 342b5e962..683fb767b 100755
--- a/image/mkimg.sh
+++ b/image/mkimg.sh
@@ -121,3 +121,14 @@ sed -i /etc/default/keyboard -e "/^XKBLAYOUT/s/\".*\"/\"us\"/"
 
 #boot settings
 cp -f config.txt mnt/boot/
+cp -f ../__lib__systemd__system__stratux.service mnt/lib/systemd/system/stratux.service
+cp -f ../__root__stratux-pre-start.sh mnt/root/stratux-pre-start.sh
+chmod 644 mnt/lib/systemd/system/stratux.service
+chmod 744 mnt/root/stratux-pre-start.sh
+ln -fs mnt/lib/systemd/system/stratux.service mnt/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/stratux.service
+
+#clean up old init scripts.
+rm -f /etc/init.d/stratux
+rm -f /etc/rc2.d/S01stratux
+rm -f /etc/rc6.d/K01stratux
+
diff --git a/init.d-stratux b/init.d-stratux
deleted file mode 100755
index da4a68f4c..000000000
--- a/init.d-stratux
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:		stratux
-# Required-Start:	$network
-# Required-Stop:
-# Should-Start:
-# Should-Stop:
-# Default-Start:	2
-# Default-Stop:		6
-# Short-Description:	Stratux ADS-B Receiver
-# Description:		RTL-SDR ADS-B receiver
-### END INIT INFO
-
-PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-DAEMON_SBIN=/usr/bin/gen_gdl90
-DAEMON_DEFS=
-DAEMON_CONF=
-NAME=stratux
-DESC="Stratux ADS-B Receiver"
-PIDFILE=/var/run/stratux.pid
-
-[ -x "$DAEMON_SBIN" ] || exit 0
-
-DAEMON_OPTS=""
-
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-	log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
-	echo powersave >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
-	# Check if we need to run an update.
-	if [ -e /root/update*stratux*v*.sh ] ; then
-		UPDATE_SCRIPT=`ls -1t /root/update*stratux*v*.sh | head -1`
-		if [ -n "$UPDATE_SCRIPT" ] ; then
-			# Execute the script, remove it, then reboot.
-			echo
-			echo "Running update script ${UPDATE_SCRIPT}..."
-			sh ${UPDATE_SCRIPT}
-			rm -f $UPDATE_SCRIPT
-			reboot
-		fi
-	fi
-	start-stop-daemon --start --background --oknodo --quiet --exec "$DAEMON_SBIN" \
-		--pidfile "$PIDFILE" --make-pidfile -- $DAEMON_OPTS >/dev/null
-	log_end_msg "$?"
-	;;
-  stop)
-	log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --quiet --exec "$DAEMON_SBIN" \
-		--pidfile "$PIDFILE"
-	pkill dump1090 || true
-	log_end_msg "$?"
-	;;
-  reload)
-  	log_daemon_msg "Reloading $DESC" "$NAME"
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --exec "$DAEMON_SBIN" \
-		--pidfile "$PIDFILE"
-	log_end_msg "$?"
-	;;
-  restart|force-reload)
-  	$0 stop
-	sleep 8
-	$0 start
-	;;
-  status)
-	status_of_proc "$DAEMON_SBIN" "$NAME"
-	exit $?
-	;;
-  *)
-	N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
-	echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload|reload|status}" >&2
-	exit 1
-	;;
-esac
-
-exit 0