diff --git a/tools/arkdaemon b/tools/arkdaemon
index 853c88e..08b635a 100755
--- a/tools/arkdaemon
+++ b/tools/arkdaemon
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:          ARK manager deamon
 # Required-Start:    networking
diff --git a/tools/install.sh b/tools/install.sh
index 1a02ac9..0cf076c 100644
--- a/tools/install.sh
+++ b/tools/install.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,15 @@ if [ ! -z $1 ]; then
     cp arkmanager /usr/bin/arkmanager
     chmod +x /usr/bin/arkmanager
 
-    # Copy arkdaemon to /etc/init.d and set permissions
+    # Copy arkdaemon to /etc/init.d ,set permissions and add it to boot
     cp arkdaemon /etc/init.d/arkdaemon
     chmod +x /etc/init.d/arkdaemon
+    # add to startup if the system use sysinit
+    if [ test -x /usr/sbin/update-rc.d ]; then
+      update-rc.d arkdaemon defaults
+      echo "Ark server will now start on boot, if you want to remove this feature run the following line"
+      echo "update-rc.d -f arkdaemon remove"
+    fi
 
     # Create a folder in /var/log to let Ark tools write its own log files
     mkdir -p /var/log/arktools