diff --git a/TODO.org b/TODO.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31ebcd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TODO.org
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+* TODO some sort of append logic? e.g. don't dump immediately and add as subitems?
+* ???
+npm install --save-dev @babel/core @babel/preset-env
+npm install babel-preset-stage-0
+npm install babel-preset-env -- wtf is that shit??
+
+npm run build 
+
+npm run flow
+
+* DONE [#A] move server to a separate folder, systemd install script
+  CLOSED: [2019-01-05 Sat 14:38]
+  
+* TODO [#A] release somewhere? not sure if necessary
+
+* TODO [#B] docs on using
+  
+* TODO [#B] circleci?
+* TODO [#D] nicer manifest?
+* TODO [#D] do not minfy for dev
+* TODO [#C] motivation
diff --git a/server/config.py b/server/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c21ace7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+CAPTURE_PATH = Path('/L/Dropbox/mobile/notes/links.org')
diff --git a/server b/server/run
similarity index 50%
rename from server
rename to server/run
index c2adf5d..987e517 100755
--- a/server
+++ b/server/run
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 PORT=8090
 
-hug -p "$PORT" -f server.py >server.log 2>server.err
+hug -p "$PORT" -f server.py
diff --git a/server.py b/server/server.py
similarity index 100%
rename from server.py
rename to server/server.py
diff --git a/server/setup b/server/setup
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..45b2d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/setup
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from pathlib import Path
+from subprocess import check_call
+
+run_script = Path(__file__).parent.joinpath('run').absolute()
+
+CONFIG = f"""
+[Unit]
+Description=Grasp extension server conterpart
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart={run_script}
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+"""
+
+SNAME = 'grasp.service'
+
+out = Path(f'~/.config/systemd/user/{SNAME}').expanduser()
+
+print(f"Writing systemd config to {out}:")
+with out.open('w') as fo:
+    fo.write(CONFIG)
+
+
+
+def systemd(*args):
+    check_call([
+        'systemctl', '--user', *args,
+    ])
+
+systemd('daemon-reload')
+systemd('enable', SNAME)
+systemd('start' , SNAME)
+systemd('status', SNAME)
+
+# TODO journalctl --user -u grasp.service to debug