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+[Unit]
+Description=Whiskr Chat
+After=multi-user.target
+StartLimitBurst=10
+StartLimitIntervalSec=60
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+User=root
+WorkingDirectory=/var/whiskr
+ExecStart=/var/whiskr/whiskr
+StandardOutput=append:/var/whiskr/whiskr.log
+StandardError=append:/var/whiskr/whiskr.log
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target