# Systemd service documentation incorrect

**URL:** <https://community.vikunja.io/t/systemd-service-documentation-incorrect/161>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [11 February 2021 04:29 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/systemd-service-documentation-incorrect/161 "2021-02-11T04:29:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![pete1450](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@pete1450](https://community.vikunja.io/u/pete1450)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2021 04:29 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/systemd-service-documentation-incorrect/161/1 "2021-02-11T04:29:00Z")

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I believe the documentation at this page is incorrect for setting vikunja up as a systemd service.  
[https://vikunja.io/docs/install-backend/#systemd-service](https://vikunja.io/docs/install-backend/#systemd-service)

It contains the following

```auto
WorkingDirectory=/opt/vikunja
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vikunja

```

and I think it should be something like

```auto
WorkingDirectory=/etc/vikunja
ExecStart=/opt/vikunja/vikunja

```

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**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2021 07:09 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/systemd-service-documentation-incorrect/161/2 "2021-02-11T07:09:57Z")

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It should work if you followed the steps before the systemd file: [Install Backend | Vikunja](https://vikunja.io/docs/install-backend/#set-it-up)

Vikunja itself looks for [a configuration file in various places by itself](https://vikunja.io/docs/config-options/#config-file-locations) so the working directory doesn’t really need to be configured. Not sure if it is needed at all in the config, but I don’t know much about systemd.

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**Author:** ![pete1450](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@pete1450](https://community.vikunja.io/u/pete1450)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2021 14:43 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/systemd-service-documentation-incorrect/161/3 "2021-02-11T14:43:07Z")

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Ah, I see what you’re saying. Those steps place the binary file in a different location than where it goes with the debian dpkg method. I should have noticed that.

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**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2021 16:12 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/systemd-service-documentation-incorrect/161/4 "2021-02-11T16:12:31Z")

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Yeah the deb package needs some work to unify it better with the  
systemd file of the rest of the docs.