diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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+++ b/install.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check for root privileges
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "This install script requires root privileges. Please run with sudo."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+script_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+echo "Attempting to install dependancies"
+apt install python3-flask sqlite3 libhunspell-dev python3-hunspell uwsgi-core uwsgi-plugin-python3 python3-requests curl
+
+echo "Creating new user kjv with no login shell"
+useradd -r -s /bin/false kjv
+
+echo "Copying server files to /opt/kjv-api"
+mkdir /opt/kjv-api
+cp -r "${script_dir}"/. /opt/kjv-api
+
+
+echo "Setting ownership to kjv user"
+chmod -R kjv:kjv /opt/kjv-api
+
+echo "Installing systemd service task"
+cp /opt/kjv-api/install/kjv-api.service /etc/systemd/system/kjv-api.service
+
+echo "Enabling auto-start and starting kjv-api"
+systemctl enable kjv-api.service
+systemctl start kjv-api.service
+
+
+echo "If you see a random Bible verse below in json format, your installation was successful:"
+curl -XGET 127.0.0.1:1611/random
+
+echo "You must now set your webserver as a reverse proxy for your domain and point it to 127.0.0.1:1611"
+echo "See the `install` folder for example configuration files."
+echo
+echo "Notes:"
+echo " - Thank you for running this software to bring the Bible to people."
+echo " - You can change the pages (it's not fancy) in html/. There's no fancy libraries."
+echo
diff --git a/install/nginx.example b/install/nginx.example
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+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name domain.tld;
+
+    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 443 ssl;
+    server_name domain.tld;
+
+    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.tld/fullchain.pem;
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.tld/privkey.pem;   
+
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:1611;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;   
+
+    }
+}