diff --git a/README b/README
index 8ab9846b4..5a270bddf 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ Important: "use_your_own" is a password and you have to use the same value here
     ./manage.py init_db
 
 4) install init scripts and start daemons
-    cp /srv/pandora/etc/init/*.conf /etc/init/
+
+    /srv/pandora/ctl install
     /srv/pandora/ctl start
 
 5) Setup Webserver
diff --git a/ctl b/ctl
index 6b38ccf97..6e51f615c 100755
--- a/ctl
+++ b/ctl
@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@ if [ `whoami` != 'root' ]; then
     echo you have to be root or run $0 with sudo
     exit 1
 fi
+if [ "$action" = "install" ]; then
+    cd "`dirname "$0"`"
+    BASE=`pwd`
+    if [ -x /bin/systemctl ]; then
+        if [ -d /lib/systemd/system/ ]; then
+            cp $BASE/etc/systemd/*.service /lib/systemd/system/
+            cp $BASE/etc/tmpfiles.d/pandora.conf /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/
+            systemd-tmpfiles --create /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pandora.conf >/dev/null || true
+            for service in pandora pandora-tasks pandora-encoding pandora-cron; do
+                systemctl enable ${service}.service
+            done
+        fi
+    else
+        if [ -d /etc/init ]; then
+            cp $BASE/etc/init/* /etc/init/
+        fi
+    fi
+    exit 0
+fi
 for service in pandora pandora-tasks pandora-encoding pandora-cron; do
     service $service $action
 done
diff --git a/vm/firstboot.sh b/vm/firstboot.sh
index 94f0aa101..2f60e30a1 100755
--- a/vm/firstboot.sh
+++ b/vm/firstboot.sh
@@ -122,19 +122,12 @@ echo "UPDATE django_site SET domain = '$HOST.local', name = '$HOST.local' WHERE
 mkdir /srv/pandora/data
 chown -R pandora:pandora /srv/pandora
 
-if [ "$SYSTEMD" == "yes" ]; then
-    cp /srv/pandora/etc/systemd/*.service /lib/systemd/system/
-    cp /srv/pandora/etc/tmpfiles.d/pandora.conf /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/
-    if [ "$LXC" == "yes" ]; then
+/srv/pandora/ctl install
+
+if [ "$LXC" == "yes" ]; then
+    if [ "$SYSTEMD" == "yes" ]; then
         sed -i s/127.0.0.1/0.0.0.0/g /lib/systemd/system/pandora.service
-    fi
-    systemd-tmpfiles --create /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pandora.conf >/dev/null || true
-    for service in pandora pandora-tasks pandora-encoding pandora-cron; do
-        systemctl enable ${service}.service
-    done
-else
-    cp /srv/pandora/etc/init/* /etc/init/
-    if [ "$LXC" == "yes" ]; then
+    else
         sed -i s/127.0.0.1/0.0.0.0/g /etc/init/pandora.conf
     fi
 fi