diff --git a/ReadMe.md b/ReadMe.md
index b337b43..2319c89 100644
--- a/ReadMe.md
+++ b/ReadMe.md
@@ -32,3 +32,13 @@ Run `install.sh <version>` to install the newest version
 Run `download-act_runner.sh` to download the latest file. Fill re-download as a different name if the same file is requested
 
 Run `install-act_runner.sh <version>` to install the newest version
+
+## Systemd
+
+in the `systemd` folder are systemd service files that can be used with gitea and the act_runner
+
+Note that in the gitea.service the "[Unit]" After= block needs to be adjusted depending on what services are used
+
+[See more here](https://docs.gitea.com/installation/linux-service)
+
+Copy them into `/etc/systemd/system/` and run `systemctl daemon-reload`, after that they can be launched with `systemctl start <name>` and enabled with `systemctl enable <name>`
diff --git a/download-act_runner.sh b/download-act_runner.sh
index 8eb3dfa..78274a4 100755
--- a/download-act_runner.sh
+++ b/download-act_runner.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ BASE_FOLDER=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"/";
 
 download_file=$(curl -s https://gitea.com/api/v1/repos/gitea/act_runner/releases/latest |\
 	jq ".assets[].browser_download_url" |\
-	cut -d '"' -f 2 |\
-	grep "${arch}$");
+	sed -e 's/"//g' |\
+	grep "${arch}.xz$");
 version=$(echo "${download_file}" | cut -d "/" -f 8);
 file=$(echo "${download_file}" | cut -d "/" -f 9);
 if [ -f "${download_folder}/${file}" ]; then
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ echo "act_runner version to download: ${version}";
 cd "${download_folder}" || exit;
 curl -s https://gitea.com/api/v1/repos/gitea/act_runner/releases/latest |\
 	jq ".assets[].browser_download_url" |\
-	cut -d '"' -f 2 |\
+	sed -e 's/"//g' |\
 	grep "${arch}$" |\
 	xargs curl -LJO --output-dir "${download_folder}"
 cd - || exit;
diff --git a/download.sh b/download.sh
index f5450ff..ee2b9c7 100755
--- a/download.sh
+++ b/download.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ BASE_FOLDER=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"/";
 
 download_file=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/go-gitea/gitea/releases/latest |\
 	jq ".assets[].browser_download_url" |\
-	cut -d '"' -f 4 |\
-	grep "${arch}$");
+	sed -e 's/"//g' |\
+	grep "${arch}.xz$");
 
 version=$(echo "${download_file}" | cut -d "/" -f 8);
 file=$(echo "${download_file}" | cut -d "/" -f 9);
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index abdd844..2de490e 100644
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # check needed binaries
+if [ -z "$(command -v xz)" ]; then
+	echo "Missing xz application, aborting";
+	exit;
+fi;
 if [ -z "$(command -v curl)" ]; then
 	echo "Missing curl application, aborting";
 	exit;
diff --git a/install-act_runner.sh b/install-act_runner.sh
index 4e30091..85117c8 100755
--- a/install-act_runner.sh
+++ b/install-act_runner.sh
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
     echo "Please give a Gitea Action Runner version to upgrade to";
     exit;
 fi;
-if [ ! -f "${download_folder}act_runner-${1}-${arch}" ]; then
-    echo "Cannot find file: ${download_folder}act_runner-${1}-${arch}";
+file_name="${download_folder}act_runner-${1}-${arch}.xz";
+if [ ! -f "${file_name}" ]; then
+    echo "Cannot find file: ${file_name}";
 	exit;
 fi;
 
 echo -e "Update gitea action runner to ${1} ... ";
 systemctl stop act_runner;
-cp "${download_folder}act_runner-${1}-${arch}" "${target_file_act_runner}";
+xz -dc "${file_name}" > "${target_file_act_runner}";
 chmod +x "${target_file_act_runner}";
 systemctl start act_runner;
 echo "[DONE]";
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 439a959..7b7a335 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
     echo "Please give a Gitea version to upgrade to";
     exit;
 fi;
-if [ ! -f "${download_folder}gitea-${1}-${arch}" ]; then
-    echo "Cannot find file: ${download_folder}gitea-${1}-${arch}";
+file_name="${download_folder}gitea-${1}-${arch}.xz";
+if [ ! -f "${file_name}" ]; then
+    echo "Cannot find file: ${file_name}";
 	exit;
 fi;
 
 echo -e "Update gitea to ${1} ... ";
 systemctl stop gitea;
-cp "${download_folder}gitea-${1}-${arch}" "${target_file}";
+xz -dc "${file_name}" > "${target_file}";
 chmod +x "${target_file}";
 systemctl start gitea;
 echo "[DONE]";
diff --git a/systemd/act_runner.service b/systemd/act_runner.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc8a84e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/act_runner.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Gitea Actions runner
+Documentation=https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner
+After=docker.service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/act_runner daemon --config /etc/act_runner/config.yaml
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/act_runner
+TimeoutSec=0
+RestartSec=10
+Restart=always
+User=act_runner
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/systemd/gitea.service b/systemd/gitea.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d2ec71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/gitea.service
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Gitea (Git with a cup of tea)
+After=syslog.target
+After=network.target
+#After=mysqld.service
+After=postgresql.service
+#After=memcached.service
+#After=redis.service
+
+[Service]
+# Modify these two values and uncomment them if you have
+# repos with lots of files and get an HTTP error 500 because
+# of that
+###
+#LimitMEMLOCK=infinity
+#LimitNOFILE=65535
+RestartSec=2s
+Type=simple
+User=git
+Group=git
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/gitea/
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gitea web -c /etc/gitea/app.ini
+Restart=always
+Environment=USER=git HOME=/home/git GITEA_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/gitea
+# If you want to bind Gitea to a port below 1024 uncomment
+# the two values below
+###
+#CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+#AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target