diff --git a/srcpkgs/couchpotato/files/couchpotato/run b/srcpkgs/couchpotato/files/couchpotato/run
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index 0000000000..e935516500
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+++ b/srcpkgs/couchpotato/files/couchpotato/run
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec 2>&1
+
+if [ ! -e /var/log/couchpotato.log ]; 
+then
+	touch /var/log/couchpotato.log
+	chmod 644 /var/log/couchpotato.log
+	chown couchpotato:couchpotato /var/log/couchpotato.log
+fi
+
+exec > /var/log/couchpotato.log
+exec chpst -ucouchpotato:couchpotato /usr/share/couchpotato/CouchPotato.py --data_dir=/var/lib/couchpotato 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/couchpotato/template b/srcpkgs/couchpotato/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/couchpotato/template
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+# Template build file for 'couchpotato'.
+pkgname=couchpotato
+version=3.0.1
+revision=1
+depends="python"
+short_desc="Usenet PVR for movies"
+maintainer="Ananteris <ananteris@mailinator.com>"
+system_accounts="couchpotato"
+couchpotato_homedir="/var/lib/couchpotato"
+distfiles="https://github.com/RuudBurger/CouchPotatoServer/archive/build/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f08f9c6ac02f66c6667f17ded1eea4c051a62bbcbadd2a8673394019878e92f7
+make_dirs="
+ /var/lib/couchpotato 0755 couchpotato couchpotato"
+homepage="http://couchpota.to"
+license="GPL-3"
+wrksrc="CouchPotatoServer-build-${version}"
+noarch="yes"
+pycompile_dirs="/usr/share/${pkgname}"
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/share/couchpotato
+	mv * ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/couchpotato
+	vsv couchpotato
+}