diff --git a/roles/espe_backend/defaults/main.json b/roles/espe_backend/defaults/main.json
index b29be39..c670a54 100644
--- a/roles/espe_backend/defaults/main.json
+++ b/roles/espe_backend/defaults/main.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"var_espe_backend_git_reference": "master",
 	"var_espe_backend_verbosity": "notice",
 	"var_espe_backend_verification_secret": "REPLACE_ME",
-	"var_espe_backend_port": 7979,
+	"var_espe_backend_port": 4916,
 	"var_espe_backend_database_kind": "sqlite",
 	"var_espe_backend_database_data_sqlite_path": "data.sqlite",
 	"var_espe_backend_database_data_postgresql_host": "postgresql.example.org",
diff --git a/roles/espe_backend/tasks/main.json b/roles/espe_backend/tasks/main.json
index e9bfe1f..7c16dfb 100644
--- a/roles/espe_backend/tasks/main.json
+++ b/roles/espe_backend/tasks/main.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [
 	{
-		"name": "user",
+		"name": "user and directory",
 		"become": true,
 		"ansible.builtin.user": {
 			"name": "{{var_espe_backend_user}}",
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 	},
 	{
 		"name": "program | fetch",
-		"delegate_to": "localhost",
+		"become": true,
+		"become_user": "{{var_espe_backend_user}}",
 		"ansible.builtin.git": {
 			"repo": "dl-cloud-gitlab:espe/backend",
 			"version": "{{var_espe_backend_git_reference}}",
@@ -19,18 +20,20 @@
 	},
 	{
 		"name": "program | build",
-		"delegate_to": "localhost",
+		"become": true,
+		"become_user": "{{var_espe_backend_user}}",
 		"ansible.builtin.command": {
 			"chdir": "/tmp/espe-backend-repo",
-			"cmd": "tools/build --output-directory=/tmp/espe-backend-build"
+			"cmd": "tools/build"
 		}
 	},
 	{
 		"name": "program | deploy",
-		"delegate_to": "localhost",
+		"become": true,
+		"become_user": "{{var_espe_backend_user}}",
 		"ansible.builtin.command": {
 			"chdir": "/tmp/espe-backend-repo",
-			"cmd": "tools/deploy {{ansible_host}} {{var_espe_backend_directory}}"
+			"cmd": "tools/deploy localhost --target-directory={{var_espe_backend_directory}}"
 		}
 	},
 	{
@@ -41,5 +44,22 @@
 			"dest": "{{var_espe_backend_directory}}/conf.json",
 			"owner": "{{var_espe_backend_user}}"
 		}
+	},
+	{
+		"name": "systemd unit",
+		"become": true,
+		"ansible.builtin.template": {
+			"src": "systemd_unit.j2",
+			"dest": "/etc/systemd/system/espe.service"
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		"name": "run",
+		"become": true,
+		"ansible.builtin.systemd_service": {
+			"name": "espe",
+			"enabled": true,
+			"state": "restarted"
+		}
 	}
 ]
diff --git a/roles/espe_backend/templates/systemd_unit.j2 b/roles/espe_backend/templates/systemd_unit.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76595a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/espe_backend/templates/systemd_unit.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Espe
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart={{var_espe_backend_directory}}/espe serve
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
+RequiredBy=network.target