diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/report_temperature.service b/etc/systemd/system/report_temperature.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea10ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/report_temperature.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Reporting temperature data to InfluxDB server
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/home/pi/tempsense/temperature_reporter.py
+User=pi
+StandardOutput=journal