diff --git a/fadump1090.sh b/fadump1090.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+#
+# Provides:		dump1090
+# Required-Start:	$remote_fs
+# Required-Stop:	$remote_fs
+# Default-Start:	2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:		0 1 6
+# Short-Description:	dump1090 initscript
+#
+### END INIT INFO
+# Fill in name of program here.
+PROG_ARGS="--quiet --net --net-ro-size 500 --net-ro-rate 5 --net-buffer 5"
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+DAEMON=/usr/bin/dump1090
+PIDFILE=/var/run/dump1090
+
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 5
+
+LOCKFILE=/var/lock/dump1090
+
+start() {
+    log_daemon_msg "Starting dump1090 server" "dump1090"
+# --quiet
+    /sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --background --no-close --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $PROG_ARGS
+    status=$?
+    log_end_msg $status
+    return
+}
+
+stop() {
+    log_daemon_msg "Stopping dump1090 server" "dump1090"
+    /sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE
+    log_end_msg $?
+    rm -f $PIDFILE
+    return
+}
+
+status() {
+    echo "no status yet"
+    return
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        start
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        stop
+        ;;
+    status)
+	status
+        ;;
+    restart|force-reload)
+        stop && sleep 2 && start
+        ;;
+    reload)
+	exit 3
+	;;
+    status)
+	status_of_proc $DAEMON "dump1090 server"
+	;;
+    *)
+	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|try-restart|force-reload|status}"
+	exit 2
+	;;
+esac