diff --git a/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth.csproj b/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth.csproj
index 25ee9ef..aee1593 100644
--- a/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth.csproj
+++ b/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth.csproj
@@ -42,12 +42,4 @@
       <ProjectReference Include="..\CodeLiturgy.Domain\CodeLiturgy.Domain.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <Content Include="appsettings.json">
-        <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
-        <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-        <CopyToPublishDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToPublishDirectory>
-      </Content>
-    </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth/appsettings.json b/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth/appsettings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b0a056a..0000000
--- a/CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth/appsettings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "Logging": {
-    "LogLevel": {
-      "Default": "Information",
-      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
-    }
-  },
-  "AllowedHosts": "*",
-  "ConnectionStringDocker": {
-    "MySQL": "server=db;user=blueuser;password=dXjw127124dJ;database=bluedb;"
-  },
-  "ConnectionStringNoDocker": {
-    "MySQL": "server=localhost;user=blueuser;password=dXjw127124dJ;database=bluedb;"
-  },
-  "AuthSettings": {
-    "SecretKey": "iJWHDmHLpUA283sqsfhqGbMRdRj1PVkH"
-  },
-  "JwtIssuerOptions": {
-    "Issuer": "SomeIssuer",
-    "Audience": "http://localhost:5000"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/CodeLiturgy.Views/CodeLiturgy.Views.csproj b/CodeLiturgy.Views/CodeLiturgy.Views.csproj
index 5cdfc61..76d45a4 100644
--- a/CodeLiturgy.Views/CodeLiturgy.Views.csproj
+++ b/CodeLiturgy.Views/CodeLiturgy.Views.csproj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Linux</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
+        <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Systemd" Version="7.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
       <ProjectReference Include="..\CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth\CodeLiturgy.Data.Auth.csproj" />
diff --git a/CodeLiturgy.Views/Program.cs b/CodeLiturgy.Views/Program.cs
index ec29ad8..9407925 100644
--- a/CodeLiturgy.Views/Program.cs
+++ b/CodeLiturgy.Views/Program.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace BlueWest.WebApi
 
         private static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args) =>
             Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
-                
+                .UseSystemd()
                 .ConfigureWebHostDefaults(webBuilder =>
                 {
                     webBuilder.UseStartup<Startup>();
diff --git a/CodeLiturgy.Views/System/SystemExtensions.cs b/CodeLiturgy.Views/System/SystemExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3c5b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodeLiturgy.Views/System/SystemExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace CodeLiturgy.Views
+{
+    public static class SystemExtensions
+    {
+        public static void ExecuteCommand(string command)
+        {
+            Process proc = new();
+            proc.StartInfo.FileName = "/bin/bash";
+            proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "-c \" " + command + " \"";
+            proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false; 
+            proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
+            proc.Start ();
+            while (!proc.StandardOutput.EndOfStream) {
+                Console.WriteLine (proc.StandardOutput.ReadLine ());
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static void AddUser(
+            string username,
+            bool createHome,
+            bool useSudo)
+        {
+            var sudoStr = useSudo ? "sudo" : "";
+            var createHomeStr = createHome ? "-m" : "";
+            var addUser = $"{sudoStr} useradd {createHomeStr} {username}";
+            var deletePass = $"{sudoStr} passwd -d {username}";
+            var lockPass = $"{sudoStr} passwd -l {username} ";
+            
+            ExecuteCommand(addUser);
+            ExecuteCommand(deletePass);
+            ExecuteCommand(lockPass);
+        }
+        
+        
+        public static void DeleteUser(
+            string username,
+            bool deleteHome,
+            bool useSudo)
+        {
+            var sudo = useSudo ? "sudo" : "";
+            var rmUser = $"{sudo} userdel {username}";
+            ExecuteCommand(rmUser);
+
+            if (deleteHome)
+            {
+                var delHome = $"{sudo} rm -rf /home/{username}";
+                ExecuteCommand(delHome);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        
+    }
+}
+