diff --git a/bootstrap_gunicorn.py b/bootstrap_gunicorn.py
index 0cdfdd37a..30fd9d4f3 100644
--- a/bootstrap_gunicorn.py
+++ b/bootstrap_gunicorn.py
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 current_dir = path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))
 TIMEOUT = 120  # In seconds
 
-# Arguments to start gunicorn
 args = [
-    "gunicorn", "-w", "4", "--daemon", "--pid", "gunicorn.pid", "-b", "unix:sampleplatform.sock", "-m", "007",
-    "-g", "www-data", "-u", "www-data", f"--chdir={current_dir}", "--log-level", "debug", "--timeout", f"{TIMEOUT}",
+    "gunicorn", "-w", "4", "-b", "unix:sampleplatform.sock", "-m", "007",
+    "-g", "www-data", "-u", "www-data", f"--chdir={current_dir}", "--log-level", "debug",
+    "--timeout", f"{TIMEOUT}",
     "--access-logfile", f"{current_dir}/logs/access.log", "--capture-output",
     "--log-file", f"{current_dir}/logs/error.log", "run:app"
 ]
 
-subprocess.Popen(args)
+subprocess.run(args)
diff --git a/install/install.sh b/install/install.sh
index 75ed79623..dfedbc129 100644
--- a/install/install.sh
+++ b/install/install.sh
@@ -264,10 +264,12 @@ chown -R www-data:www-data "${root_dir}" "${sample_repository}"
 echo "* Creating startup script"
 
 {
-    cp "${dir}/platform" /etc/init.d/platform
-    sed -i "s#BASE_DIR#${root_dir}#g" /etc/init.d/platform
-    chmod 755 /etc/init.d/platform
-    update-rc.d platform defaults
+    rm -f /etc/init.d/platform
+    update-rc.d platform remove || true
+    cp "${dir}/platform.service" /etc/systemd/system/platform.service
+    sed -i "s#/var/www/sample-platform#${root_dir}#g" /etc/systemd/system/platform.service
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+    systemctl enable platform.service
 }  >> "$install_log" 2>&1
 echo "* Creating RClone config file"
 
diff --git a/install/installation.md b/install/installation.md
index 74575fdf9..4464febf0 100644
--- a/install/installation.md
+++ b/install/installation.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ sudo python3 bootstrap_gunicorn.py
     1. Firstly check the Platform Installation log file in the install folder. Check for any errors, which may have been caused during platform installation on your system, and then try to resolve them accordingly.
     2. Next check for nginx status by `service nginx status` command, if it is not active, check nginx error log file, possibly in `/var/log/nginx/error.log` file.
     3. Next check for platform status by `service platform status` command, if it is not `active(running)` then check for platform logs in the `logs` directory of your project.
-    4. In case of any gunicorn error try manually running `/etc/init.d/platform start` command and recheck the platform status.
+    4. In case of any gunicorn error try manually running `sudo systemctl start platform.service` command and recheck the platform status.
 
 ### Setting Up The Bucket
 
diff --git a/install/platform b/install/platform
deleted file mode 100644
index 21c161f8e..000000000
--- a/install/platform
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# /etc/init.d/platform
-#
-# Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
-case "${1}" in
-    start)
-        echo "Starting Platform daemon..."
-        cd BASE_DIR
-        python bootstrap_gunicorn.py
-        ;;
-    stop)
-        echo "Stopping Platform daemon..."
-        pid=`cat "BASE_DIR/gunicorn.pid"`
-        kill "${pid}"
-        ;;
-    reload)
-        echo "Reloading Platform daemon..."
-        pid=`cat "BASE_DIR/gunicorn.pid"`
-        kill -HUP "${pid}"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/platform {start|stop|reload}"
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-esac
-
-exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install/platform.service b/install/platform.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b2a875d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/platform.service
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=CCExtractor Sample Platform (gunicorn)
+After=network.target mysql.service
+Wants=mysql.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=www-data
+Group=www-data
+WorkingDirectory=/var/www/sample-platform
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/gunicorn -w 4 -b unix:/var/www/sample-platform/sampleplatform.sock -m 007 --timeout 120 --log-level debug --access-logfile /var/www/sample-platform/logs/access.log --capture-output --log-file /var/www/sample-platform/logs/error.log run:app
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+KillMode=control-group
+TimeoutStopSec=30
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target