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+# Sample Discord Bot with self update
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Python 3.8 or higher
+- Git
+- (optional) systemd or equivalent, restarting the bot might be a bit messy otherwise
+
+## Installation
+
+- Just clone the repository to wherever you like
+
+### (optional) Setting up systemd user service
+
+Systemd only allows system wide services out of the box. Those require root access though.
+If you don't wanna run the bot on an account with root access, here's what you can do:
+
+On an account with root access run:
+
+```
+loginctl enable-linger <username>
+export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u)
+```
+
+Reboot your system.
+
+Afterwards you have to check two environment variables:
+```
+echo $XDB_RUNTIME_DIR               // should return something like /run/user/1001
+echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS      // should return something like /run/user/1001/bus
+```
+
+Now you can create user services under /home/<username>/.config/systemd/user.
+The bot service should look something like this:
+```
+[Unit]
+Description=Test Discord Bot
+After=multi-user.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=/home/marco/Projects/DiscordBot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3.10 /home/marco/Projects/DiscordBot/bot.py
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
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