diff --git a/scripts/maposmaticd.sh-template b/scripts/maposmaticd.sh-template
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+_here=`dirname "$0"`
+_pydir=`cd "$_here"/.. && /bin/pwd`
+
+PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:/path/to/ocitysmap:$_pydir"
+export PYTHONPATH
+
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="www.settings"
+export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
+
+MAPOSMATIC_LOG_FILE="/tmp/maposmaticd.log"
+export MAPOSMATIC_LOG_FILE
+
+exec "$_here"/maposmaticd