diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 29a99721..4a1f5539 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ src/vendor
 src/caduceus/caduceus
 src/caduceus/debug
 src/caduceus/output
-caduceus.spec
 
 # config
 src/caduceus/caduceus.json
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4cf422d9..62f3efa0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
-### Added 
+### Added
 - Add alternative urls and consumer max retry logic for webhooks [issue 140](https://github.com/Comcast/caduceus/pull/140)
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f68ab0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+DEFAULT: build
+
+GOPATH       := ${CURDIR}
+GOFMT        ?= gofmt
+APP          := caduceus
+FIRST_GOPATH := $(firstword $(subst :, ,$(shell go env GOPATH)))
+BINARY       := $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin/$(APP)
+
+PROGVER = $(shell grep 'applicationVersion.*= ' src/$(APP)/$(APP).go | awk '{print $$3}' | sed -e 's/\"//g')
+RELEASE = 1
+
+.PHONY: glide-install
+glide-install:
+	export GOPATH=$(GOPATH) && cd src && glide install --strip-vendor
+
+.PHONY: build
+build: glide-install
+	export GOPATH=$(GOPATH) && cd src/$(APP) && go build
+
+rpm:
+	mkdir -p ./.ignore/SOURCES
+	tar -czf ./.ignore/SOURCES/$(APP)-$(PROGVER).tar.gz --transform 's/^\./$(APP)-$(PROGVER)/' --exclude ./keys --exclude ./.git --exclude ./.ignore --exclude ./conf --exclude ./deploy --exclude ./vendor --exclude ./src/vendor .
+	cp etc/systemd/$(APP).service ./.ignore/SOURCES/
+	cp etc/$(APP)/$(APP).yaml  ./.ignore/SOURCES/
+	rpmbuild --define "_topdir $(CURDIR)/.ignore" \
+		--define "_ver $(PROGVER)" \
+		--define "_releaseno $(RELEASE)" \
+		-ba etc/systemd/$(APP).spec
+
+.PHONY: version
+version:
+	@echo $(PROGVER)
+
+
+# If the first argument is "update-version"...
+ifeq (update-version,$(firstword $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
+  # use the rest as arguments for "update-version"
+  RUN_ARGS := $(wordlist 2,$(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)),$(MAKECMDGOALS))
+  # ...and turn them into do-nothing targets
+  $(eval $(RUN_ARGS):;@:)
+endif
+
+.PHONY: update-version
+update-version:
+	@echo "Update Version $(PROGVER) to $(RUN_ARGS)"
+	sed -i "s/$(PROGVER)/$(RUN_ARGS)/g" src/$(APP)/$(APP).go
+
+
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	echo go build -o $(BINARY) $(PROGVER)
+
+.PHONY: release-artifacts
+release-artifacts: glide-install
+	mkdir -p ./.ignore
+	export GOPATH=$(GOPATH) && cd src/$(APP) && GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o ../../.ignore/$(APP)-$(PROGVER).darwin-amd64
+	export GOPATH=$(GOPATH) && cd src/$(APP) && GOOS=linux  GOARCH=amd64 go build -o ../../.ignore/$(APP)-$(PROGVER).linux-amd64
+
+.PHONY: docker
+docker:
+	docker build -f ./deploy/Dockerfile -t $(APP):$(PROGVER) .
+
+# build docker without running modules
+.PHONY: local-docker
+local-docker:
+	GOOS=linux  GOARCH=amd64 go build -o $(APP)_linux_amd64
+	docker build -f ./deploy/Dockerfile.local -t $(APP):local .
+
+.PHONY: style
+style:
+	! gofmt -d $$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -o -name '*.go' -print) | grep '^'
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	go test -o $(BINARY) -v -race  -coverprofile=cover.out $(go list ./... | grep -v "/vendor/")
+
+.PHONY: test-cover
+test-cover: test
+	go tool cover -html=cover.out
+
+.PHONY: codecov
+codecov: test
+	curl -s https://codecov.io/bash | bash
+
+.PHONEY: it
+it:
+	./it.sh
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -rf ./$(APP) ./.ignore ./coverage.txt ./vendor ./src/vendor
diff --git a/build_rpm.sh b/build_rpm.sh
index 3bd19515..3d1bff63 100755
--- a/build_rpm.sh
+++ b/build_rpm.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ popd
 cat ${NAME}.spec.in > ${NAME}.spec
 cat ChangeLog >> ${NAME}.spec
 
-if [ 0 eq $SIGN ]; then
+if [ 0 == $SIGN ]; then
     yes "" | rpmbuild -ba \
         --define "_ver $release" \
         --define "_releaseno ${BUILD_NUMBER}" \
@@ -88,3 +88,4 @@ fi
 pushd ..
 echo "$new_release" > versionno.txt
 popd
+
diff --git a/caduceus.spec.in b/etc/init.d/caduceus.spec
similarity index 100%
rename from caduceus.spec.in
rename to etc/init.d/caduceus.spec
diff --git a/etc/systemd/caduceus.service b/etc/systemd/caduceus.service
index 4d9aa7c4..408960e8 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/caduceus.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/caduceus.service
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=The Xmidt server for delivering events.
-After=network.target
+After=network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-User=caduceus
+PIDFile=/run/caduceus.pid
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -f /run/caduceus.pid
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/caduceus
-Restart=on-failure
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
+TimeoutStopSec=10
+KillMode=process
+PrivateTmp=true
+Restart=always
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/etc/systemd/caduceus.spec b/etc/systemd/caduceus.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4ae07ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/systemd/caduceus.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+%define debug_package %{nil}
+
+Name:       caduceus
+Version:    %{_ver}
+Release:    %{_releaseno}%{?dist}
+Summary:    The Xmidt API interface server.
+
+Group:      System Environment/Daemons
+License:    ASL 2.0
+URL:        https://github.com/Comcast/%{name}
+Source0:    %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires:  golang >= 1.11
+
+Provides:       %{name}
+
+%description
+The Xmidt API interface server.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+export GOPATH=$(pwd)
+pushd src
+glide i --strip-vendor
+cd %{name}
+go build %{name}
+popd
+
+%install
+
+# Install Binary
+%{__install} -D -p -m 755 src/%{name}/%{name} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}
+
+# Install Service
+%{__install} -D -p -m 644 etc/systemd/%{name}.service %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/%{name}.service
+
+# Install Configuration
+%{__install} -D -p -m 644 etc/%{name}/%{name}.yaml %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/%{name}.yaml
+
+
+# Create Logging Location
+%{__install} -d %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}
+
+# Create Runtime Details Location
+%{__install} -d %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/run/%{name}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-, %{name}, %{name}, -)
+
+# Binary
+%attr(755, %{name}, %{name}) %{_bindir}/%{name} 
+
+# Configuration
+%dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/%{name}.yaml
+
+# Service Files
+%{_unitdir}/%{name}.service
+
+# Logging Location
+%dir %{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}
+
+# Runtime Details Location
+%dir %{_localstatedir}/run/%{name}
+
+%pre
+# If app user does not exist, create
+id %{name} >/dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    /usr/sbin/groupadd -r %{name} >/dev/null 2>&1
+    /usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/run/%{name} -r -g %{name} %{name} >/dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
+
+%post
+%systemd_post %{name}.service
+
+%preun
+%systemd_preun %{name}.service
+
+%postun
+%systemd_postun %{name}.service
+
+# Do not remove anything if this is not an uninstall
+if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
+    /usr/sbin/userdel -r %{name} >/dev/null 2>&1
+    /usr/sbin/groupdel %{name} >/dev/null 2>&1
+    # Ignore errors from above
+    true
+fi
+
+%changelog
diff --git a/release_notes.md b/release_notes.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_notes.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/src/caduceus/caduceus.go b/src/caduceus/caduceus.go
index b1e43a02..30d2ec90 100644
--- a/src/caduceus/caduceus.go
+++ b/src/caduceus/caduceus.go
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	applicationName = "caduceus"
-	DEFAULT_KEY_ID  = "current"
+	applicationName    = "caduceus"
+	DEFAULT_KEY_ID     = "current"
+	applicationVersion = "0.1.4"
 )
 
 // caduceus is the driver function for Caduceus.  It performs everything main() would do,