diff --git a/services/git-bridge/build.xml b/services/git-bridge/build.xml
index ce0ce053ee..5cbe271ef2 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/build.xml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/build.xml
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
   </target>
   
   <target name="clean" depends="clean.modules" description="cleanup all">
-      <delete dir="${module.writelatex-git-bridge.basedir}/bin" />
+      <delete dir="${module.writelatex-git-bridge.basedir}/bin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar" />
   </target>
   
   <target name="build.modules" depends="init, clean, compile.module.writelatex-git-bridge" description="build all modules"/>
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/install.sh b/services/git-bridge/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9aa1b81ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+	echo "You must be root to install" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+ant all &&\
+cp ./bin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar /usr/local/sbin/ &&\
+cp ./bin/wlgb /etc/init.d/ &&\
+/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f wlgb defaults
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/uninstall.sh b/services/git-bridge/uninstall.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01e3a45367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/uninstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+	echo "You must be root to uninstall" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+rm -f /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar &&\
+rm -f /etc/init.d/wlgb &&\
+/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f wlgb remove