diff --git a/srcpkgs/sickbeard/files/sickbeard/run b/srcpkgs/sickbeard/files/sickbeard/run
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+++ b/srcpkgs/sickbeard/files/sickbeard/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+if [ ! -d /var/lib/sickebard ];
+then
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/sickbeard
+	chown sickbeard:sickbeard /var/lib/sickbeard
+fi
+	
+exec chpst -usickbeard:sickbeard /usr/bin/python /usr/share/sickbeard/SickBeard.py --datadir=/var/lib/sickbeard --quiet --nolaunch
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sickbeard/template b/srcpkgs/sickbeard/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/sickbeard/template
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+# Template build file for 'sickbeard'.
+pkgname=sickbeard
+version=507
+revision=1
+depends="python-cheetah"
+noarch=yes
+short_desc="Usenet personal video recorder"
+maintainer="Ananteris <ananteris@mailinator.com>"
+system_accounts="sickbeard"
+sickbeard_homedir="/var/lib/sickbeard"
+distfiles="https://github.com/midgetspy/Sick-Beard/archive/build-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=eaf95ac78e065f6dd8128098158b38674479b721d95d937fe7adb892932e9101
+wrksrc="Sick-Beard-build-${version}"
+homepage="http://sickbeard.com"
+license="GPL-3"
+pycompile_dirs="/usr/share/${pkgname}"
+
+do_build() {
+	sed -i "1s/build Nonea/${version}/" ${wrksrc}/sickbeard/version.py
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/share/sickbeard
+	mv * ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/sickbeard
+	vsv sickbeard
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/sickbeard/init.fedora
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/sickbeard/init.freebsd
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/sickbeard/init.solaris11
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/sickbeard/init.systemd
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/sickbeard/init.ubuntu
+}