diff --git a/configs/bedrock.conf b/configs/bedrock.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea2cfee81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/bedrock.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Bedrock default config file.
+# Run `bedrock -?` for help with command line arguments
+
+# Path of db file; will be created if absent
+BEDROCK_DB_PATH="/var/lib/bedrock/bedrock.db"
+
+# If running a cluster, these values need to be different for each node.
+THISNODE="bedrock"
+PRIORITY=200
+
+# Cache size in kilobytes.  Default: 1GB
+CACHE_SIZE="-cacheSize 10000"
+
+# Bind to network address
+SERVER_HOST="0.0.0.0:8888"
+NODE_HOST="0.0.0.0:8889"
+
+# Number of worker threads.  Default: # of CPUs on the system.
+# WORKER_THREADS="-workerThreads 1"
+
+# Select which plugins to run.  Default: db,jobs,cache
+# PLUGINS="-plugins db,jobs,cache"
+
+# If running a cluster, uncomment to enable.
+# PEER_LIST="-peerList node1,node2"
+
+# Use '-v' for verbose or '-q' for quiet.  Omit this option for standard log level.
+# LOG_LEVEL="-v"
diff --git a/configs/bedrock.init b/configs/bedrock.init
index 7a6e3aa99..6d04feced 100644
--- a/configs/bedrock.init
+++ b/configs/bedrock.init
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if [ -n "$OTHERNODES" ]; then
     FLAGS="-peerList $OTHERNODES"
 fi
 
-DAEMON_OPTS="-fork -nodeName $THISNODE -db $BEDROCK_DB_PATH -serverHost 0.0.0.0:8888 -nodeHost 0.0.0.0:8889 -priority $PRIORITY -pidfile $PIDFILE -quorumCheckpoint 100 -readThreads 4 -plugins status,db,jobs,cache,mysql $FLAGS"
+DAEMON_OPTS="-fork -nodeName $THISNODE -db $BEDROCK_DB_PATH -serverHost 0.0.0.0:8888 -nodeHost 0.0.0.0:8889 -priority $PRIORITY -pidfile $PIDFILE $FLAGS"
 
 if ! [[ -x $BIN ]]; then echo "$1: Job failed! Missing or broken binary file: $BIN" && exit 2; fi
 set -e
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ case "$1" in
     fi
     if [ ! -f $BEDROCK_DB_PATH ]; then
         log_daemon_msg "No db found, creating db."
-        if ! touch $BEDROCK_DB_PATH; then 
+        if ! touch $BEDROCK_DB_PATH; then
             log_end_msg 1
         else
             log_end_msg 0
diff --git a/configs/bedrock.service b/configs/bedrock.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7be66e993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/bedrock.service
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Expensify Bedrock Server
+Documentation=http://bedrockdb.com/
+After=network.target
+
+# The following creates the database file if absent
+After=bedrock_prerequisites.service
+Requires=bedrock_prerequisites.service
+
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/bedrock/bedrock.conf
+PIDFile=/var/run/bedrock.pid
+
+Type=forking
+
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/bedrock \
+        -fork \
+        -pidFile /var/run/bedrock.pid \
+        -nodeName ${THISNODE} \
+        -db ${BEDROCK_DB_PATH} \
+        -serverHost ${SERVER_HOST} \
+        -nodeHost ${NODE_HOST} \
+        -priority ${PRIORITY} \
+        ${PLUGINS} \
+        ${WORKER_THREADS} \
+        ${CACHE_SIZE} \
+        ${PEER_LIST} \
+        ${LOG_LEVEL}
+
+ExecStop=/bin/kill -TERM $MAINPID
+KillMode=process
diff --git a/configs/bedrock_prerequisites.service b/configs/bedrock_prerequisites.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b749c408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/bedrock_prerequisites.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Generates prerequisite files for bedrock.service, if absent
+Documentation=http://bedrockdb.com/
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/bedrock/bedrock.conf
+
+# The following creates database dir and database file
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p "$(dirname "${BEDROCK_DB_PATH}")"'
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'test -f "${BEDROCK_DB_PATH}" || touch "${BEDROCK_DB_PATH}"'
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 59b37f1aa..de439e2ce 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         cout << "-nodeHost       <host:port> Listen on this host:port for connections from other nodes" << endl;
         cout << "-peerList       <list>      See below" << endl;
         cout << "-priority       <value>     See '-peerList Details' below (defaults to 100)" << endl;
-        cout << "-plugins        <list>      Enable these plugins (defaults to 'db,jobs,cache')" << endl;
+        cout << "-plugins        <list>      Enable these plugins (defaults to 'db,jobs,cache,mysql')" << endl;
         cout << "-cacheSize      <kb>        number of KB to allocate for a page cache (defaults to 1GB)" << endl;
         cout << "-workerThreads  <#>         Number of worker threads to start (min 1, defaults to # of cores)" << endl;
         cout << "-queryLog       <filename>  Set the query log filename (default 'queryLog.csv', SIGUSR2/SIGQUIT to "
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     SETDEFAULT("-controlPort", "localhost:9999");
     SETDEFAULT("-nodeName", SGetHostName());
     SETDEFAULT("-cacheSize", SToStr(1024 * 1024)); // 1024 * 1024KB = 1GB.
-    SETDEFAULT("-plugins", "db,jobs,cache");
+    SETDEFAULT("-plugins", "db,jobs,cache,mysql");
     SETDEFAULT("-priority", "100");
     SETDEFAULT("-maxJournalSize", "1000000");
     SETDEFAULT("-queryLog", "queryLog.csv");
diff --git a/plugins/MySQL.h b/plugins/MySQL.h
index e0ece18ea..69f46f541 100644
--- a/plugins/MySQL.h
+++ b/plugins/MySQL.h
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ class BedrockPlugin_MySQL : public BedrockPlugin {
     virtual string getName() { return "MySQL"; }
     virtual void initialize(const SData& args, BedrockServer& server) { _args = args; }
     virtual string getPort() {
-        SWARN("ARGS: " << _args.serialize());
         return _args.isSet("-mysql.host") ? _args["-mysql.host"] : "localhost:3306";
     }
     virtual void onPortAccept(STCPManager::Socket* s);