diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3bff5e3..195ab38 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,30 @@ at Yelp. It helps pushmasters to conduct the deployment by bringing
 together push requests from engineers and information gathered from
 reviews, test builds and issue tracking system.
 
+
+Quick Start
+-----------
+
+- ``python setup.py install``
+- Create a config.yaml somewhere, e.g. as /etc/pushmanager/config.yaml. Use config.yaml.example as template. You need to change at least these settings:
+
+    - main_app.servername
+    - db_uri (use a local sqlite file, e.g. sqlite:////var/lib/pushmanager/sqlite.db)
+    - username (effective user of service, either your own username or something like www-data)
+    - log_path (this path must exist)
+    - ssl_certfile and ssl_keyfile (see below)
+
+- You need a SSL certificate. If you don't have one lying around, you can create it:
+
+    ``openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 3650 -nodes``
+
+- You also need to configure either SAML or LDAP for user authentication (see the example file).
+
+- Point to your configuration file: ``export SERVICE_ENV_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/pushmanager/config.yaml``
+
+- Now start Pushmanager: ``pushmanager.sh start``. You should be able to point your webbrowser to
+  ``https://main_app.servername:main_app.port`` and see a login screen.
+
 TODO:
    README update
    Changelog
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0729403..0c424d5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+PyYAML==3.11
+SQLAlchemy==0.9.8
 lxml==2.2.4
 mysql-python==1.2.5
 python-daemon==1.5.2
diff --git a/scripts/pushmanager b/scripts/pushmanager
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..385f7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/pushmanager
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+COMMAND=$1
+
+PUSHMANAGER_MAIN=pushmanager_main
+PUSHMANAGER_API=pushmanager_api
+
+service_start() {
+    echo -n "Starting"
+    $PUSHMANAGER_API start
+    $PUSHMANAGER_MAIN start
+    print_okay $?
+}
+
+service_stop() {
+    echo -n "Stopping"
+    $PUSHMANAGER_API stop
+    $PUSHMANAGER_MAIN stop
+    print_okay $?
+}
+
+service_reload()
+{
+    echo -n "Reloading"
+    $PUSHMANAGER_API restart
+    $PUSHMANAGER_MAIN restart
+    print_okay $?
+}
+
+print_okay() {
+    if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+        echo "... [OK]"
+    else
+        echo "... [Failed]"
+    fi
+}
+
+case "$COMMAND" in
+    start)
+        service_start
+        ;;
+
+    stop)
+        service_stop
+        ;;
+
+    restart|reload)
+        service_reload
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5b5a33f..7abaf89 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@
             'pushmanager_main = pushmanager.pushmanager_main:main',
         ],
     },
+    scripts=[
+        'scripts/pushmanager',
+    ],
     setup_requires=['setuptools'],
     install_requires=[
+        'PyYAML == 3.11',
+        'SQLAlchemy == 0.9.8',
         'lxml == 2.2.4',
         'mysql-python == 1.2.5',
         'python-daemon == 1.5.2',