diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b1c9cfa48..2459dc320 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Lastly, start the application with:
 $ node app
 ```
 
+Alternatively, a simple init script is provided. It assumes Uptime is installed to `/var/www/uptime`. If Uptime is installed in a different directory, the `APP_DIR` variable needs to be changed to reflect the Uptime's true location. To install this init script, copy `uptime` from the project's root directory to your system's init script directory (for example `/etc/init.d/`). Make sure the file is executable (`sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/uptime`) and owned by root (`sudo chown root:root /etc/init.d/uptime`). To start the uptime service on every boot, register the service with your particular init system and enable it. 
+
 Upgrading From a 2.0 Install
 ----------------------------
 
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ plugins:
   - ./plugins/console
   - ./plugins/patternMatcher
   - ./plugins/httpOptions
+  - ./plugins/basicAuth
   # - ./plugins/email
 ```
 
@@ -173,7 +176,8 @@ Third-party plugins:
 
  * [`webhooks`](https://github.com/mintbridge/uptime-webhooks): notify events to an URL by sending an HTTP POST request 
  * [`campfire`](https://gist.github.com/dmathieu/5592418): notify events to Campfire
- * [`pushover`](https://gist.github.com/xphyr/5994345): Notify events to mobile devices
+ * [`pushover`](https://gist.github.com/xphyr/5994345): notify events to mobile devices
+ * [`sns`](https://github.com/curtisz/uptime-sns-plugin): notify events to AWS SNS
 
 Writing Plugins
 ---------------
diff --git a/uptime b/uptime
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e589d57d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uptime
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#	/etc/rc.d/init.d/uptime
+#
+#	chkconfig: 345 70 30
+#   description: Remote monitoring application using Node.js, MongoDB, and Twitter Bootstrap.
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+RETVAL=0
+APP=uptime
+LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/${APP}
+
+NODE_APP=$(which node)
+APP_ENTRYPOINT=app.js
+APP_DIR=/var/www/${APP}/
+APP_LOG=/var/log/${APP}.log
+
+start() {
+	echo -n "Starting ${APP}: "
+	forever start -a -l ${APP_LOG} --minUptime 1000 --spinSleepTime 50 --sourceDir ${APP_DIR} --workingDir ${APP_DIR} ${APP_ENTRYPOINT}
+	RETVAL=$?
+	[ ${RETVAL} -eq 0 ] && rm -f ${LOCKFILE}
+	echo
+	return ${RETVAL}
+}
+
+status() {
+	echo -n "Checking ${APP} status: "
+	forever list
+	RETVAL=$?
+	return ${RETVAL}
+}
+
+stop() {
+	echo -n "Shutting down ${APP}: "
+	forever stopall
+	RETVAL=$?
+	[ ${RETVAL} -eq 0 ] && rm -f ${LOCKFILE}
+	echo
+	return ${RETVAL}
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+	start)
+		start
+		;;
+	stop)
+		stop
+		;;
+	status)
+		status
+		;;
+	restart)
+		stop
+		start
+		;;
+	*)
+	echo "Usage: <servicename> {start|stop|status|restart"
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+exit $?