diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee6ab96..84bf010 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-data/repositories
-data/plugins
-data/gist
-data/data
-backup
+/data/repositories
+/data/plugins
+/data/gist
+/data/data
+/backup
+/gitbucket.conf
diff --git a/generate_password.sh b/generate_password.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5a0c220..0000000
--- a/generate_password.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-pw1=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
-pw2=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
-
-sed -i "/^GITBUCKET_DATABASE_ROOT/c\\\GITBUCKET_DATABASE_ROOT=${pw1}" gitbucket.conf
-sed -i "/^GITBUCKET_DATABASE_PASSWORD/c\\\GITBUCKET_DATABASE_PASSWORD=${pw2}" gitbucket.conf
diff --git a/gitbucket.conf b/gitbucket.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index ef291bd..0000000
--- a/gitbucket.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-## gitbucket configuration
-# address to bind the the web port to
-GITBUCKET_WEB_BIND=127.0.0.1
-
-# address ti bind the ssh port to
-GITBUCKET_SSH_BIND=127.0.0.1
-
-# web port
-GITBUCKET_WEB_PORT=8080
-
-# ssh port
-GITBUCKET_SSH_PORT=29418
-
-# gitbucket user id. should be the same as your current user id.
-# use setUserID.sh
-GITBUCKET_USER_ID=9000
-
-
-## database configuration
-# mysql root user password
-GITBUCKET_DATABASE_ROOT=83wwX7YMRKnVIsGIxPyPwu9u6SaZ
-
-# database for gibucket
-GITBUCKET_DATABASE_NAME=gitbucket
-
-# database user
-GITBUCKET_DATABASE_USER=gitbucket
-
-# database password
-GITBUCKET_DATABASE_PASSWORD=QzB3htEVYNV5aKd1RLFZi9LcSd2F
-
-
-# Timezone one of /usr/share/zoneinfo
-TZ=Europe/Berlin
diff --git a/gitbucket.conf.example b/gitbucket.conf.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef291bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitbucket.conf.example
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+## gitbucket configuration
+# address to bind the the web port to
+GITBUCKET_WEB_BIND=127.0.0.1
+
+# address ti bind the ssh port to
+GITBUCKET_SSH_BIND=127.0.0.1
+
+# web port
+GITBUCKET_WEB_PORT=8080
+
+# ssh port
+GITBUCKET_SSH_PORT=29418
+
+# gitbucket user id. should be the same as your current user id.
+# use setUserID.sh
+GITBUCKET_USER_ID=9000
+
+
+## database configuration
+# mysql root user password
+GITBUCKET_DATABASE_ROOT=83wwX7YMRKnVIsGIxPyPwu9u6SaZ
+
+# database for gibucket
+GITBUCKET_DATABASE_NAME=gitbucket
+
+# database user
+GITBUCKET_DATABASE_USER=gitbucket
+
+# database password
+GITBUCKET_DATABASE_PASSWORD=QzB3htEVYNV5aKd1RLFZi9LcSd2F
+
+
+# Timezone one of /usr/share/zoneinfo
+TZ=Europe/Berlin
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3f07d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+# get user id
+uid=$(id -u)
+
+if [ ! -f "gitbucket.conf" ]; then
+	cp gitbucket.conf.example gitbucket.conf
+
+	# replace uid and gid in config file
+	sed -i "/^GITBUCKET_USER_ID/c\\\GITBUCKET_USER_ID=${uid}" gitbucket.conf
+	
+	pw1=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
+	pw2=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
+
+	# replace defautl passwords
+	sed -i "/^GITBUCKET_DATABASE_ROOT/c\\\GITBUCKET_DATABASE_ROOT=${pw1}" gitbucket.conf
+	sed -i "/^GITBUCKET_DATABASE_PASSWORD/c\\\GITBUCKET_DATABASE_PASSWORD=${pw2}" gitbucket.conf
+fi
diff --git a/setUserId.sh b/setUserId.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 43bfec0..0000000
--- a/setUserId.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# get user id
-uid=$(id -u)
-
-# replace uid and gid in config file
-sed -i "/^GITBUCKET_USER_ID/c\\\GITBUCKET_USER_ID=${uid}" gitbucket.conf