diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 90b4d56..bb66d39 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-source :rubygems
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem "compass"
 gem "foreman"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 18f02e4..4aa58d0 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,38 +1,60 @@
 GEM
-  remote: http://rubygems.org/
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    albino (1.3.3)
-      posix-spawn (>= 0.3.6)
-    chunky_png (1.2.1)
+    chunky_png (1.2.9)
     classifier (1.3.3)
       fast-stemmer (>= 1.0.0)
-    compass (0.11.5)
+    colorator (0.1)
+    commander (4.1.5)
+      highline (~> 1.6.11)
+    compass (0.12.2)
       chunky_png (~> 1.2)
       fssm (>= 0.2.7)
       sass (~> 3.1)
-    directory_watcher (1.4.1)
-    fast-stemmer (1.0.0)
-    foreman (0.39.0)
-      term-ansicolor (~> 1.0.7)
+    dotenv (0.9.0)
+    fast-stemmer (1.0.2)
+    ffi (1.9.3)
+    foreman (0.63.0)
+      dotenv (>= 0.7)
       thor (>= 0.13.6)
-    fssm (0.2.7)
-    haml (3.1.3)
-    jekyll (0.11.2)
-      albino (~> 1.3)
+    fssm (0.2.10)
+    haml (4.0.4)
+      tilt
+    highline (1.6.20)
+    jekyll (1.3.1)
       classifier (~> 1.3)
-      directory_watcher (~> 1.1)
-      kramdown (~> 0.13)
-      liquid (~> 2.3)
-      maruku (~> 0.5)
-    kramdown (0.13.5)
-    liquid (2.3.0)
-    maruku (0.6.0)
+      colorator (~> 0.1)
+      commander (~> 4.1.3)
+      liquid (~> 2.5.2)
+      listen (~> 1.3)
+      maruku (~> 0.6.0)
+      pygments.rb (~> 0.5.0)
+      redcarpet (~> 2.3.0)
+      safe_yaml (~> 0.9.7)
+    kramdown (1.2.0)
+    liquid (2.5.4)
+    listen (1.3.1)
+      rb-fsevent (>= 0.9.3)
+      rb-inotify (>= 0.9)
+      rb-kqueue (>= 0.2)
+    maruku (0.6.1)
       syntax (>= 1.0.0)
     posix-spawn (0.3.6)
-    sass (3.1.7)
+    pygments.rb (0.5.4)
+      posix-spawn (~> 0.3.6)
+      yajl-ruby (~> 1.1.0)
+    rb-fsevent (0.9.3)
+    rb-inotify (0.9.2)
+      ffi (>= 0.5.0)
+    rb-kqueue (0.2.0)
+      ffi (>= 0.5.0)
+    redcarpet (2.3.0)
+    safe_yaml (0.9.7)
+    sass (3.2.12)
     syntax (1.0.0)
-    term-ansicolor (1.0.7)
-    thor (0.14.6)
+    thor (0.18.1)
+    tilt (1.4.1)
+    yajl-ruby (1.1.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 7482cd8..5d3390e 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-auto: true
+# auto: true
 title: logstash cookbook
 repo: logstash/cookbook
 branch: gh-pages
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
index c9cde9b..e5da318 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ to run logstash from the upstart system daemon (comes with Ubuntu).
 
 ## [running with init](recipes/using-init/)
 
-Run logstash as a service on your RHEL based system using this init script.
+Run logstash as a service on your RHEL/Ubuntu based system using this init script.
 
 ## [parsing syslog](recipes/syslog-pri)
 
diff --git a/recipes/using-init/index.md b/recipes/using-init/index.md
index 781bc6c..caf96c5 100644
--- a/recipes/using-init/index.md
+++ b/recipes/using-init/index.md
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ tags: init,rhel
 ---
 
 * Goal: Run the logstash agent as a service using an init script.
-* Target audience: Users who have RHEL based servers.
+* Target audience: Users who have RHEL / Ubuntu based servers.
+
+# REHL
 
 {% include_code logstash.sh %}
 
+# Ubuntu
+
+{% include_code logstash %}
diff --git a/recipes/using-init/logstash b/recipes/using-init/logstash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b68b974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/using-init/logstash
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          logstash
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
+# Description:       Enable service provided by daemon.
+### END INIT INFO
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+name="logstash"
+logstash_bin="/usr/bin/java -- -jar /opt/logstash/logstash-1.2.2-flatjar.jar"
+logstash_conf="/etc/logstash/logstash-indexer.conf"
+logstash_log="/var/log/$name.log"
+pid_file="/var/run/$name.pid"
+
+NICE_LEVEL="-n 19"
+
+start () {
+    command="/usr/bin/nice ${NICE_LEVEL} ${logstash_bin} agent -f $logstash_conf --log ${logstash_log} -- web"
+
+    log_daemon_msg "Starting $name"
+    if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --pidfile "$pid_file" -b -m --exec $command; then
+        log_end_msg 0
+    else
+        log_end_msg 1
+    fi
+}
+
+stop () {
+    echo "Stoping $name"
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile "$pid_file"
+    echo "$name stopped"
+}
+
+status () {
+    status_of_proc -p $pid_file "" "$name"
+}
+
+case $1 in
+    start)
+        if status; then exit 0; fi
+        start
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        stop
+        ;;
+    reload)
+        stop
+        start
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        stop
+        start
+        ;;
+    status)
+        status && exit 0 || exit $?
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/regen.sh b/regen.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755