diff --git a/_templates/service/new/service.ejs.t b/_templates/service/new/service.ejs.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ec0f8c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_templates/service/new/service.ejs.t
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+---
+to: packages/daemon/src/services/<%= name %>.ts
+---
+<%
+const { changeCase, inflection } = h
+const { dasherize } = inflection
+const { upper, camel, pascal, snake, lower } = changeCase
+const nameName = camel(name)
+const NameName = pascal(name)
+const NAME_NAME = upper(snake(NameName))
+const name_name = lower(NAME_NAME)
+const dashName = dasherize(name_name)
+h.replace('./packages/daemon/src/server.ts', /\/\/ gen:import/, `import { ${nameName}Service } from './services/${NameName}'\n  // gen:import`);
+h.replace('./packages/daemon/src/server.ts', /\/\/ gen:service/, `await ${nameName}Service({ logger })\n  // gen:service`);
+
+%>
+import { mkSingleton, SingletonBaseConfig } from '@pockethost/common'
+
+export type <%=NameName%>ServiceConfig = SingletonBaseConfig & {}
+
+export const <%=nameName%>Service = mkSingleton(
+  async (config: <%=NameName%>ServiceConfig) => {
+    const { logger } = config
+    const _serviceLogger = logger.create('<%=NameName%>Service')
+    const { dbg, error, warn, abort } = _serviceLogger
+
+    dbg(`Initializing <%=NameName%>Service`)
+
+    return {
+      shutdown: async () => {},
+    }
+  }
+)
diff --git a/packages/daemon/src/server.ts b/packages/daemon/src/server.ts
index 47af1340..8357e249 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/src/server.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { logger as loggerService } from '@pockethost/common'
 import { exec } from 'child_process'
 import { centralDbService } from './services/CentralDbService'
 import { instanceLoggerService } from './services/InstanceLoggerService'
+// gen:import
 
 loggerService({ debug: DEBUG, trace: TRACE, errorTrace: !DEBUG })
 
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ global.EventSource = require('eventsource')
     instanceApiTimeoutMs: 1000,
   })
   await centralDbService({ logger })
+  // gen:service
 
   info(`Hooking into process exit event`)