diff --git a/documentation/docs/src/clients/socks5-client.md b/documentation/docs/src/clients/socks5-client.md
index e3a5759685..052a52f027 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/src/clients/socks5-client.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/src/clients/socks5-client.md
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ You can set this via the `--host` flag during either the `init` or `run` command
 
 Alternatively, a custom host can be set in the `config.toml` file under the `socket` section. If you do this, remember to restart your client process.
 
-
-
 ### Running the socks5 client
 
 You can run the initalised client by doing this:
@@ -156,6 +154,37 @@ You can run the initalised client by doing this:
 ./nym-socks5-client run --id docs-example
 ```
 
+## Automating your socks5 client with systemd
+
+Create a service file for the socks5 client at `/etc/systemd/system/nym-socks5-client.service`:
+
+```ini
+[Unit]
+Description=Nym Socks5 Client ({{platform_release_version}})
+StartLimitInterval=350
+StartLimitBurst=10
+
+[Service]
+User=nym # replace this with whatever user you wish
+LimitNOFILE=65536
+ExecStart=/home/nym/nym-socks5-client run --id <your_id>
+KillSignal=SIGINT
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=30
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+Now enable and start your socks5 client:
+
+```
+systemctl enable nym-socks5-client.service
+systemctl start nym-socks5-client.service
+# you can always check your socks5 client has succesfully started with:
+systemctl status nym-socks5-client.service
+```
+
 ## Using your Socks5 Client
 
 After completing the steps above, your local Socks5 Client will be listening on `localhost:1080` ready to proxy traffic to the Network Requester set as the `--provider` when initialising.