diff --git a/service/scripts/check_celery_beat.sh b/service/scripts/check_celery_beat.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2ad6a1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/scripts/check_celery_beat.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if /usr/bin/docker exec `docker ps | grep 'deployment_scidash_1' | awk '{ print $1 }'` bash -c 'ps aux | grep "scidash.main beat"' | grep celery; then 
+	exit 0
+else
+	/usr/bin/docker exec -d `docker ps | grep 'deployment_scidash_1' | awk '{ print $1 }'` bash -c 'rm /app/scidash/celerybeat.pid; source /app/scidash/venv/bin/activate; make run-celery-beat'
+fi
diff --git a/service/scripts/install_scidash_scripts.sh b/service/scripts/install_scidash_scripts.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..dff2471e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/scripts/install_scidash_scripts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "!!! Run me with sudo !!!"
+echo "Reminder, modify the scidash_start.sh and scidash_stop.sh scripts"
+echo "to point to the right deployment folder and then run me again"
+cp scidash_popd.sh /usr/local/bin/
+cp scidash_start.sh /usr/local/bin/
+cp scidash_stop.sh /usr/local/bin/
+cp check_celery_beat.sh /usr/local/bin/
+cp scidash_check_service.sh /usr/local/bin/
diff --git a/service/scripts/scidash_check_service.sh b/service/scripts/scidash_check_service.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..47d9b88b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/scripts/scidash_check_service.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z `/usr/local/bin/docker-compose ps -q deployment_scidash_1` ] || [ -z `/usr/bin/docker ps -q --no-trunc | grep $(/usr/local/bin/docker-compose ps -q deployment_scidash_1)` ]; then
+	/usr/local/bin/scidash_start.sh
+else
+	exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/service/scripts/scidash_popd.sh b/service/scripts/scidash_popd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3772f0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/scripts/scidash_popd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+pushd /home/metacell/deployment/scidash/service/deployment
diff --git a/service/scripts/scidash_start.sh b/service/scripts/scidash_start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9c43f125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/scripts/scidash_start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+pushd /home/metacell/deployment/scidash/service/deployment
+/usr/local/bin/docker-compose up -d
+popd
diff --git a/service/scripts/scidash_stop.sh b/service/scripts/scidash_stop.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1c01bfa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/scripts/scidash_stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+pushd /home/metacell/deployment/scidash/service/deployment
+/usr/local/bin/docker-compose stop
+popd