diff --git a/contrib/systemd/casinocoind.env b/contrib/systemd/casinocoind.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c76da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/systemd/casinocoind.env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CASINOCOIND_CONFIGFILE=/opt/CSC/.casinocoin/casinocoin.conf
+CASINOCOIND_DATADIR=/opt/CSC/data
+CASINOCOIND_CACHESIZE=512
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/casinocoind.service b/contrib/systemd/casinocoind.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1855fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/systemd/casinocoind.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Casinocoin Daemon Service
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+User=ubuntu
+Group=ubuntu
+PIDFile=/opt/CSC/data/casinocoind.pid
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/systemd/casinocoind.env
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/casinocoind -daemon -datadir=${CASINOCOIND_DATADIR} -conf=${CASINOCOIND_CONFIGFILE} -dbcache=${CASINOCOIND_CACHESIZE}
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/casinocoind -conf=${CASINOCOIND_CONFIGFILE} stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/src/makefile.unix b/src/makefile.unix
index f50dea2..89a6eef 100644
--- a/src/makefile.unix
+++ b/src/makefile.unix
@@ -16,16 +16,18 @@ USE_IPV6:=1
 USE_QRCODE=1
 
 # define libraries
-BOOST_LIB_PATH=$HOME/deps/boost_1_60_0/stage/lib
-BDB_LIB_PATH=$HOME/deps/db-5.1.29.NC/build_unix
-OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=$HOME/deps/openssl-1.0.2g
-MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=$HOME/deps/miniupnpc-1.9
+BOOST_LIB_PATH=$(HOME)/deps/boost_1_60_0/stage/lib
+BDB_LIB_PATH=$(HOME)/deps/db-5.1.29.NC/build_unix
+OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=$(HOME)/deps/openssl-1.0.2g
+MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=$(HOME)/deps/miniupnpc-1.9
 
 # define includes
-BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/deps/boost_1_60_0
-BDB_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/deps/db-5.1.29.NC/build_unix
-OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/deps/openssl-1.0.2g
-MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/deps/miniupnpc-1.9
+BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH=$(HOME)/deps/boost_1_60_0
+BDB_INCLUDE_PATH=$(HOME)/deps/db-5.1.29.NC/build_unix
+OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH=$(HOME)/deps/openssl-1.0.2g/include
+MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=$(HOME)/deps/miniupnpc-1.9
+
+BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX=-mt
 
 LINK:=$(CXX)
 
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ DEBUGFLAGS=-g
 
 # CXXFLAGS can be specified on the make command line, so we use xCXXFLAGS that only
 # adds some defaults in front. Unfortunately, CXXFLAGS=... $(CXXFLAGS) does not work.
-xCXXFLAGS=-O2 -std=c++14 -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter \
+xCXXFLAGS=-O2 -std=c++14 -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-variable \
     $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(HARDENING) $(CXXFLAGS)
 
 # LDFLAGS can be specified on the make command line, so we use xLDFLAGS that only