diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 6ecb782..4ac92b0 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.1"]
                  [com.github.thjomnx/java-systemd "1.1.0"]
                  [com.taoensso/timbre "4.10.0"]
+                 [cljstache/cljstache "2.0.6"]
                  [org.clojure/core.async "1.2.603"]]
   :main ^:skip-aot stream.core
   :target-path "target/%s"
diff --git a/resources/commander/templates/unit.mustache b/resources/commander/templates/unit.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97056a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/commander/templates/unit.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description={{ description }}
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart={{ command }}
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy={{ target }}
diff --git a/src/stream/commander/api.clj b/src/stream/commander/api.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c158150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stream/commander/api.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+(ns stream.commander.api)
+
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+                                        ;    Globals, Structures and State    ;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+;; TODO: specs
+(defrecord process
+    [unit-name monitor-channel ffmpeg-config problems])
+(def processes (ref {}))
diff --git a/src/stream/commander/impl.clj b/src/stream/commander/impl.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92766a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stream/commander/impl.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+(ns stream.commander.impl
+  (:require [cljstache.core :as template]
+            [clojure.java.io :as io]
+            [taoensso.timbre :as timbre
+             :refer [log  trace  debug  info  warn  error  fatal  report
+                     logf tracef debugf infof warnf errorf fatalf reportf
+                     spy get-env]]))
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+                                        ;         Unit file Management        ;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+(defn- render-unit-file
+  "Renders the unit file from a template.
+  The template can be found at:
+  resources/commander/templates/unit.mustache"
+  [command description target]
+  (template/render-resource "commander/templates/unit.mustache"
+                            {:description description
+                             :command command
+                             :target target}))
+
+(defn create-unit-file!
+  "Creates or overwrites a service unit file in the appropriate
+  directory and returns the file path."
+  [name command description target]
+  (let [unit-contents (render-unit-file command description target)
+        path (str (System/getProperty "user.home") "/.config/systemd/user/" name ".service")
+        file (io/as-file path)]
+    (.mkdirs (.getParentFile file))
+    (spit path unit-contents)
+    (debug "Wrote a unit file to:" path)
+    path))
diff --git a/test/stream/commander_test.clj b/test/stream/commander_test.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6089093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/stream/commander_test.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+(ns stream.commander-test
+  (:require [stream.commander.impl :as impl]
+            [stream.commander.api :as api]
+            [clojure.test :refer :all]
+            [clojure.java.io :as io]))
+
+(deftest unit-files
+  (testing "The rendering."
+    (is (#'impl/render-unit-file "test" "test" "test")))
+  (let [name (str (java.util.UUID/randomUUID))]
+    (testing "Writing a unit file."
+      (let [file (io/as-file
+                  (impl/create-unit-file! name
+                                          "test" "test" "test"))]
+        (is (.exists file))
+        (.delete file)))))
diff --git a/test/stream/core_test.clj b/test/stream/core_test.clj
index 007ef58..5d2d91b 100644
--- a/test/stream/core_test.clj
+++ b/test/stream/core_test.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 (ns stream.core-test
   (:require [clojure.test :refer :all]
             [stream.core :refer :all]))
-
-(deftest a-test
-  (testing "FIXME, I fail."
-    (is (= 0 1))))