diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab6cbcc..660e089 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ Create a new SearXNG  instance in five minutes using Docker
 - Edit the [.env](https://github.com/searxng/searxng-docker/blob/master/.env) file to set the hostname and an email
 - Generate the secret key ```sed -i "s|ultrasecretkey|$(openssl rand -hex 32)|g" searxng/settings.yml```
 - Edit the [searxng/settings.yml](https://github.com/searxng/searxng-docker/blob/master/searxng/settings.yml) file according to your need
-- Check everything is working: ```./start.sh```
+- Check everything is working: ```docker-compose up```
+
+### Start SearXNG with systemd
+
+You can skip this step if you don't use systemd.
+
 - ```cp searxng-docker.service.template searxng-docker.service```
 - edit the content of ```WorkingDirectory``` in the ```searxng-docker.service``` file (only if the installation path is different from /usr/local/searxng-docker)
 - Install the systemd unit:
diff --git a/searxng-docker.service.template b/searxng-docker.service.template
index 6744b01..93c24ff 100644
--- a/searxng-docker.service.template
+++ b/searxng-docker.service.template
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ Requires=docker.service
 After=docker.service
 
 [Service]
-Restart=always
+Restart=on-failure
 
-Environment=SEARXNG_DIR=/usr/local/searxng-docker
-Environment=SEARXNG_DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE=docker-compose.yaml
-
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "${SEARXNG_DIR}/start.sh"
-ExecStop=/bin/sh -c "${SEARXNG_DIR}/stop.sh"
+WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/searxng-docker
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose up --remove-orphans
+ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose down
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9a5a760..0000000
--- a/start.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-READLINK="$(which readlink greadlink | tail -n1)"
-BASE_DIR="$(dirname -- "`$READLINK -f -- "$0"`")"
-cd -- "$BASE_DIR"
-
-. ./util.sh
-
-$DOCKERCOMPOSE -f $DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE down
-$DOCKERCOMPOSE -f $DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE rm -fv
-$DOCKERCOMPOSE -f $DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE up
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 48f609b..0000000
--- a/stop.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-READLINK="$(which readlink greadlink | tail -n1)"
-BASE_DIR="$(dirname -- "`$READLINK -f -- "$0"`")"
-cd -- "$BASE_DIR"
-
-. ./util.sh
-
-$DOCKERCOMPOSE -f $DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE down
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b85eba6..0000000
--- a/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Disclaimer: this is more a documentation than code to execute
-#
-
-# change if require
-SERVICE_NAME="searxng-docker.service"
-
-# change if require :
-# fastforward : only fast-forward
-# rebase : rebase with autostash, at your own risk
-UPDATE_TYPE="fastforward"
-
-READLINK="$(which readlink greadlink | tail -n1)"
-BASE_DIR="$(dirname -- "`$READLINK -f -- "$0"`")"
-cd -- "$BASE_DIR"
-
-# check if git presence
-if [ ! -x "$(which git)" ]; then
-    echo "git not found" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# check if the current user owns the local git repository
-git_owner=$(stat -c '%U' .git)
-if [ "$git_owner" != "$(whoami)" ]; then
-    echo "The .git repository is own by $git_owner" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# warning if the current branch is not master
-current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
-if [ "$current_branch" != "master" ]; then
-    echo "Warning: master won't be updated, only $current_branch"
-fi
-
-# git fetch first
-git fetch origin master
-
-# is everything already up-to-date ?
-current_commit=$(git rev-parse $current_branch)
-origin_master_commit=$(git rev-parse origin/master)
-if [ "$current_commit" = "$origin_master_commit" ]; then
-    echo "Already up-to-date, commit $current_commit"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-# docker stuff
-SEARXNG_DOCKERCOMPOSE=$(grep "Environment=SEARXNG_DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE=" "$SERVICE_NAME" | awk -F\= '{ print $3 }')
-. ./util.sh
-
-if [ ! -x "$(which systemctl)" ]; then
-    echo "systemctl not found" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# stop the systemd service now, because after the update
-# the code might be out of sync with the current running services
-systemctl stop "${SERVICE_NAME}"
-
-# update
-case "$UPDATE_TYPE" in
-    "fastforward")
-	git pull --ff-only origin master
-	;;
-    "rebase")
-	git pull --rebase --autostash origin master
-	;;
-esac
-
-# Check conflicts
-if [ $(git ls-files -u | wc -l) -gt 0 ]; then
-    echo "There are git conflicts"
-else
-    # update docker images
-    docker-compose -f $DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE pull
-
-    # remove dangling images
-    docker rmi $(docker images -f "dangling=true" -q)
-
-    # display SearxNG version
-    SEARXNG_IMAGE=$(cat $DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE | grep "searxng/searxng" | awk '{ print $2 }')
-    SEARXNG_VERSION=$(docker inspect -f '{{index .Config.Labels "org.label-schema.version"}}' $SEARXNG_IMAGE)
-    echo "SearXNG version: $SEARXNG_VERSION"
-    docker images --digests "searxng/*:latest"
-
-    # update SearxNG configuration
-    source ./.env
-    docker-compose -f $DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE run searxng ${SEARXNG_COMMAND} -d
-
-    # let the user see
-    echo "Use\nsystemctl start \"${SERVICE_NAME}\"\nto restart SearXNG"
-fi
diff --git a/util.sh b/util.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cfd4d0..0000000
--- a/util.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-set -e
-
-DOCKERCOMPOSE=$(which docker-compose || echo "/usr/local/bin/docker-compose")
-DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE="${DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE:-docker-compose.yaml}"
-
-echo "use ${DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE}"
-
-if [ ! -x "$(which docker)" ]; then
-    echo "docker not found" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! docker version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "can't execute docker (current user: $(whoami))" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -x "${DOCKERCOMPOSE}" ]; then
-    echo "docker-compose not found" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f "${DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE}" ]; then
-    echo "${DOCKERCOMPOSEFILE} not found" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi