diff --git a/take_a_still.py b/take_a_still.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d61c4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/take_a_still.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/python3
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+filename = os.popen("date +%+4Y-%m-%d-%Hh%Mm.jpg").read()
+
+os.system("libcamera-jpeg -o /var/www/html/stills/{}".format(filename))
diff --git a/telescopium.service b/telescopium.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4e6968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/telescopium.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=take a picture every day
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+WorkingDirectory = /home/shoofle/telescopium
+ExecStart=python /home/shoofle/telescopium/take_a_still.py
+User=shoofle
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/telescopium.timer b/telescopium.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0765894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/telescopium.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Timer for taking a daily picture
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=daily
+AccuracySec=1m
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/telescopium_work_log b/telescopium_work_log
index 13ff795..d91e970 100644
--- a/telescopium_work_log
+++ b/telescopium_work_log
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ command for outputting a datetime filename: date +%+4Y-%m-%d-%Hh%Mm.jpg
 
 added a listing for autoindexing the folder /var/www/html/stills/ with location /stills/ { autoindex: on; }
 
-
+made a python script to take a picture, plus a systemd service and timer to take pictures daily! they need to be symlinked into /etc/systemd/system/