diff --git a/.fpm b/.fpm
index b96e532..f51ab9b 100644
--- a/.fpm
+++ b/.fpm
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@
 --depends python3-tz
 --python-disable-dependency pybase64
 --depends python3-unpaddedbase64
+--deb-systemd service/sentinel_mrhat_cam.service
+--deb-systemd-enable
+--deb-systemd-auto-start
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_release.yml b/.github/workflows/python_release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef0be11..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/python_release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: Python release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*.*.*"
-
-jobs:
-  publish-and-release:
-    name: Publish and release distributions
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      discussions: write
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Package and publish
-        uses: EffectiveRange/python-package-github-action@v2
-        with:
-          use-devcontainer: 'true'
-          container-config: 'amd64-container'
-          debian-dist-type: 'fpm-deb'
-          install-packaging-tools: 'false'
-      - name: Release
-        uses: EffectiveRange/version-release-github-action@v1
-
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_release.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c22f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: Test and Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: main
+    tags: v*.*.*
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+    types:
+      - synchronize
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Build and test
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      # Gives the action the necessary permissions for publishing new
+      # comments in pull requests.
+      pull-requests: write
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Verify changes
+        uses: EffectiveRange/python-verify-github-action@v1
+        with:
+          coverage-threshold: '0'
+
+  release:
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    needs: test
+
+    name: Publish and release
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+      - name: Package and publish
+        uses: EffectiveRange/python-package-github-action@v2
+        with:
+          use-devcontainer: 'true'
+          container-config: 'amd64-container'
+          debian-dist-type: 'fpm-deb'
+          install-packaging-tools: 'false'
+      - name: Release
+        uses: EffectiveRange/version-release-github-action@v1
diff --git a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/config.json b/config/config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from sentinel_mrhat_cam/config.json
rename to config/config.json
diff --git a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/log_config.yaml b/config/log_config.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from sentinel_mrhat_cam/log_config.yaml
rename to config/log_config.yaml
diff --git a/scripts/daemon.sh b/scripts/daemon.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ba1f8b4..0000000
--- a/scripts/daemon.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Define the service file path
-SERVICE_FILE="/etc/systemd/system/sentinel_mrhat_cam.service"
-
-# Create the service file with the necessary content
-sudo bash -c "cat > $SERVICE_FILE <<EOF
-[Unit]
-Description=Run Script Daemon
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-User=admin
-ExecStart=/bin/bash /home/admin/sentinel_mrhat_cam.sh
-Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=5
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-EOF"
-
-# Reload the systemd daemon
-sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-
-# Enable the service to start on boot (rather do this manually, enabling it right away could cause problems)
-# sudo systemctl enable sentinel_mrhat_cam.service
-
-# sudo systemctl disable sentinel_mrhat_cam.service
-
-# Optional: Start the service immediately
-# sudo systemctl start sentinel_mrhat_cam.service
-
-echo "Service has been created successfully, enable it and reboot the system for the changes to take effect."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam.sh b/scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam.sh
index 169d232..0664ea8 100644
--- a/scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam.sh
+++ b/scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Set the working directory
-cd /home/admin
-
-# Ensure the correct Python environment is used
-export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
-
 # Configuration
 RESTART_COUNT_FILE="/tmp/restart_count"
 
@@ -21,7 +15,7 @@ while true; do
     start_time=$(date +%s)
     echo "Starting Python script at $(date)"
     # Run the Python script
-    python3 -m sentinel_mrhat_cam.main
+    python3 sentinel_mrhat_cam_main.py
     EXIT_CODE=$?
     
     end_time=$(date +%s)
diff --git a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/main.py b/scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam_main.py
similarity index 54%
rename from sentinel_mrhat_cam/main.py
rename to scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam_main.py
index 46bd3ba..de4a97a 100644
--- a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/main.py
+++ b/scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam_main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-from .app import App
-from .logger import Logger
-from .static_config import LOG_CONFIG_PATH, CONFIG_PATH
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import shutil
+from os import makedirs
+from os.path import dirname, exists, isdir, join
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from sentinel_mrhat_cam.app import App
+from sentinel_mrhat_cam.logger import Logger
+from sentinel_mrhat_cam.static_config import LOG_CONFIG_PATH, CONFIG_PATH, CONFIG_DIR
 import logging
 import sys
 
@@ -34,6 +41,9 @@ def main():
     It sets up all necessary components and manages the main execution flow.
     """
 
+    # Setting up the configuration directory and copying the default configuration files if necessary
+    _set_up_configuration()
+
     # Configuring and starting the logging
     logger = Logger(LOG_CONFIG_PATH)
     logger.start_logging()
@@ -61,5 +71,35 @@ def main():
         logger.disconnect_mqtt()
 
 
+def _set_up_configuration():
+    """
+    Set up the configuration directory and copy the default configuration files if necessary.
+
+    This function creates the configuration directory if it does not exist and copies the default
+    configuration files to the configuration directory if they do not exist. Will not overwrite existing files.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    This function is called before the main function to ensure that the configuration files are
+    available before the application starts.
+    """
+
+    # Setting the default configuration path
+    default_config_dir = str(Path(dirname(__file__)).parent.absolute().joinpath('config'))
+
+    # Ensuring configuration directory exists
+    if not isdir(CONFIG_DIR):
+        makedirs(dirname(CONFIG_DIR), exist_ok=True)
+
+    # Copying the default configuration files to the config directory, if they do not exist
+    if not exists(LOG_CONFIG_PATH):
+        default_log_config = join(default_config_dir, 'log_config.yaml')
+        shutil.copy(default_log_config, LOG_CONFIG_PATH)
+
+    if not exists(CONFIG_PATH):
+        default_config = join(default_config_dir, 'config.json')
+        shutil.copy(default_config, CONFIG_PATH)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/__init__.py b/sentinel_mrhat_cam/__init__.py
index 4545853..1bfbd7a 100644
--- a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/__init__.py
+++ b/sentinel_mrhat_cam/__init__.py
@@ -318,4 +318,3 @@
 from .camera import *
 from .transmit import *
 from .app import *
-from .main import *
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diff --git a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/PKG-INFO
deleted file mode 100644
index 77f3fd7..0000000
--- a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Metadata-Version: 2.1
-Name: sentinel_mrhat_cam
-Version: 0.3.3
-Summary: Testing python code for Starling detection project
-Author: Ferenc Nandor Janky, Attila Gombos, Nyiri Levente, Nyitrai Bence
-Author-email: info@effective-range.com
-Requires-Dist: pytest
-Requires-Dist: PyYAML>=6.0
-Requires-Dist: pillow
-Requires-Dist: pytz
-Requires-Dist: paho-mqtt
-Requires-Dist: numpy
-Requires-Dist: pybase64
-Requires-Dist: pdocs
diff --git a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/SOURCES.txt b/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index da319ea..0000000
--- a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-README.md
-setup.cfg
-setup.py
-scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam.sh
-sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/PKG-INFO
-sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
-sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
-sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/requires.txt
-sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/top_level.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/dependency_links.txt b/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b13789..0000000
--- a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/requires.txt b/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/requires.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index da4e3a2..0000000
--- a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/requires.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-pytest
-PyYAML>=6.0
-pillow
-pytz
-paho-mqtt
-numpy
-pybase64
-pdocs
diff --git a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/top_level.txt b/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/top_level.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b13789..0000000
--- a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/sentinel_mrhat_cam.egg-info/top_level.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/static_config.py b/sentinel_mrhat_cam/static_config.py
index d445194..b5d1f5b 100644
--- a/sentinel_mrhat_cam/static_config.py
+++ b/sentinel_mrhat_cam/static_config.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 import logging
 
 # Configuration file paths
-SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-LOG_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, 'log_config.yaml')
-CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, 'config.json')
-TEMP_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, 'temp_config.json')
-STATE_FILE_PATH = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, 'state_file.json')
+CONFIG_DIR = '/etc/sentinel_mrhat_cam'
+LOG_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, 'log_config.yaml')
+CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, 'config.json')
+TEMP_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, 'temp_config.json')
+STATE_FILE_PATH = os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, 'state_file.json')
 
 # MQTT Configuration
 """ BROKER = "192.168.0.105"
diff --git a/service/sentinel_mrhat_cam.service b/service/sentinel_mrhat_cam.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6befe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/sentinel_mrhat_cam.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Run Script Daemon
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=admin
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /usr/local/bin/sentinel_mrhat_cam.sh
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b148db0..f5d638b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@
     author='Ferenc Nandor Janky, Attila Gombos, Nyiri Levente, Nyitrai Bence',
     author_email='info@effective-range.com',
     packages=find_packages(),
-    scripts=['scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam.sh', 'scripts/daemon.sh'],
-    install_requires=['PyYAML>=6.0',
-                      'pillow',
-                      'pytz',
-                      'paho-mqtt',
-                      'numpy',
-                      'pybase64']
+    scripts=['scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam.sh', 'scripts/sentinel_mrhat_cam_main.py'],
+    data_files=[('config', ['config/config.json', 'config/log_config.yaml'])],
+    install_requires=['PyYAML>=6.0', 'pillow', 'pytz', 'paho-mqtt', 'numpy', 'pybase64'],
 )