diff --git a/service/naxalnet.service b/naxalnet.service
similarity index 100%
rename from service/naxalnet.service
rename to naxalnet.service
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0f65a8f..dc6a010 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ console_scripts =
 
 [options.data_files]
 lib/systemd/system =
-    service/naxalnet.service
+    naxalnet.service
 # If installing with pip, this file will be copied to some other place.
 # This is the reason we use setup.py instead of pip in the Makefile.
 /etc/naxalnet =