diff -Naur ../hitch-1.2.0.orig/hitch.initrc.redhat ./hitch.initrc.redhat
--- ../hitch-1.2.0.orig/hitch.initrc.redhat	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ ./hitch.initrc.redhat	2016-04-26 12:16:15.174291004 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# hitch Control the Hitch daemon
+#
+# chkconfig: - 90 10
+# description: Hitch proxy daemon
+# processname: hitch
+# config: /etc/hitch/hitch.conf
+# pidfile: /var/run/hitch/hitch.pid
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: hitch
+# Required-Start: $network $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop: $network $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Default-Start:
+# Default-Stop:
+# Short-Description: start and stop hitch
+# Description: Hitch proxy daemon
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+retval=0
+pidfile="/var/run/hitch/hitch.pid"
+lockfile="/var/lock/subsys/hitch"
+config="/etc/hitch/hitch.conf"
+exec="/usr/sbin/hitch"
+prog="hitch"
+
+
+start() {
+
+	if [ ! -x $exec ]
+	then
+		echo $exec not found
+		exit 5
+	fi
+
+	if [ ! -f $config ]
+	then
+		echo $config not found
+		exit 6
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Starting hitch ssl proxy: "
+
+	daemon $exec "--pidfile=$pidfile --config $config" > /dev/null
+	retval=$?
+	if [ $retval -eq 0 ]
+	then
+		touch $lockfile
+		echo_success
+		echo
+	else
+		echo_failure
+		echo
+	fi
+	return $retval
+}
+
+stop() {
+	echo -n "Stopping Hitch proxy daemon: "
+	killproc -p $pidfile $prog
+	retval=$?
+	echo
+	[ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
+	return $retval
+}
+
+restart() {
+	$exec --test --config $config || exit 1
+	stop
+	start
+}
+
+reload() {
+	$exec --test --config $config || exit 1
+	killproc -p $pidfile $prog -HUP
+}
+
+force_reload() {
+	restart
+}
+
+rh_status() {
+	status -p $pidfile $prog
+}
+
+rh_status_q() {
+	rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+	start)
+		rh_status_q && exit 0
+		$1
+		;;
+	stop)
+		rh_status_q || exit 0
+		$1
+		;;
+	restart)
+		$1
+		;;
+	reload)
+		rh_status_q || exit 7
+		$1
+		;;
+	force-reload)
+		force_reload
+		;;
+	status)
+		rh_status
+		;;
+	condrestart|try-restart)
+		rh_status_q || exit 0
+		restart
+		;;
+	*)
+	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload}"
+
+	exit 2
+esac
+
+exit $?
+
diff -Naur ../hitch-1.2.0.orig/hitch.initrc.redhat.old ./hitch.initrc.redhat.old
--- ../hitch-1.2.0.orig/hitch.initrc.redhat.old	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ ./hitch.initrc.redhat.old	2016-04-26 11:10:57.835847857 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# hitch Control the Hitch daemon
+#
+# chkconfig: - 90 10
+# description: Hitch proxy daemon
+# processname: hitch
+# config: /etc/hitch/hitch.conf
+# pidfile: /var/run/hitch/hitch.pid
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: hitch
+# Required-Start: $network $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop: $network $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Default-Start:
+# Default-Stop:
+# Short-Description: start and stop hitch
+# Description: Hitch proxy daemon
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+retval=0
+pidfile="/var/run/hitch/hitch.pid"
+lockfile="/var/lock/subsys/hitch"
+config="/etc/hitch/hitch.conf"
+exec="/usr/sbin/hitch"
+prog="hitch"
+
+
+start() {
+
+	if [ ! -x $exec ]
+	then
+		echo $exec not found
+		exit 5
+	fi
+
+	if [ ! -f $config ]
+	then
+		echo $config not found
+		exit 6
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Starting hitch ssl proxy: "
+
+	daemon $exec "--pidfile=$pidfile --config $config" > /dev/null
+	retval=$?
+	if [ $retval -eq 0 ]
+	then
+		touch $lockfile
+		echo_success
+		echo
+	else
+		echo_failure
+		echo
+	fi
+	return $retval
+}
+
+stop() {
+	echo -n "Stopping Hitch proxy daemon: "
+	killproc -p $pidfile $prog
+	retval=$?
+	echo
+	[ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
+	return $retval
+}
+
+restart() {
+	stop
+	start
+}
+
+reload() {
+	restart
+}
+
+force_reload() {
+	restart
+}
+
+rh_status() {
+	status -p $pidfile $prog
+}
+
+rh_status_q() {
+	rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+	start)
+		rh_status_q && exit 0
+		$1
+		;;
+	stop)
+		rh_status_q || exit 0
+		$1
+		;;
+	restart)
+		$1
+		;;
+	reload)
+		rh_status_q || exit 7
+		$1
+		;;
+	force-reload)
+		force_reload
+		;;
+	status)
+		rh_status
+		;;
+	condrestart|try-restart)
+		rh_status_q || exit 0
+		restart
+		;;
+	*)
+	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload}"
+
+	exit 2
+esac
+
+exit $?
+