diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c89a51..57994c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,5 +13,10 @@ vim/bundle
 vim/tmp
 vim/spell
 
+# runit user services
+services/*/supervise
+services/*/lock
+services/*/current
+
 # other
 *.pyc
diff --git a/services/mpd/run b/services/mpd/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a3b2dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/mpd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec mpd --no-daemon
diff --git a/services/urxvtd/conf b/services/urxvtd/conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8752e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/urxvtd/conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+export RXVT_SOCKET=/home/noctua/.urxvt/urxvtd-abysm
diff --git a/services/urxvtd/run b/services/urxvtd/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cc544b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/urxvtd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+exec /usr/bin/urxvtd -q