diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ We've developed Zipkin with <a href="http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads">Scala
 1. `ssh [server]`
 1. `unzip zipkin*.zip`
 1. `mkdir -p /var/log/zipkin`
-1. Start the collector and query daemon.
+1. `zipkin-scribe/scripts/collector.sh -f zipkin-scribe/config/collector-prod.scala`
+1. `zipkin-server/scripts/query.sh -f zipkin-server/config/query-prod.scala`
 
 You can also run the collector and query services through SBT.
 
diff --git a/zipkin-scribe/src/scripts/collector.sh b/zipkin-scribe/src/scripts/collector.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..96a36ced0ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zipkin-scribe/src/scripts/collector.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+VERSION=@VERSION@
+java -cp "$DIR/../libs/*" -jar $DIR/../zipkin-server_2.9.1-$VERSION.jar $*
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diff --git a/zipkin-server/src/scripts/query.sh b/zipkin-server/src/scripts/query.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..96a36ced0ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zipkin-server/src/scripts/query.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+VERSION=@VERSION@
+java -cp "$DIR/../libs/*" -jar $DIR/../zipkin-server_2.9.1-$VERSION.jar $*
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