diff --git a/ambed/cambeserver.cpp b/ambed/cambeserver.cpp
index 9ce1da2..ce25b8b 100644
--- a/ambed/cambeserver.cpp
+++ b/ambed/cambeserver.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "ccontroller.h"
 #include "cvocodecs.h"
 #include "cambeserver.h"
+#include <systemd/sd-daemon.h>
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ bool CAmbeServer::Start(void)
     {
         //
         m_pThread = new std::thread(CAmbeServer::Thread, this);
+        sd_notify(0, "READY=1");
     }
     
     // done
diff --git a/ambed/cvocodecs.cpp b/ambed/cvocodecs.cpp
index c9e4643..eee7374 100644
--- a/ambed/cvocodecs.cpp
+++ b/ambed/cvocodecs.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "main.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include "cvocodecs.h"
+#include <systemd/sd-daemon.h>
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // global object
@@ -243,10 +244,12 @@ bool CVocodecs::Init(void)
     if ( ok )
     {
         std::cout << "Codec interfaces initialized successfully : " << iNbCh << " channels available" << std::endl;
+        sd_notifyf(0, "STATUS=Codec interfaces initialized successfully : %i channels available", iNbCh);
     }
     else
     {
         std::cout << "At least one codec interfaces failed to initialize : " << iNbCh << " channels availables" << std::endl;
+        sd_notifyf(0, "At least one codec interfaces failed to initialize : %i channels availables", iNbCh);
     }
     // done
     return ok;
diff --git a/ambed/makefile b/ambed/makefile
index c556a28..fcfd570 100644
--- a/ambed/makefile
+++ b/ambed/makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EXECUTABLE=ambed
 all: $(SOURCES) $(EXECUTABLE)
 
 $(EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJECTS) -lftd2xx -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -o $@
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJECTS) -lftd2xx -I/usr/src/libftd2xx-x86_64-1.4.27 -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -lsystemd -o $@
 
 .cpp.o:
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
diff --git a/scripts/ambed.service b/scripts/ambed.service
index 8332fae..42786da 100644
--- a/scripts/ambed.service
+++ b/scripts/ambed.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=AMBE Transcoder Daemon
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-Type=simple
+Type=notify
 User=root
 Group=root
 ExecStartPre=-/sbin/rmmod ftdi_sio