diff --git a/config/supervisord.conf b/config/supervisord.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4f173a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/supervisord.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+; supervisor config file
+
+[unix_http_server]
+file=/var/run//supervisor.sock   ; (the path to the socket file)
+chmod=0700                       ; sockef file mode (default 0700)
+
+[supervisord]
+logfile=/var/log/supervisor/supervisord.log ; (main log file;default $CWD/supervisord.log)
+pidfile=/var/run/supervisord.pid ; (supervisord pidfile;default supervisord.pid)
+childlogdir=/var/log/supervisor            ; ('AUTO' child log dir, default $TEMP)
+minfds = 10000
+
+; the below section must remain in the config file for RPC
+; (supervisorctl/web interface) to work, additional interfaces may be
+; added by defining them in separate rpcinterface: sections
+[rpcinterface:supervisor]
+supervisor.rpcinterface_factory = supervisor.rpcinterface:make_main_rpcinterface
+
+[supervisorctl]
+serverurl=unix:///var/run//supervisor.sock ; use a unix:// URL  for a unix socket
+
+; The [include] section can just contain the "files" setting.  This
+; setting can list multiple files (separated by whitespace or
+; newlines).  It can also contain wildcards.  The filenames are
+; interpreted as relative to this file.  Included files *cannot*
+; include files themselves.
+
+[include]
+files = /etc/supervisor/conf.d/*.conf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 6732b2359..0695384e7 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -456,6 +456,10 @@ def setup_imaging():
     
 def setup_supervisor():
     sudo('apt-get -y install supervisor')
+    put('config/supervisord.conf', '/etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf')
+    sudo('/etc/init.d/supervisord stop')
+    sudo('sleep 2')
+    sudo('/etc/init.d/supervisord start')
 
 # @parallel
 def setup_hosts():