diff --git a/VERSION.py b/VERSION.py
index 853ccfbb..337786e6 100644
--- a/VERSION.py
+++ b/VERSION.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- mode: python -*-
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-SCOVERSION = "7.18"
+SCOVERSION = "7.19a"
 
 SCONAME = "ScoDoc"
 
diff --git a/config/configure_systemd.sh b/config/configure_systemd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..23569418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/configure_systemd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Modify ScoDoc install tu use systemd
+# E. Viennet, 2020-12-04
+source config.sh
+source utils.sh
+
+check_uid_root $0
+
+echo 'Installation du demarrage automatique de ScoDoc (systemd)'
+cp $SCODOC_DIR/config/etc/scodoc.service /etc/systemd/system
+systemctl enable scodoc.service
+
+echo "A partir de maintenant, utiliser"
+echo " pour demarrer:  systemctl start scodoc"
+echo " pour arreter :  systemctl stop scodoc"
+
diff --git a/config/delete_dept.sh b/config/delete_dept.sh
index 9a88a70c..b0e9919a 100755
--- a/config/delete_dept.sh
+++ b/config/delete_dept.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ cfg_pathname="${SCODOC_VAR_DIR}/config/depts/$DEPT".cfg
 if [ -e $cfg_pathname ]
 then
   # arret de ScoDoc
-  /etc/init.d/scodoc stop
+  scodocctl stop
+  
   # suppression de la base postgres
   db_name=$(cat $cfg_pathname | sed '/^dbname=*/!d; s///;q')
   echo "suppression de la base postgres $db_name"
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ then
   read ans
   if [ "$(norm_ans "$ans")" = 'Y' ]
   then
-     /etc/init.d/scodoc start
+     scodocctl start
   fi
   exit 0
 else
diff --git a/config/distrib.sh b/config/distrib.sh
index 0958fb10..9ffead11 100644
--- a/config/distrib.sh
+++ b/config/distrib.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ echo "Changing to directory " $SCODOC_DIR/config
 cd  $SCODOC_DIR/config
 
 echo "Stopping ScoDoc..."
-/etc/init.d/scodoc stop
+scodocctl stop
 
 # DROITS
 echo -n "Verification des droits: proprietaire www-data ? (y/n) [y] "
diff --git a/config/install_debian10.sh b/config/install_debian10.sh
index 090dae4c..8e28134d 100755
--- a/config/install_debian10.sh
+++ b/config/install_debian10.sh
@@ -219,9 +219,10 @@ echo -n "Voulez vous installer le service scodoc ? (y/n) [y] "
 read ans
 if [ "$(norm_ans "$ans")" != 'N' ]
 then
-    echo 'Installation du demarrage automatique de ScoDoc'
-    cp $SCODOC_DIR/config/etc/scodoc /etc/init.d/
-    update-rc.d scodoc defaults
+    # ScoDoc 7.19+ uses systemd
+    echo 'Installation du demarrage automatique de ScoDoc (systemd)'
+    cp $SCODOC_DIR/config/etc/scodoc.service /etc/systemd/system
+    systemctl enable scodoc.service
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/config/restore_scodoc_data.sh b/config/restore_scodoc_data.sh
index aed3a1ea..f2bd8785 100755
--- a/config/restore_scodoc_data.sh
+++ b/config/restore_scodoc_data.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "Source is $SRC"
 echo "Stopping ScoDoc..."
-/etc/init.d/scodoc stop
+scodocctl stop
 
 # Erase all postgres databases and load data
 chmod a+rx "$SRC"
@@ -141,5 +141,4 @@ cd $SCODOC_DIR/config
 
 #
 echo
-echo "Ok. Run \"/etc/init.d/scodoc start\" to start ScoDoc."
-
+scodocctl start
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/save_scodoc_data.sh b/config/save_scodoc_data.sh
index 09cc0644..a53c7640 100755
--- a/config/save_scodoc_data.sh
+++ b/config/save_scodoc_data.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #
 # E. Viennet, Sept 2011, Aug 2020
 #
+source utils.sh
 
 # Destination directory
 if [ ! $# -eq 1 ]
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ source utils.sh
 check_uid_root $0
 
 echo "Stopping ScoDoc..."
-/etc/init.d/scodoc stop
+scodocctl stop
 
 # Dump all postgres databases
 echo "Dumping SQL database..."
diff --git a/config/upgrade.sh b/config/upgrade.sh
index 32e34f65..894fc078 100755
--- a/config/upgrade.sh
+++ b/config/upgrade.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ then
  (cd "$SCODOC_DIR"; find . -name .svn -type d -exec dirname {} \; | xargs svn upgrade)
 fi
 
-echo "Stopping ScoDoc..."
-/etc/init.d/scodoc stop
+scodocctl stop
 
 echo
 echo "Using SVN to update $SCODOC_DIR..."
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ su -c "$SCODOC_DIR/config/postupgrade-db.py" $POSTGRES_USER
 
 # 
 echo
-echo "Starting ScoDoc..."
-/etc/init.d/scodoc start
+scodocctl start
 
 
diff --git a/config/utils.sh b/config/utils.sh
index 8637b736..4508303b 100644
--- a/config/utils.sh
+++ b/config/utils.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,25 @@ terminate() {
   exit 1
 }
 
+# Start/stop scodoc, using sysv or systemd
+scodocctl() {
+  if [ "$1" = "start" ]; then
+    echo "Starting ScoDoc..."
+  elif [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then
+    echo "Stopping ScoDoc"
+  else
+    echo "Error: invalid argument for scodocctl"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [ -e  /etc/systemd/system/scodoc.service ]
+  then
+     systemctl $1 scodoc
+  else
+    echo "(using legacy SystemV)"
+    /etc/init.d/scodoc $1
+  fi
+}
+
 # --- Ensure postgres user www-data exists
 init_postgres_user() { # run as root
   if [ -z $(echo "select usename from pg_user;" | su -c "$PSQL -d template1  -p $POSTGRES_PORT" $POSTGRES_SUPERUSER | grep $POSTGRES_USER) ]
@@ -43,7 +62,7 @@ init_postgres_user() { # run as root
 # XXX inutilise 
 gen_passwd() { 
   PASSWORD_LENGTH="8"
-  ALLOWABLE_ASCII="~@#$%^&*()_+=-?><0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+  ALLOWABLE_ASCII="0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz@#$%^&*()_+=-?><"
   SEED=$(head -c4 /dev/urandom | od -t u4 | awk '{ print $2 }')
   RANDOM=$SEED
   n=1
diff --git a/misc/Restore-database.txt b/misc/Restore-database.txt
index 89fcfcc7..b912e90c 100644
--- a/misc/Restore-database.txt
+++ b/misc/Restore-database.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Le copier sur la machine destination.
 2) Sur la machine destination:
 
  Avant toute chose, stopper scodoc:
- /etc/init.d/scodoc stop
+ /etc/init.d/scodoc stop (ou systemctl stop scodoc))
 
  1.1) Supprimer toutes les bases ScoDoc existantes s'il y en a:
      su postgres
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ done
 
 
 Puis redemarrer ScoDoc:
-  en tant que root: /etc/init.d/scodoc start
+  en tant que root: /etc/init.d/scodoc start (ou systemctl start scodoc)
 
 NB: si la version des sources a changée, lancer imperativement le script de mise a jour 
      avant de redemarrer scodoc, afin qu'il change si besoin la base de donnees:
diff --git a/misc/backup_db2 b/misc/backup_db2
index f34c19f5..77928770 100755
--- a/misc/backup_db2
+++ b/misc/backup_db2
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #
 # Note: pour restaurer un backup (en supprimant la base existante !):
 #
-# 0- Arreter scodoc: /etc/init.d/scodoc stop
+# 0- Arreter scodoc: /etc/init.d/scodoc stop (ou systemctl stop scodoc)
 #
 # Puis en tant qu'utilisateur postgres:  su postgres
 # 1- supprimer la base existante si elle existe: dropdb SCOXXX
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # 3- pg_restore  -d SCOXXX SCOXXX_pgdump
 #
 # Revenir a l'utilisateur root: exit
-# 4- Relancer scodoc: /etc/init.d/scodoc start
+# 4- Relancer scodoc: /etc/init.d/scodoc start (ou systemctl start scodoc)
 
 DBNAME=$1
 DUMPBASE="$DBNAME"-BACKUPS