diff --git a/brew/brew-update-service-install b/brew/brew-update-service-install
index 0e72d16d9..262b95c0c 100644
--- a/brew/brew-update-service-install
+++ b/brew/brew-update-service-install
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ main() { (
     chmod a+x ~/.local/bin/brew-update-hourly
 
     echo "Checking for serviceman..."
+    ~/.local/bin/webi serviceman
     if ! command -v serviceman > /dev/null; then
-        "$HOME/.local/bin/webi" serviceman
         export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-        serviceman --version
     fi
+    serviceman --version
 
     env PATH="$PATH" serviceman add --agent \
         --workdir ~/.local/opt/brew/ \
diff --git a/bun/README.md b/bun/README.md
index 431e87cb5..e688ebd60 100644
--- a/bun/README.md
+++ b/bun/README.md
@@ -132,9 +132,7 @@ file)
    ```
 3. Add your project to the system launcher, running as the current user
    ```sh
-   sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
-       serviceman add --path="$PATH" --system \
-           --username "$(whoami)" --name my-project -- \
+   serviceman add --name 'my-project' --daemon -- \
        bun run ./my-project.js
    ```
 4. Restart the logging service
@@ -155,6 +153,6 @@ For **macOS**:
    ```
 3. Add your project to the system launcher, running as the current user
    ```sh
-   serviceman add --path="$PATH" --agent --name my-project -- \
+   serviceman add --agent --name 'my-project' -- \
        bun run ./my-project.js
    ```
diff --git a/caddy/README.md b/caddy/README.md
index 2c2e65f70..1425f280a 100644
--- a/caddy/README.md
+++ b/caddy/README.md
@@ -821,8 +821,8 @@ To avoid the nitty-gritty details of `launchd` plist files, you can use
    ```sh
    my_username="$( id -u -n )"
 
-   serviceman add --agent --name caddy -- \
-       caddy run --config ./Caddyfile --envfile ~/.config/caddy/env
+   serviceman add --agent --name 'caddy' --workdir ./ -- \
+       caddy run --envfile ~/.config/caddy/env --config ./Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile
    ```
 
    (this will create `~/Library/LaunchAgents/caddy.plist`)
@@ -837,8 +837,8 @@ This process creates a _User-Level_ service in `~/Library/LaunchAgents`. To
 create a _System-Level_ service in `/Library/LaunchDaemons/` instead:
 
 ```sh
-sudo serviceman add --system --name caddy -- \
-   caddy run --config ./Caddyfile --envfile ~/.config/caddy/env
+serviceman add --name 'caddy' --workdir ./ --daemon -- \
+   caddy run --envfile ~/.config/caddy/env --config ./Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile
 ```
 
 ### How to run Caddy as a Windows Service
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ sudo serviceman add --system --name caddy -- \
 3. Create a **Startup Registry Entry** with Serviceman.
    ```sh
    serviceman.exe add --name caddy -- \
-       caddy run --config ./Caddyfile --envfile ~/.config/caddy/env
+       caddy run --envfile ~/.config/caddy/env --config ./Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile
    ```
 4. You can manage the service directly with Serviceman. For example:
    ```sh
@@ -901,10 +901,8 @@ See the notes below to run as a **User Service** or use the JSON Config.
    ```
 4. Use Serviceman to create a _systemd_ config file.
    ```sh
-   my_username="$( id -u -n )"
-   sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
-       serviceman add --system --username "${my_username}" --name caddy -- \
-           caddy run --config ./Caddyfile --envfile ~/.config/caddy/env
+   serviceman add --name 'caddy' --daemon -- \
+       caddy run --envfile ~/.config/caddy/env --config ./Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile
    ```
    (this will create `/etc/systemd/system/caddy.service`)
 5. Manage the service with `systemctl` and `journalctl`:
@@ -915,10 +913,10 @@ See the notes below to run as a **User Service** or use the JSON Config.
 
 To create a **User Service** instead:
 
-- don't use `sudo`, but do use `--agent` when running `serviceman`:
+- use `--agent` when running `serviceman`:
   ```sh
   serviceman add --agent --name caddy -- \
-     caddy run --config ./Caddyfile --envfile ~/.config/caddy/env
+      caddy run --envfile ~/.config/caddy/env --config ./Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile
   ```
   (this will create `~/.config/systemd/user/`)
 - user the `--user` flag to manage services and logs:
@@ -1183,7 +1181,8 @@ To prevent search engine and browser confusion
 - _DO NOT_ prevent crawling via `robots.txt` \
   (counter-intuitive, but pages _must_ be crawled for links to _NOT_ be indexed)
 - _all_ domains using public TLS certs _will_ be indexed by default \
-  (they are all linked to and crawled from various Certificate Transparency reports)
+  (they are all linked to and crawled from various Certificate Transparency
+  reports)
 - follow these guidelines even if the dev sites use HTTP Basic Auth
 
 ```Caddyfile
@@ -1363,19 +1362,13 @@ See also: <https://caddyserver.com/docs/running>
 2. Generate the `service` file: \
    - JSON Config
      ```sh
-     my_app_user="$( id -u -n )"
-     sudo env PATH="${PATH}" \
-         serviceman add --system --cap-net-bind \
-             --username "${my_app_user}" --name caddy -- \
-             caddy run --resume --envfile ./caddy.env
+     serviceman add --name 'caddy' --daemon -- \
+         caddy run --resume --envfile ./caddy.env
      ```
    - Caddyfile
      ```sh
-     my_app_user="$( id -u -n )"
-     sudo env PATH="${PATH}" \
-         serviceman add --system --cap-net-bind \
-             --username "${my_app_user}" --name caddy -- \
-             caddy run --config ./Caddyfile --envfile ./caddy.env
+     serviceman add --name 'caddy' --daemon -- \
+         caddy run --config ./Caddyfile --envfile ./caddy.env
      ```
 3. Reload `systemd` config files, the logging service (it may not be started on
    a new VPS), and caddy
diff --git a/dashcore-utils/README.md b/dashcore-utils/README.md
index 41c54edcc..f2e3d4d08 100644
--- a/dashcore-utils/README.md
+++ b/dashcore-utils/README.md
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ mkdir -p ~/.dashcore/wallets/
 mkdir -p /mnt/slc1_vol_100g/dashcore/_data
 mkdir -p /mnt/slc1_vol_100g/dashcore/_caches
 
-sudo env PATH="$PATH" serviceman add \
-        --system --user "$my_user" --path "$PATH" --name dashd --force -- \
+serviceman add --name 'dashd' --daemon -- \
     dashd \
         -usehd \
         -conf="$HOME/.dashcore/dash.conf" \
diff --git a/dashcore-utils/dashd-hd-service-install b/dashcore-utils/dashd-hd-service-install
index 13aa9b299..ce9b65e92 100644
--- a/dashcore-utils/dashd-hd-service-install
+++ b/dashcore-utils/dashd-hd-service-install
@@ -84,20 +84,8 @@ fn_srv_install() { (
         my_name="dashd-${my_netname}"
     fi
 
-    my_system_args=""
-    my_kernel="$(
-        uname -s
-    )"
-    if test "Darwin" != "${my_kernel}"; then
-        my_user="$(
-            id -u -n
-        )"
-        my_system_args="--system --username ${my_user}"
-    fi
-
     # shellcheck disable=SC2016,SC1090
-    echo 'sudo env PATH="$PATH"' \
-        "serviceman add ${my_system_args} --path \"\$PATH\" --name \"${my_name}\" --force --" \
+    echo "serviceman add --name \"${my_name}\" --" \
         "dashd " \
         "${my_net_flag}" \
         -usehd \
@@ -107,16 +95,16 @@ fn_srv_install() { (
         "-datadir=\"${my_datadir}\"" \
         "-blocksdir=\"${my_blocksdir}\""
 
+    echo ""
+    echo "Installing latest 'serviceman'..."
+    echo ""
+    "$HOME/.local/bin/webi" serviceman > /dev/null
     if ! command -v serviceman > /dev/null; then
-        echo ""
-        echo "Installing 'serviceman'..."
-        echo ""
-        {
-            "$HOME/.local/bin/webi" serviceman
-        } > /dev/null
-
-        # shellcheck disable=SC1090
-        . ~/.config/envman/PATH.env || true
+        export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+    fi
+    serviceman --version
+    if ! command -v dashd > /dev/null; then
+        export PATH="$HOME/.local/opt/dashcore/bin:$PATH"
     fi
 
     mkdir -p "$HOME/.dashcore/wallets/"
@@ -132,7 +120,7 @@ fn_srv_install() { (
     # leave options unquoted so they're interpreted separately
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     sudo env PATH="${PATH}" \
-        serviceman add ${my_system_args} --path "${PATH}" --name "${my_name}" --force -- \
+        serviceman add --name "${my_name}" -- \
         dashd \
         ${my_net_flag} \
         -usehd \
diff --git a/dashd/README.md b/dashd/README.md
index 2dd32d413..a89ce5675 100644
--- a/dashd/README.md
+++ b/dashd/README.md
@@ -219,14 +219,7 @@ You can use [`serviceman`](../serviceman/):
 **Linux**
 
 ```sh
-sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
-    serviceman add \
-        --system \
-        --username "$(id -n -u)" \
-        --path "$PATH" \
-        --name dashd \
-        --force \
-        -- \
+serviceman add --name 'dashd' -- \
     dashd \
         -usehd \
         -conf="$HOME/.dashcore/dash.conf" \
@@ -239,11 +232,7 @@ sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
 **Mac**
 
 ```sh
-serviceman add \
-    --path "$PATH" \
-    --name dashd \
-    --force \
-    -- \
+serviceman add --name 'dashd' -- \
     dashd \
         -usehd \
         -conf="$HOME/.dashcore/dash.conf" \
diff --git a/go/README.md b/go/README.md
index f3a0a5168..f1b074a67 100644
--- a/go/README.md
+++ b/go/README.md
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ webi serviceman
 pushd ./hello/
 
 # swap 'hello' and './hello' for the name of your project and binary
-sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
-    serviceman add --system --username "$(whoami)" --name hello -- \
+serviceman add --name 'hello' -- \
     ./hello
 
 # Restart the logging service
diff --git a/golang/README.md b/golang/README.md
index 1bc0e0939..934d75c72 100644
--- a/golang/README.md
+++ b/golang/README.md
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ webi serviceman
 pushd ./hello/
 
 # swap 'hello' and './hello' for the name of your project and binary
-sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
-    serviceman add --system --username "$(whoami)" --name hello -- \
+serviceman add --name 'hello' -- \
     ./hello
 
 # Restart the logging service
diff --git a/node/README.md b/node/README.md
index b27769733..03aabc76c 100644
--- a/node/README.md
+++ b/node/README.md
@@ -276,11 +276,8 @@ Node app as a Non-System (Unprivileged) Service on Mac, Windows, and Linux:
 ```sh
 pushd ./my-node-project/
 
-my_username="$( id -u -n )"
-sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
-    serviceman add --system --path "$PATH" --cap-net-bind \
-    --name my-node-project --username "${my_username}" -- \
-        npm run start
+serviceman add --name 'my-node-project' -- \
+    npm run start
 ```
 
 #### ... with auto-reload in Dev
@@ -288,10 +285,8 @@ sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
 ```sh
 pushd ./my-node-project/
 
-sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
-    serviceman add --system --path "$PATH" --cap-net-bind \
-    --name my-node-project --username "$(id -u -n)" -- \
-        npx -p nodemon@3 -- nodemon ./server.js
+serviceman add --name 'my-node-project' -- \
+    npx -p nodemon@3 -- nodemon ./server.js
 ```
 
 #### View Logs & Restart
diff --git a/pg/install.sh b/pg/install.sh
index 5c388190a..8895a2550 100644
--- a/pg/install.sh
+++ b/pg/install.sh
@@ -58,17 +58,20 @@ __init_pg() {
     }
 
     pkg_done_message() {
-        # TODO show with serviceman
         echo "    Installed $(t_pkg "$pkg_cmd_name v$WEBI_VERSION") (and $(t_pkg "psql")) to $(t_link "$(fn_sub_home "${pkg_dst_bin}")")"
         echo ""
         echo "IMPORTANT!!!"
         echo ""
-        echo "Database initialized at $POSTGRES_DATA_DIR:"
-        echo "    postgres -D $POSTGRES_DATA_DIR -p 5432"
+        echo "Database initialized at:"
+        echo "    $POSTGRES_DATA_DIR"
         echo ""
         echo "Username and password set to 'postgres':"
         echo "    psql 'postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres'"
         echo ""
+        echo "To install as a service:"
+        echo "    serviceman add --name 'postgres' --workdir '$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR' -- \\"
+        echo "        postgres -D '$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR' -p 5432"
+        echo ""
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/postgres/README.md b/postgres/README.md
index b72250390..436f8be2b 100644
--- a/postgres/README.md
+++ b/postgres/README.md
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ To enable Postgres as a Linux Service with [serviceman](../serviceman/): \
 (see macOS below)
 
 ```sh
-sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
-    serviceman add --system --username "$(whoami)" --name 'postgres' -- \
+serviceman add --name 'postgres' --workdir ~/.local/share/postgres/var -- \
     postgres -D ~/.local/share/postgres/var -p 5432
 
 sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald
@@ -119,8 +118,7 @@ curl https://webi.sh/serviceman | sh
 ```
 
 ```sh
-sudo env PATH="$PATH" \
-    serviceman add --system --username "$(whoami)" --name 'postgres' -- \
+serviceman add --name 'postgres' --workdir ~/.local/share/postgres/var -- \
     postgres -D ~/.local/share/postgres/var -p 5432
 
 sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald
@@ -185,7 +183,7 @@ sudo tail -f /var/log/postgres
 #### macOS
 
 ```sh
-serviceman add --name 'postgres' -- \
+serviceman add --name 'postgres' --workdir ~/.local/share/postgres/var -- \
     postgres -D ~/.local/share/postgres/var -p 5432
 
 tail -f ~/.local/share/postgres/var/log/postgres.log
diff --git a/postgres/install.sh b/postgres/install.sh
index 6a0d46fcf..eccf1f6ee 100644
--- a/postgres/install.sh
+++ b/postgres/install.sh
@@ -78,17 +78,20 @@ __init_postgres() {
     }
 
     pkg_done_message() {
-        # TODO show with serviceman
         echo "Installed 'postgres' and 'psql' at $pkg_dst"
         echo ""
         echo "IMPORTANT!!!"
         echo ""
-        echo "Database initialized at $POSTGRES_DATA_DIR:"
-        echo "    postgres -D $POSTGRES_DATA_DIR -p 5432"
+        echo "Database initialized at:"
+        echo "    $POSTGRES_DATA_DIR"
         echo ""
         echo "Username and password set to 'postgres':"
         echo "    psql 'postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres'"
         echo ""
+        echo "To install as a service:"
+        echo "    serviceman add --name 'postgres' --workdir '$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR' -- \\"
+        echo "        postgres -D '$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR' -p 5432"
+        echo ""
     }
 }