diff --git a/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs b/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
index 49d6d38..f4e460a 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ pub fn get_peach_config_defaults() -> HashMap<String, String> {
         ("DYN_NAMESERVER", "ns.peachcloud.org"),
         ("DYN_ENABLED", "false"),
         ("SSB_ADMIN_IDS", ""),
+        ("SYSTEM_MANAGER", "systemd"),
         ("ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH", "47"),
         ("TEMPORARY_PASSWORD_HASH", ""),
         ("GO_SBOT_DATADIR", "/home/peach/.ssb-go"),
diff --git a/peach-web/src/error.rs b/peach-web/src/error.rs
index 0d5453b..f3a78f6 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/error.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/error.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ pub enum PeachWebError {
     Json(JsonError),
     OsString,
     PeachLib { source: PeachError, msg: String },
+    System(String),
     Yaml(YamlError),
 }
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for PeachWebError {
             PeachWebError::Json(ref source) => Some(source),
             PeachWebError::OsString => None,
             PeachWebError::PeachLib { ref source, .. } => Some(source),
+            PeachWebError::System(_) => None,
             PeachWebError::Yaml(ref source) => Some(source),
         }
     }
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for PeachWebError {
                 "Filesystem error: failed to convert OsString to String for go-ssb directory path"
             ),
             PeachWebError::PeachLib { ref source, .. } => write!(f, "{}", source),
+            PeachWebError::System(ref msg) => {
+                write!(f, "system error: {}", msg)
+            }
             PeachWebError::Yaml(ref source) => write!(f, "Serde YAML error: {}", source),
         }
     }
diff --git a/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs b/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs
index 24c1b15..c3310a5 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/utils/sbot.rs
@@ -24,23 +24,50 @@ use crate::{error::PeachWebError, utils::sbot};
 
 // SBOT HELPER FUNCTIONS
 
-/// Executes a systemctl command for the go-sbot.service process.
-pub fn systemctl_sbot_cmd(cmd: &str) -> Result<Output, PeachWebError> {
-    let output = Command::new("sudo")
-        .arg("systemctl")
-        .arg(cmd)
-        .arg(config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_SERVICE")?)
-        .output()?;
-    Ok(output)
+/// On non-docker based deployments (peachcloud, yunohost), we use systemctl
+/// On docker-based deployments, we use supervisord
+/// This utility function calls the correct system calls based on these parameters.
+pub fn system_sbot_cmd(cmd: &str) -> Result<Output, PeachWebError> {
+    let system_manager = config_manager::get_config_value("SYSTEM_MANAGER")?;
+    match system_manager.as_str() {
+        "systemd" => {
+            let output = Command::new("sudo")
+                .arg("systemctl")
+                .arg(cmd)
+                .arg(config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_SERVICE")?)
+                .output()?;
+            Ok(output)
+        },
+        "supervisord" => {
+            match cmd {
+                "enable" => {
+                    // TODO: implement this
+                },
+                "disable" => {
+                    // TODO: implement this
+                },
+                _ => {
+                    let output = Command::new("supervisorctl")
+                        .arg(cmd)
+                        .arg(config_manager::get_config_value("GO_SBOT_SERVICE")?)
+                        .output()?;
+                    Ok(output)
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        _ => {
+            PeachWebError::System(format!("Invalid configuration for SYSTEM_MANAGER: {:?}", system_manager))
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-/// Executes a systemctl stop command followed by start command.
+/// Executes a system stop command followed by start command.
 /// Returns a redirect with a flash message stating the output of the restart attempt.
 pub fn restart_sbot_process() -> (String, String) {
     debug!("Restarting go-sbot.service");
-    match systemctl_sbot_cmd("stop") {
+    match system_sbot_cmd("stop") {
         // if stop was successful, try to start the process
-        Ok(_) => match systemctl_sbot_cmd("start") {
+        Ok(_) => match system_sbot_cmd("start") {
             Ok(_) => (
                 "success".to_string(),
                 "Updated configuration and restarted the sbot process".to_string(),