diff --git a/debian/resources/monit/shell.sh b/debian/resources/monit/shell.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b16695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/resources/monit/shell.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+mkdir -p /var/run/freeswitch
+chown -R www-data:www-data /var/run/freeswitch
+/usr/bin/freeswitch -nc -u www-data -g www-data -nonat