diff --git a/examples/cijoed b/examples/cijoed
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b035e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cijoed
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          cijoe
+# Required-Start:    $syslog $local_fs $network
+# Required-Stop:     $syslog $local_fs $network
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 
+# Description:       Run the CIJoe CI server.  Yo Joe!!
+### END INIT INFO
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+REPO=/path/to/your/git/repository
+PORT=4567
+
+NAME=cijoe
+INSTALL_DIR=/usr/sbin
+DAEMON=$INSTALL_DIR/$NAME
+DAEMON_ARGS="-p $PORT $REPO"
+PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+DAEMON_USER=www-data
+DAEMON_GROUP=$DAEMON_USER
+
+# test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
+# test -f $PROJECT_DIR || exit 0
+
+case "$1" in
+start)
+	log_daemon_msg "Starting cijoe" "cijoe"
+	start-stop-daemon --background --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON --start --name $NAME --pidfile $PIDFILE --chuid $DAEMON_USER:$DAEMON_GROUP -- $DAEMON_ARGS
+	log_end_msg $?
+	;;
+stop)
+	log_daemon_msg "Stopping cijoe" "cijoe"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --quiet --retry 10
+	log_end_msg $?
+	;;
+restart)
+	log_daemon_msg "Restarting cijoe" "cijoe"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --quiet --retry 10
+	start-stop-daemon --background --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON --start --name $NAME --pidfile $PIDFILE --chuid $DAEMON_USER:$DAEMON_GROUP -- $DAEMON_ARGS
+	log_end_msg $?
+	;;
+status)
+	status_of_proc $DAEMON $NAME && exit 0 || exit $?
+	;;
+*)
+	log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/cijoe (start|stop|restart)"
+	exit 2
+	;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/lib/cijoe.rb b/lib/cijoe.rb
index 8c5afdf..20b48db 100644
--- a/lib/cijoe.rb
+++ b/lib/cijoe.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,14 @@ def git_branch
   # massage our repo
   def run_hook(hook)
     if File.exists?(file=".git/hooks/#{hook}") && File.executable?(file)
-      `sh #{file}`
+      data = {
+        "MESSAGE" => @last_build.commit.message,
+        "AUTHOR" => @last_build.commit.author,
+        "SHA" => @last_build.commit.sha,
+        "OUTPUT" => @last_build.clean_output
+      }
+      env = data.collect { |k, v| %(#{k}=#{v.inspect}) }.join(" ")
+      `#{env} sh #{file}`
     end
   end
 end