diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 952728c..cc0dbc0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 # Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
 /log/*.log
+/log/*.pid
 /log/*.gz
 /tmp
 
diff --git a/script/start_searchd b/script/start_searchd
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e0466e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/start_searchd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd /d/rails/lobsters
+sudo -u lobsters env RAILS_ENV=production bundle19 exec rake19 thinking_sphinx:start