diff --git a/frontend/notebookllama-frontend.service b/frontend/notebookllama-frontend.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d63b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/notebookllama-frontend.service
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=NotebookLlama Frontend (Next.js)
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=michael_clervi
+Group=michael_clervi
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/sandbox-notebookllamalm-nextjs/frontend
+Environment="NODE_ENV=production"
+Environment="PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
+
+# Start command (runs on port 4000)
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/npm start
+
+# Restart behavior
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10
+
+# Logging
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
+SyslogIdentifier=notebookllama-frontend
+
+# Security
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target