diff --git a/bin/emacs_ctl b/bin/emacs_ctl
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+state=/tmp/emacs-use-dark-mode
+
+start_daemon () {
+    emacs --fg-daemon > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+stop_daemon () {
+    emacsclient --eval "(kill-emacs)" 2> /dev/null
+}
+
+kill_daemon () {
+    killall emacsclient 2> /dev/null
+    killall emacs 2> /dev/null
+}
+
+restart_daemon () {
+    stop_daemon
+    start_daemon
+}
+
+hard_restart_daemon () {
+    kill_daemon
+    start_daemon
+}
+
+set_light () {
+    echo 0 > "$state"
+}
+
+set_dark () {
+    echo 1 > "$state"
+}
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+    echo "Need a command to perform"
+    exit 1
+elif [[ "$1" == "start" ]]; then
+    start_daemon &
+elif [[ "$1" == "stop" ]]; then
+    stop_daemon
+elif [[ "$1" == "kill" ]]; then
+    kill_daemon
+elif [[ "$1" == "theme" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$2" == "toggle" ]]; then
+        # if no state file assume light theme
+        if [[ ! -f "$state" ]]; then
+            set_light
+        elif [[ "$(cat $state)" == 0 ]]; then
+            set_dark
+        else
+            set_light
+        fi
+    elif [[ "$2" == "light" ]]; then
+        set_light
+    elif [[ "$2" == "dark" ]]; then
+        set_dark
+    else
+	echo 'Invlalid theme command'
+	exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ "$3" == "restart" ]; then
+        restart_daemon &
+    elif [ "$3" == "hard_restart" ]; then
+        hard_restart_daemon &
+    fi
+else
+    echo 'Invalid command'
+    exit 1
+fi
+