diff --git a/examples/client.go b/examples/client.go
index 63565da..b643d63 100644
--- a/examples/client.go
+++ b/examples/client.go
@@ -181,6 +181,29 @@ func main() {
 			}
 
 		}
+		break
+	case "createService":
+		// Create a service with three instances using the update API instead of the createJob API
+		fmt.Println("Creating service")
+		settings := realis.NewUpdateSettings()
+		job.InstanceCount(3)
+		_, resp, err := r.CreateService(job, *settings)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		fmt.Println(resp.String())
+
+		if ok, err := monitor.Instances(job.JobKey(), job.GetInstanceCount(), 5, 50); !ok || err != nil {
+			_, err := r.KillJob(job.JobKey())
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+			fmt.Println("ok: ", ok)
+			fmt.Println("err: ", err)
+		}
+
 		break
 	case "createDocker":
 		fmt.Println("Creating a docker based job")
@@ -336,7 +359,6 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		fmt.Println(resp.String())
 		break
-
 	case "flexDown":
 		fmt.Println("Flexing down job")
 
@@ -391,7 +413,6 @@ func main() {
 
 		jobUpdateKey := response.JobUpdateKey(resp)
 		monitor.JobUpdate(*jobUpdateKey, 5, 500)
-
 		break
 	case "updateDetails":
 		resp, err := r.JobUpdateDetails(aurora.JobUpdateQuery{
@@ -441,9 +462,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		print(config.String())
 		break
-
 	case "updatesummary":
-
 		fmt.Println("Getting job update summary")
 		jobquery := &aurora.JobUpdateQuery{
 			Role:   &job.JobKey().Role,
@@ -455,7 +474,6 @@ func main() {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		fmt.Println(updatesummary)
-
 	case "taskStatus":
 		fmt.Println("Getting task status")
 		taskQ := &aurora.TaskQuery{Role: job.JobKey().Role,
@@ -469,7 +487,6 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		fmt.Printf("length: %d\n ", len(tasks))
 		fmt.Printf("tasks: %+v\n", tasks)
-
 	case "tasksWithoutConfig":
 		fmt.Println("Getting task status")
 		taskQ := &aurora.TaskQuery{Role: job.JobKey().Role,
@@ -483,7 +500,6 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		fmt.Printf("length: %d\n ", len(tasks))
 		fmt.Printf("tasks: %+v\n", tasks)
-
 	case "drainHosts":
 		fmt.Println("Setting hosts to DRAINING")
 		if hostList == "" {
@@ -515,7 +531,6 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		fmt.Print(result.String())
-
 	case "endMaintenance":
 		fmt.Println("Setting hosts to ACTIVE")
 		if hostList == "" {
@@ -547,7 +562,6 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		fmt.Print(result.String())
-
 	default:
 		fmt.Println("Command not supported")
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/realis.go b/realis.go
index ffaf7c3..11a82c2 100644
--- a/realis.go
+++ b/realis.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type Realis interface {
 	AbortJobUpdate(updateKey aurora.JobUpdateKey, message string) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	AddInstances(instKey aurora.InstanceKey, count int32) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	CreateJob(auroraJob Job) (*aurora.Response, error)
+	CreateService(auroraJob Job, settings UpdateSettings) (*aurora.Response, *aurora.StartJobUpdateResult_, error)
 	DescheduleCronJob(key *aurora.JobKey) (*aurora.Response, error)
 	FetchTaskConfig(instKey aurora.InstanceKey) (*aurora.TaskConfig, error)
 	GetInstanceIds(key *aurora.JobKey, states map[aurora.ScheduleStatus]bool) (map[int32]bool, error)
@@ -595,6 +596,24 @@ func (r *realisClient) CreateJob(auroraJob Job) (*aurora.Response, error) {
 
 }
 
+// This API uses an update thrift call to create the services giving a few more robust features.
+func (r *realisClient) CreateService(auroraJob Job, settings UpdateSettings) (*aurora.Response, *aurora.StartJobUpdateResult_, error) {
+	// Create a new job update object and ship it to the StartJobUpdate api
+	update := NewUpdateJob(auroraJob.TaskConfig(), &settings.settings)
+	update.InstanceCount(auroraJob.GetInstanceCount())
+
+	resp, err := r.StartJobUpdate(update, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return resp, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unable to create service")
+	}
+
+	if resp != nil && resp.GetResult_() != nil {
+		return resp, resp.GetResult_().GetStartJobUpdateResult_(), nil
+	}
+
+	return resp, nil, errors.New("results object is nil")
+}
+
 func (r *realisClient) ScheduleCronJob(auroraJob Job) (*aurora.Response, error) {
 	var resp *aurora.Response
 	var clientErr error
diff --git a/updatejob.go b/updatejob.go
index da0ac96..d772141 100644
--- a/updatejob.go
+++ b/updatejob.go
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ type UpdateJob struct {
 	req *aurora.JobUpdateRequest
 }
 
+
+
 // Create a default UpdateJob object.
 func NewDefaultUpdateJob(config *aurora.TaskConfig) *UpdateJob {
 
 	req := aurora.NewJobUpdateRequest()
 	req.TaskConfig = config
-	req.Settings = aurora.NewJobUpdateSettings()
+	s := NewUpdateSettings().Settings()
+	req.Settings = &s
 
 	job := NewJob().(*AuroraJob)
 	job.jobConfig.TaskConfig = config
@@ -137,3 +140,66 @@ func (u *UpdateJob) RollbackOnFail(rollback bool) *UpdateJob {
 	u.req.Settings.RollbackOnFailure = rollback
 	return u
 }
+
+
+// TODO(rdelvalle): Integrate this struct with the JobUpdate struct so that we don't repeat code
+type UpdateSettings struct {
+	settings aurora.JobUpdateSettings
+}
+
+func NewUpdateSettings() *UpdateSettings {
+
+	us := new(UpdateSettings)
+
+	// Mirrors defaults set by Pystachio
+	us.settings.UpdateOnlyTheseInstances = make(map[*aurora.Range]bool)
+	us.settings.UpdateGroupSize = 1
+	us.settings.WaitForBatchCompletion = false
+	us.settings.MinWaitInInstanceRunningMs = 45000
+	us.settings.MaxPerInstanceFailures = 0
+	us.settings.MaxFailedInstances = 0
+	us.settings.RollbackOnFailure = true
+
+	return us
+}
+
+// Max number of instances being updated at any given moment.
+func (u *UpdateSettings) BatchSize(size int32) *UpdateSettings {
+	u.settings.UpdateGroupSize = size
+	return u
+}
+
+// Minimum number of seconds a shard must remain in RUNNING state before considered a success.
+func (u *UpdateSettings) WatchTime(ms int32) *UpdateSettings {
+	u.settings.MinWaitInInstanceRunningMs = ms
+	return u
+}
+
+// Wait for all instances in a group to be done before moving on.
+func (u *UpdateSettings) WaitForBatchCompletion(batchWait bool) *UpdateSettings {
+	u.settings.WaitForBatchCompletion = batchWait
+	return u
+}
+
+// Max number of instance failures to tolerate before marking instance as FAILED.
+func (u *UpdateSettings) MaxPerInstanceFailures(inst int32) *UpdateSettings {
+	u.settings.MaxPerInstanceFailures = inst
+	return u
+}
+
+// Max number of FAILED instances to tolerate before terminating the update.
+func (u *UpdateSettings) MaxFailedInstances(inst int32) *UpdateSettings {
+	u.settings.MaxFailedInstances = inst
+	return u
+}
+
+// When False, prevents auto rollback of a failed update.
+func (u *UpdateSettings) RollbackOnFail(rollback bool) *UpdateSettings {
+	u.settings.RollbackOnFailure = rollback
+	return u
+}
+
+// Return internal Thrift API structure
+func (u UpdateSettings) Settings() aurora.JobUpdateSettings {
+	return u.settings
+}