diff --git a/lib/globals.sh b/lib/globals.sh
index e1d39e0..60d1146 100644
--- a/lib/globals.sh
+++ b/lib/globals.sh
@@ -149,9 +149,20 @@ lock_remote_server() {
         die "Could not create: $REMOTE_SERVER_LOCKFILE" 
     fi
 }
-
 unlock_remote_server() {
     msg "Unlocking remote server."
     rm -f "$REMOTE_SERVER_LOCKFILE" || die "Could not remove: $REMOTE_SERVER_LOCKFILE"
 }
+wait_until_remote_server_unlocked() {
+    # wait until dayz-modserver lockfile is released on the NAS
+    if islocked_remote_server ; then
+        msg "Remote file server is currently locked"
+        msg "Sleeping until is no longer locked..."
+        while islocked_remote_server ; do
+            echo "Sleeping..."
+            sleep 10
+        done
+        msg "Server unlocked! Continuing..."
+    fi
+}
 # =====================================================================================
diff --git a/server_start.sh b/server_start.sh
index 8b8ea81..252453b 100644
--- a/server_start.sh
+++ b/server_start.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ export SERVERS="$LOCAL_DAYZ_FILES/servers"
 ################################# export RESTART_INTERVAL=$((60 * 60 * 4))
 
 # (10 minutes)
-export RESTART_INTERVAL=$((10 * 60))
+# export RESTART_INTERVAL=$((10 * 60))
+
+export RESTART_INTERVAL=$((1 * 60))
 
 # ===================================================
 # 03. Mount network drive
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ check() {
 
 init_server() {
     mkdir -p "$SERVER_HOME" "$CACHE" "$MOD_CACHE" "$STOCK_SERVER_CACHE" "$LOCAL_DAYZ_FILES/stock/maps/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"
-    :>"$SERVER_HOME/.modstring"
+    :>"$SERVER_HOME/modstring"
 
     check || die "Failed check()"
 
@@ -99,52 +101,26 @@ load_stock_map_data() {
 
 refresh_local_cache() {
     msg "Refreshing local stock server cache"
-    if ! islocked_remote_server ; then
-        do_sync "$REMOTE_STOCK_SERVER"/ "$STOCK_SERVER_CACHE" || die "Failed to copy remote stock server data to local cache"
-    else
-        msg "Remote server is locked, sleeping..."
-        while islocked_remote_server ; do
-            sleep 15
-            echo 'Sleeping...'
-        done
-        do_sync "$REMOTE_STOCK_SERVER"/ "$STOCK_SERVER_CACHE" || die "Failed to copy remote stock server data to local cache"
-    fi
+    wait_until_remote_server_unlocked
+    do_sync "$REMOTE_STOCK_SERVER"/ "$STOCK_SERVER_CACHE" || \
+        die "Failed to copy remote stock server data to local cache"
     msg "Sucessfully copied stock server data into local cache"
-
     # -------------------------------------
-
     msg "Refreshing local map data cache for: $MAP_FOLDER_NAME"
-    if ! islocked_remote_server ; then
-        do_sync "$REMOTE_MAPS/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ "$LOCAL_DAYZ_FILES/stock/maps/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME" || \
+    wait_until_remote_server_unlocked
+    do_sync "$REMOTE_MAPS/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ "$LOCAL_DAYZ_FILES/stock/maps/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME" || \
             die "Failed to copy remote stock map data for: $MAP_FOLDER_NAME"
-    else
-        msg "Remote server is locked, sleeping..."
-        while islocked_remote_server ; do
-            sleep 15
-            echo 'Sleeping...'
-        done
-        do_sync "$REMOTE_MAPS/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ "$LOCAL_DAYZ_FILES/stock/maps/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME" || \
-            die "Failed to copy remote stock map data for: $MAP_FOLDER_NAME"
-    fi
     msg "Successfully copied stock map data for: $MAP_FOLDER_NAME"
-
     # -------------------------------------
-
     msg "Refreshing local mods cache"
-    if ! islocked_remote_server ; then
-        do_sync "$REMOTE_MODS"/ "$MOD_CACHE" || die "Failed to copy remote mods to local cache"
-    else
-        msg "Remote server is locked, sleeping..."
-        while islocked_remote_server ; do
-            sleep 15
-            echo 'Sleeping...'
-        done
-        do_sync "$REMOTE_MODS"/ "$MOD_CACHE" || die "Failed to copy remote mods to local cache"
-    fi
+    wait_until_remote_server_unlocked
+    do_sync "$REMOTE_MODS"/ "$MOD_CACHE" || \
+        die "Failed to copy remote mods to local cache"
     msg "Successfully copied remote mods into local cache"
 }
 
 setup_environment() {
+    msg "Setting up environment"
     msg "Copying stock server data from local cache into $SERVER_HOME"
     # list of all stock server folders
     for folder in addons battleye bliss docs dta keys ; do
@@ -164,12 +140,15 @@ setup_environment() {
     do_sync "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ "$SERVER_HOME/mods" || die "Failed to copy mods to $SERVER_HOME"
 
     msg "Copying DZSA executable"
-    do_sync "$REMOTE_DIR/res/software/DZSALModServer.exe" "$SERVER_HOME"/ || die "Failed to copy DZSALModServer.exe"
+    wait_until_remote_server_unlocked
+    do_sync "$REMOTE_DIR/res/software/DZSALModServer.exe" "$SERVER_HOME"/ || \
+        die "Failed to copy DZSALModServer.exe"
 }
 
-# finds list of mods to load and stores them in .modstring file
+# finds list of mods to load and stores them in modstring file
 # to be used as parameters to the server
 load_mods() {
+    msg "Loading mods"
     if [ ! -f "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/mods.txt" ] ; then
         die "mods.txt list for $MAP_FOLDER_NAME is missing"
     fi
@@ -208,11 +187,8 @@ load_mods() {
 
     # trim the initial leading ';'
     _modstring=${_modstring#;}
-    printf '%s\n' "$_modstring" > .modstring
-    unset _modstring
-
-    msg "Mods successfully loaded. Using modstring:"
-    printf '"%s"\n' "$(cat .modstring)"
+    printf '%s\n' "$_modstring" > modstring
+    msg "Mods successfully loaded."
 }
 
 # ===================================================
@@ -220,43 +196,33 @@ load_mods() {
 # ===================================================
 start_server() {
     check || die "Failed check()"
-
-    # wait until dayz-modserver lockfile is released on the NAS
-    if islocked_remote_server ; then
-        msg "Remote file server is currently locked"
-        msg "Sleeping until is no longer locked..."
-        while islocked_remote_server ; do
-            echo "Sleeping..."
-            sleep 10
-        done
-        msg "Server unlocked! Continuing..."
-    fi
-
     cd "$SERVER_HOME" || die "Could not cd to '$SERVER_HOME'"
 
-    msg "Setting up environment"
+    wait_until_remote_server_unlocked
     setup_environment || die "Could not set up environment."
-
-    msg "Loading mods"
     load_mods || die "Could not load mods"
-    mod_string=$(cat .modstring)
 
 # =====================================================================================
 # creating temp.bat here to avoid the arg max char limit of windows cmd.exe
+PROCESS_NAME="SERVER: $SERVER_NAME"
 cat > temp.bat <<EOF
 :start
-start "$SERVER_NAME" /min DZSALModServer.exe -config=serverDZ.cfg -port="$SERVER_PORT" -profiles=Profilesfolder -mod="$mod_string" -cpuCount="$SERVER_CPU" -dologs -adminlog -netlog -freezecheck
+start "$PROCESS_NAME" ^
+    /min DZSALModServer.exe ^
+    -config=serverDZ.cfg ^
+    -port="$SERVER_PORT" ^
+    -profiles=Profilesfolder ^
+    -mod="$(cat modstring)" ^
+    -cpuCount="$SERVER_CPU" ^
+    -dologs -adminlog -netlog -freezecheck
 EOF
 # =====================================================================================
 
     # start the server
     cmd.exe /C temp.bat
+    rm -f temp.bat modstring 2>/dev/null ||:
 
-    echo '===================================='
-    printf '%s - Server started.\n' "$(date)"
-    echo '===================================='
-
-    printf '\n**** Sleeping for: %s *****\n\n' "$RESTART_INTERVAL"
+    msg '%s - Server started.\n' "$(date)"
 
     count=0
     while [ "$count" -lt "$RESTART_INTERVAL" ] ; do
@@ -265,17 +231,12 @@ EOF
         msg "TIME LEFT BEFORE RESTART: $(( (RESTART_INTERVAL - count) / 60 )) minutes"
     done
 
-    echo "==========================="
-
-    msg "Time up"
-    msg "Killing server"
-    cmd.exe /C taskkill /im DayZServer_x64.exe /F
-    rm -f temp.bat 2>/dev/null ||:
+    msg "Time up - Killing server"
+    cmd.exe /C taskkill /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq $PROCESS_NAME"
 
     msg "Sleeping 10 seconds to settle"
     sleep 10
     msg "SERVER IS RESTARTING"
-
 }
 
 # ===================================================
@@ -293,8 +254,7 @@ main() {
     # this must be here and not up top as we must load it from the SERVER.ENV
     export SERVER_HOME="$SERVERS/$SERVER_NAME"
 
-    # create directories in $SERVER_HOME
-    # blank the modstring
+    # create directories in $SERVER_HOME, blank the modstring
     init_server
 
     if [ -e ./serverDZ.cfg ] ; then