diff --git a/ORIGINAL_start.sh b/ORIGINAL_start.sh
index 74c683d..bb0effb 100644
--- a/ORIGINAL_start.sh
+++ b/ORIGINAL_start.sh
@@ -89,47 +89,47 @@
 # -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
 # Load Mods
 # -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-load_mods() {
-    if [ ! -f "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/mods.txt" ] ; then
-        die "mods.txt list missing"
-    fi
+# load_mods() {
+#     if [ ! -f "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/mods.txt" ] ; then
+#         die "mods.txt list missing"
+#     fi
 
-    mkdir -p "$SERVER_HOME/mods"
+#     mkdir -p "$SERVER_HOME/mods"
 
-    _modstring=""
-    while read -r mod ; do
-        case $mod in
-            '@'*)
-                msg "- Found mod: $mod"
-                _modstring="$_modstring;mods/$mod"
-                do_sync "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/$mod"/ "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod"
+#     _modstring=""
+#     while read -r mod ; do
+#         case $mod in
+#             '@'*)
+#                 msg "- Found mod: $mod"
+#                 _modstring="$_modstring;mods/$mod"
+#                 do_sync "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/$mod"/ "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod"
 
-                for addon_folder in addons Addons addon Addon ; do
-                    if [ -d "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$addon_folder" ] ; then
-                        for addon in "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$addon_folder"/* ; do
-                            if [ ! -f "$SERVER_HOME/addons/${addon##*/}" ] ; then
-                                cp -f "$addon" "$SERVER_HOME/addons/"
-                            fi
-                        done
-                    fi
-                done
+#                 for addon_folder in addons Addons addon Addon ; do
+#                     if [ -d "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$addon_folder" ] ; then
+#                         for addon in "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$addon_folder"/* ; do
+#                             if [ ! -f "$SERVER_HOME/addons/${addon##*/}" ] ; then
+#                                 cp -f "$addon" "$SERVER_HOME/addons/"
+#                             fi
+#                         done
+#                     fi
+#                 done
 
-                for key_folder in keys Keys key Key ; do
-                    if [ -d "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$key_folder" ] ; then
-                        for key in "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$key_folder"/* ; do
-                            if [ ! -f "$SERVER_HOME/keys/${key##*/}" ] ; then
-                                cp -f "$key" "$SERVER_HOME/keys/"
-                            fi
-                        done
-                    fi
-                done
-        esac
-    done < "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/mods.txt"
+#                 for key_folder in keys Keys key Key ; do
+#                     if [ -d "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$key_folder" ] ; then
+#                         for key in "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$key_folder"/* ; do
+#                             if [ ! -f "$SERVER_HOME/keys/${key##*/}" ] ; then
+#                                 cp -f "$key" "$SERVER_HOME/keys/"
+#                             fi
+#                         done
+#                     fi
+#                 done
+#         esac
+#     done < "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/mods.txt"
 
-    # trim the initial leading ';'
-    _modstring=${_modstring#;}
-    printf '%s\n' "$_modstring" > .modstring
-}
+#     # trim the initial leading ';'
+#     _modstring=${_modstring#;}
+#     printf '%s\n' "$_modstring" > .modstring
+# }
 
 # # -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
 # # Load Map
@@ -333,12 +333,12 @@ main() {
     # msg "Setting up environment"
     # setup_environment || die "Could not set up environment."
 
-    msg "Loading mods"
-    load_mods || die "Could not load mods"
-    mod_string=$(cat .modstring)
+    # msg "Loading mods"
+    # load_mods || die "Could not load mods"
+    # mod_string=$(cat .modstring)
 
-    msg "Loading stock map data"
-    load_stock_map_data || die "Could not load map"
+    # msg "Loading stock map data"
+    # load_stock_map_data || die "Could not load map"
 
     msg "Patching types.xml"
     patch_types || die "Failed to patch types"
@@ -349,10 +349,6 @@ main() {
     msg "Creating custom types list"
     load_customtypes || die "Failed to load custom types"
 
-    echo '===================================='
-    printf '%s - Server started.\n' "$(date)"
-    echo '===================================='
-
 # creating temp.bat here to avoid the arg max char limit of windows cmd.exe
 cat > temp.bat <<EOF
 :start
@@ -362,6 +358,10 @@ EOF
     # start the server
     cmd.exe /C temp.bat
 
+    echo '===================================='
+    printf '%s - Server started.\n' "$(date)"
+    echo '===================================='
+
     printf '\n**** Sleeping for: %s *****\n\n' "$RESTART_INTERVAL"
 
     count=0
diff --git a/server_start.sh b/server_start.sh
index aceadb6..a43a805 100644
--- a/server_start.sh
+++ b/server_start.sh
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ export CACHE="$LOCAL_DAYZ_FILES/cache"
 export STOCK_SERVER_CACHE="$CACHE/stock_server"
 export MOD_CACHE="$CACHE/mods"
 export SERVERS="$LOCAL_DAYZ_FILES/servers"
+
 # (4 hours, in seconds)
-export RESTART_INTERVAL=$((60 * 60 * 4))
+################################# export RESTART_INTERVAL=$((60 * 60 * 4))
+
+# (10 minutes)
+export RESTART_INTERVAL=$((10 * 60))
 
 # ===================================================
 # 03. Mount network drive
@@ -83,42 +87,60 @@ init_server() {
 # ===================================================
 # 05. Load stock files
 # ===================================================
-# load_stock_map_data() {
-#     mkdir -p "$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"
-#     do_sync --exclude='*storage_1*' \
-#         "$DAYZ_FILES/stock/maps/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ \
-#         "$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME" || \
-#         die "Failed to copy stock map data"
-# }
+load_stock_map_data() {
+    mkdir -p "$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"
+
+    do_sync --exclude='*storage_1*' \
+        "$DAYZ_FILES/stock/maps/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ \
+        "$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME" || \
+        die "Failed to copy remote stock map data to local cache"
+}
 
 refresh_local_cache() {
     msg "Refreshing local stock server cache"
     if ! islocked_remote_server ; then
-        do_sync "$REMOTE_STOCK_SERVER"/ "$STOCK_SERVER_CACHE"
+        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"
+        do_sync "$REMOTE_STOCK_SERVER"/ "$STOCK_SERVER_CACHE" || die "Failed to copy remote stock server data to local cache"
     fi
-    msg "Stock server data copied into local server 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/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ "$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/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ "$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"
+        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"
+        do_sync "$REMOTE_MODS"/ "$MOD_CACHE" || die "Failed to copy remote mods to local cache"
     fi
-    msg "Mods data copied into local mod cache!"
+    msg "Successfully copied remote mods into local cache"
 }
 
 setup_environment() {
@@ -128,19 +150,68 @@ setup_environment() {
         do_sync "$STOCK_SERVER_CACHE/$folder"/ "$SERVER_HOME/$folder" || die "Failed to copy stock: $folder"
     done
     # list of all stock server files
-    for file in ban.txt dayz.gproj dayzsetting.xml whitelist.txt \
+    for file in dayz.gproj dayzsetting.xml whitelist.txt \
                 DayZServer_x64.exe steam_api64.dll steamclient64.dll \
                 tier0_s64.dll vstdlib_s64.dll ; do
         cp -fv "$STOCK_SERVER_CACHE/$file" "$SERVER_HOME/$file" || die "Failed to copy stock: $file"
     done
 
+    msg "Copying into $SERVER_HOME stock map data for: $MAP_FOLDER_NAME"
+    load_stock_map_data
+
     msg "Copying mod files from local cache into $SERVER_HOME"
     do_sync "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ "$SERVER_HOME/mods" || die "Failed to copy mods to $SERVER_HOME"
 
-    # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TODO: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-    # msg "Copying DZSA executable"
-    # cp -f "$DAYZ_FILES/software/DZSALModServer.exe" "$SERVER_HOME/"
-    # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TODO: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    msg "Copying DZSA executable"
+    do_sync "$REMOTE_DIR/software/DZSALModServer.exe" "$SERVER_HOME"/
+}
+
+# finds list of mods to load and stores them in .modstring file
+# to be used as parameters to the server
+load_mods() {
+    if [ ! -f "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/mods.txt" ] ; then
+        die "mods.txt list for $MAP_FOLDER_NAME is missing"
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p "$SERVER_HOME/mods"
+
+    _modstring=""
+    while read -r mod ; do
+        case $mod in
+            '@'*)
+                msg "- Found mod: $mod"
+                _modstring="$_modstring;mods/$mod"
+
+                # common spelling differences, check for all
+                for addon_folder in addons Addons addon Addon add_ons add_on Add_on Add_ons ; do
+                    if [ -d "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$addon_folder" ] ; then
+                        for addon in "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$addon_folder"/* ; do
+                            if [ ! -f "$SERVER_HOME/addons/${addon##*/}" ] ; then
+                                cp -f "$addon" "$SERVER_HOME/addons/"
+                            fi
+                        done
+                    fi
+                done
+
+                for key_folder in keys Keys key Key ; do
+                    if [ -d "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$key_folder" ] ; then
+                        for key in "$SERVER_HOME/mods/$mod/$key_folder"/* ; do
+                            if [ ! -f "$SERVER_HOME/keys/${key##*/}" ] ; then
+                                cp -f "$key" "$SERVER_HOME/keys/"
+                            fi
+                        done
+                    fi
+                done
+        esac
+    done < "$MOD_CACHE/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/mods.txt"
+
+    # trim the initial leading ';'
+    _modstring=${_modstring#;}
+    printf '%s\n' "$_modstring" > .modstring
+    unset _modstring
+
+    msg "Mods successfully loaded. Using modstring:"
+    printf '"%s"\n' "$(cat .modstring)"
 }
 
 # ===================================================
@@ -164,6 +235,44 @@ start_server() {
 
     msg "Setting up environment"
     setup_environment || die "Could not set up environment."
+
+    msg "Loading mods"
+    load_mods || die "Could not load mods"
+    mod_string=$(cat .modstring)
+
+# creating temp.bat here to avoid the arg max char limit of windows cmd.exe
+cat > temp.bat <<EOF
+:start
+start "DayZ Server" /min DZSALModServer.exe -config=serverDZ.cfg -port="$SERVER_PORT" -profiles=Profilesfolder -mod="$mod_string" -cpuCount="$SERVER_CPU" -dologs -adminlog -netlog -freezecheck
+EOF
+
+    # start the server
+    cmd.exe /C temp.bat
+
+    echo '===================================='
+    printf '%s - Server started.\n' "$(date)"
+    echo '===================================='
+
+    printf '\n**** Sleeping for: %s *****\n\n' "$RESTART_INTERVAL"
+
+    count=0
+    while [ "$count" -lt "$RESTART_INTERVAL" ] ; do
+        sleep 60
+        count=$((count + 60))
+        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 "Sleeping 10 seconds to settle"
+    sleep 10
+    msg "SERVER IS RESTARTING"
+
 }
 
 # ===================================================