diff --git a/lib/globals.sh b/lib/globals.sh
index 634fc65..ff2e09b 100644
--- a/lib/globals.sh
+++ b/lib/globals.sh
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ alias do_sync='rsync -avhu --progress --delete --partial --links'
 
 ################### GLOBAL FUNCTIONS #########################
 msg() {
-    printf '\n[*] %s\n\n' "$*"
+    printf '[MESSAGE]: %s\n' "$*"
 }
 errmsg() {
-    >&2 printf '\n[Error]: %s\n\n' "$*"
+    >&2 printf '\n[ERROR]: %s\n\n' "$*"
 }
 die() {
     errmsg "$*"
diff --git a/modserver_update.sh b/modserver_update.sh
index 54b834b..4c4fb30 100644
--- a/modserver_update.sh
+++ b/modserver_update.sh
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ check() {
         die "Remote server already locked?"
     fi
 
-    msg "Health checks passed successfully."
+    msg "(MODSERVER): Health checks passed successfully."
 }
 
 # ===================================================
 # 05. Begin functions
 # ===================================================
 update_server() {
-    msg "============== UPDATING DAYZ SERVER ================="
+    msg "(MODSERVER): STARTING UPDATING DAYZ SERVER"
     steamcmd -tcp \
         +force_install_dir "$LOCAL_STOCK_SERVER" \
         +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows \
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ update_server() {
 
     is_network_drive_mounted &&
     do_sync "$LOCAL_STOCK_SERVER"/ "$REMOTE_STOCK_SERVER"
-    msg "============ DONE UPDATING SERVER ====================="
+    msg "(MODSERVER): FINISHED UPDATING DAYZ SERVER"
 }
 
 update_game() {
-    msg "========== UPDATING DAYZ GAME ================"
+    msg "(MODSERVER): STARTING UPDATING DAYZ GAME"
     steamcmd -tcp \
         +force_install_dir "$LOCAL_STOCK_GAME" \
         +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows \
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ update_game() {
 
     is_network_drive_mounted &&
     do_sync "$LOCAL_STOCK_GAME"/ "$REMOTE_STOCK_GAME"
-    msg "============= DONE UPDATING GAME ==================="
+    msg "(MODSERVER): FINISHED UPDATING DAYZ GAME"
 }
 
 # args: $1 = server_modlist.txt to update
 update_mods_for_server() {
-    msg "======= UPDATING MODS FOR MAP: $1 ========"
+    msg "(MODSERVER): UPDATING MODS FOR MAP: $1"
 
     mods_file="$MODLISTS/$1"
     map_name=${1%.txt}
@@ -182,12 +182,11 @@ update_mods_for_server() {
     die "Problem downloading mods for $map_name"
     fi
 
-    msg "------------ RENAMING MODS -------------"
-    mods_to_copy="$LOCAL_MODS/mods_to_copy"
-    rm -rf "$mods_to_copy" 2>/dev/null ||:
-    mkdir -p "$mods_to_copy"
+    msg "(MODSERVER): RENAMING MODS"
+
+    # blank map's mods.txt
+    :> "$remote_map_mod_dir/mods.txt"
 
-    :> "$mods_to_copy/mods.txt"
     while read -r mod ; do
         # skip comments, blank lines
         case "$mod" in
@@ -199,30 +198,27 @@ update_mods_for_server() {
             if [ ! -d "$LOCAL_MODS/steamapps/workshop/content/$DAYZ_GAME_ID/$mod_id" ] ; then
                 die "$LOCAL_MODS/steamapps/workshop/content/$DAYZ_GAME_ID/$mod_id does not exist"
             fi
-            cp -raf "$LOCAL_MODS/steamapps/workshop/content/$DAYZ_GAME_ID/$mod_id" "$mods_to_copy/@${mod_name}"
-            msg "Finished: $mod_name"
-            printf '@%s\n' "$mod_name" >> "$mods_to_copy/mods.txt"
+            do_sync "$LOCAL_MODS/steamapps/workshop/content/$DAYZ_GAME_ID/$mod_id"/  "$remote_map_mod_dir/@${mod_name}"
+            printf '@%s\n' "$mod_name" >> "$remote_map_mod_dir/mods.txt"
+            msg "(MODSERVER): Finished syncing: $mod_name"
         esac
     done < "$mods_file"
 
-    msg "----------- SYNCING MODS -------------"
-    do_sync "$mods_to_copy"/ "$remote_map_mod_dir"
-
     rm -f "$tempfile" 2>/dev/null ||:
-    unset tempfile mod map_name mods_file mods_to_copy mod_name mod_id remote_map_mod_dir
+    unset tempfile mod map_name mods_file mod_name mod_id remote_map_mod_dir
 
-    msg "======= DONE UPDATING MODS FOR: $1 ========"
+    msg "(MODSERVER): FINISHED UPDATING MODS FOR MAP: $1"
 }
 
 update_stock_maps() {
-    msg "----------- UPDATING MAPS -------------"
+    msg "(MODSERVER): UPDATING MAPS"
 
-    msg "Copying Stock Chernarus"
+    msg "(MODSERVER): Copying Stock Chernarus"
     do_sync \
         "$LOCAL_STOCK_SERVER/mpmissions/$CHERNARUS_MAP_NAME"/ \
         "$REMOTE_MAPS/$CHERNARUS_MAP_NAME"
 
-    msg "Updating Namalsk Survival"
+    msg "(MODSERVER): Updating Namalsk Survival"
     steamcmd \
         -tcp \
         +force_install_dir "$LOCAL_MODS" \
@@ -244,7 +240,7 @@ update_stock_maps() {
             die "failed to copy Namalsk map files"
     fi
 
-    msg "Updating Namalsk Island"
+    msg "(MODSERVER): Updating Namalsk Island"
     steamcmd \
         -tcp \
         +force_install_dir "$LOCAL_MODS" \
@@ -262,7 +258,7 @@ update_stock_maps() {
 
     ####################TODO: # msg "Updating Optimized Namalsk Server PBOs"
 
-    msg "Updating TakistanPlus"
+    msg "(MODSERVER): Updating TakistanPlus"
     steamcmd \
         -tcp \
         +force_install_dir "$LOCAL_MODS" \
@@ -296,7 +292,7 @@ main() {
 
     for server in $(ls "$MODLISTS" | xargs) ; do
         if [ ! -f "$MODLISTS/$server" ] ; then
-            msg "Could not find modlist for: $MODLISTS/$server"
+            msg "(MODSERVER): Could not find modlist for: $MODLISTS/$server"
             continue
         fi
         update_mods_for_server "$server"
diff --git a/server_start.sh b/server_start.sh
index 9f6aa56..db12f9b 100644
--- a/server_start.sh
+++ b/server_start.sh
@@ -234,8 +234,15 @@ EOF
 # ===================================================
 # 07. Main loop
 # ===================================================
+
+NUMBER_OF_STARTS=0
+
 main() {
     while true ; do
+        NUMBER_OF_STARTS=$((NUMBER_OF_STARTS + 1))
+        msg "Server is preparing to start..."
+        msg "NUMBER OF STARTS: $NUMBER_OF_STARTS"
+
         cd "$ORIGINAL_DIR" || die "Can no longer cd to $ORIGINAL_DIR"
 
         if [ -e ./SERVER.ENV ] ; then