diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index ebb16d8..d530ad6 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ export RESTART_INTERVAL=$((60 * 60 * 4 + 3))
 # -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
 # Helper functions
 # -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-if [ ! "$DEBUG" ] ; then
-    alias do_sync='rsync -rltDhu --delete --partial'
-    alias do_secure_sync='rsync -crltDhu --delete --partial'
-else
-    alias do_sync='rsync -vrltDhu --delete --partial --progress'
-    alias do_secure_sync='rsync -cvrltDhu --delete --partial --progress'
-fi
+alias do_sync='rsync -rltDh --delete --partial'
 
 msg() {
     >&2 printf '[*] %s ...\n' "$*"
@@ -145,9 +139,10 @@ load_mods() {
 # -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
 load_stock_map_data() {
     mkdir -p "$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"
-    do_sync --exclude="*storage_1*" \
+    do_sync --exclude='*storage_1*' \
         "$DAYZ_FILES/stock/maps/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ \
-        "$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"
+        "$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME" || \
+        die "Failed to copy stock map data"
 }
 
 # -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
@@ -179,7 +174,6 @@ patch_types() {
     fi
 
     if [ -f "$DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME.sh" ] ; then
-
         cp -f "$DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME.sh" \
             "$SERVER_HOME"/
 
@@ -188,9 +182,74 @@ patch_types() {
         sh "$SERVER_HOME/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME.sh" \
             "$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/db/types.xml" || \
             die "Failed while running maps types edit script"
-
     else
-        warn "Could not find $DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME.sh"
+        die "Could not find $DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME.sh"
+    fi
+
+    # if we're on namalsk, we will have a types_dzn.xml as well
+    # this file contains the frozen food etc unique namalsk items
+    case $MAP_FOLDER_NAME in
+        *namalsk*)
+            DZN_FILE=namalsk_dzn.sh
+            msg "Patching $DZN_FILE"
+            if [ -f "$DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/$DZN_FILE" ] ; then
+                cp -f "$DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/$DZN_FILE" \
+                    "$SERVER_HOME"/
+
+                cd "$SERVER_HOME" || die "could not cd to $SERVER_HOME"
+
+                sh "$SERVER_HOME/$DZN_FILE" \
+                    "$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/db/types_dzn.xml" || \
+                    die "Failed while running maps types edit script on types_dzn.xml"
+            else
+                die "Could not find $DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/$DZN_FILE"
+            fi
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+}
+
+load_customtypes() {
+    if [ -d "$DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/custom.$MAP_FOLDER_NAME" ] ; then
+        CUSTOM_TYPES="$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/customtypes"
+        CFG_ECORE="$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/cfgeconomycore.xml"
+
+        mkdir -p "$CUSTOM_TYPES"
+        do_sync "$DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/custom.$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ \
+            "$CUSTOM_TYPES"
+
+        for xml in "$CUSTOM_TYPES"/*.xml ; do
+            debug " - Found custom type: ${xml##*/}"
+            if [ -f "$xml" ] ; then
+                sed -E -i '/<\/economycore>/d' "$CFG_ECORE"
+
+                printf '\n<ce folder="db">\n<file name="customtypes/%s" type="types" />\n</ce>\n\n' "${xml##*/}" \
+                    >> "$CFG_ECORE"
+
+                printf '%s\n' '</economycore>' >> "$CFG_ECORE"
+            fi
+        done
+    fi
+
+    # ============== custom SPAWNABLE types ===================
+    if [ -d "$DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/spawnabletypes.$MAP_FOLDER_NAME" ] ; then
+        msg "Copying custom spawnable types"
+
+        CUSTOM_SPAWNABLE_TYPES="$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/spawnabletypes"
+        CFG_SPAWNABLE_TYPES="$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/cfgspawnabletypes.xml"
+
+        mkdir -p "$CUSTOM_SPAWNABLE_TYPES"
+        do_sync "$DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/types/spawnabletypes.$MAP_FOLDER_NAME"/ \
+            "$CUSTOM_SPAWNABLE_TYPES"
+
+        for xml in "$CUSTOM_SPAWNABLE_TYPES"/*.xml ; do
+            debug " - Found custom spawnabletype: ${xml##*/}"
+            if [ -f "$xml" ] ; then
+                sed -E -i '/<\/spawnabletypes>/d' "$CFG_SPAWNABLE_TYPES"
+                cat "$xml" >> "$CFG_SPAWNABLE_TYPES"
+                printf '%s\n' '</spawnabletypes>' >> "$CFG_SPAWNABLE_TYPES"
+            fi
+        done
     fi
 }
 
@@ -220,7 +279,7 @@ load_configs() {
 
         if [ -f "$DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/init.c" ] ; then
             debug "Found: init.c -- Copying."
-            do_secure_sync \
+            do_sync \
                 "$DAYZ_FILES/server_configs/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/init.c" \
                 "$SERVER_HOME/mpmissions/$MAP_FOLDER_NAME/init.c" || \
                 die "failed to copy init.c"
@@ -290,8 +349,8 @@ main() {
     msg "Copying server configs"
     load_configs || die "Failed to load configs"
 
-    # msg "Creating custom types list"
-    #############################
+    msg "Creating custom types list"
+    load_customtypes || die "Failed to load custom types"
 
     echo '===================================='
     printf '%s - Server started.\n' "$(date)"