diff --git a/startYACY.sh b/startYACY.sh
index 2c9cab474..db33afc10 100755
--- a/startYACY.sh
+++ b/startYACY.sh
@@ -11,57 +11,108 @@ then
 	echo "Either you have not installed java or it is not in your PATH"
 	#echo "Has this script been invoked by CRON? Then use the -c option."
 	exit 1
+fi
 	
-	#-c to be imlemented.
-	#Possible locations for setting of PATH
-	
-	#sh, ksh, bash, zsh
-	#. ~/.profile
-	#bash
-	#. ~/.bash_profile
-	#csh, tcsh
-	#. ~/.login
-	#sh, ksh, bash, zsh
-	#. /etc/profile
-	#csh, tcsh
-	#. /etc/csh.login
-	
-else
-	#startup YaCy
-	cd `dirname $0`
-	
-	#get javastart args
-	java_args=""
-	if [ -f DATA/SETTINGS/httpProxy.conf ]
-	then
-		for i in $(grep javastart DATA/SETTINGS/httpProxy.conf);
-		do  i="${i#javastart_*=}";java_args=-$i" "$java_args;
-		done
+#-c to be imlemented.
+#Possible locations for setting of PATH
+
+#sh, ksh, bash, zsh
+#. ~/.profile
+#bash
+#. ~/.bash_profile
+#csh, tcsh
+#. ~/.login
+#sh, ksh, bash, zsh
+#. /etc/profile
+#csh, tcsh
+#. /etc/csh.login
+
+#startup YaCy
+cd `dirname $0`
+
+options=$(getopt -n YaCy -o d,l,p -- $@)
+if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
+	exit 1;
+fi
+
+isparameter=0; #options or parameter part of getopts?
+parameter="" #parameters will be collected here
+
+LOGGING=0
+DEBUG=0
+PRINTONLY=0
+for option in $options;do
+	if [ $isparameter -ne 1 ];then #option
+		if [ x$option == "x-l" ];then
+			LOGGING=1
+			if [ $DEBUG -eq 1 ];then
+				echo "can not combine -l and -d"
+				exit 1;
+			fi
+		elif [ x$option == "x-d" ];then
+			DEBUG=1
+			if [ $LOGGING -eq 1 ];then
+				echo "can not combine -l and -d"
+				exit 1;
+			fi
+		elif [ x$option == "x-p" ];then
+			PRINTONLY=1
+		fi #which option 
+	else #parameter
+		if [ x$option == "--" ];then #option / parameter seperator
+			isparameter=1;
+			continue
+		else
+			parameter="$parameter $option"
+		fi
+	fi #parameter or option?
+done
+
+#echo $options;exit 0 #debug for getopts
+
+#get javastart args
+java_args=""
+if [ -f DATA/SETTINGS/httpProxy.conf ]
+then
+	for i in $(grep javastart DATA/SETTINGS/httpProxy.conf);do 
+		i="${i#javastart_*=}";
+		JAVA_ARGS="-$i $JAVA_ARGS";
+	done
+fi
+
+# generating the proper classpath
+CLASSPATH=""
+for N in lib/*.jar; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done	
+for N in libx/*.jar; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done
+
+
+cmdline="";
+if [ $DEBUG -eq 1 ] #debug
+then
+	if [ $PRINTONLY -eq 1 ];then
+		echo java $JAVA_ARGS -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath classes:$CLASSPATH yacy
+	else
+		java $JAVA_ARGS -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath classes:$CLASSPATH yacy
 	fi
-	
-	# generating the proper classpath
-	CLASSPATH=""
-	for N in lib/*.jar; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done	
-	for N in libx/*.jar; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done
-	
-	if [ "x$1" == "x-d" ] #debug
-	then
-		java $java_args -classpath classes:$CLASSPATH yacy
-		exit 0
-	elif [ "x$1" == "x-l" ] #logging
-	then
-		nohup java $java_args -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy >> yacy.log &
+elif [ $LOGGING -eq 1 ];then #logging
+	if [ $PRINTONLY -eq 1 ];then
+		echo "java $JAVA_ARGS -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy >> yacy.log"
 	else
-		nohup java $java_args -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy > /dev/null &
-#		nohup java -Xms160m -Xmx160m -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy > /dev/null &
+		nohup java $JAVA_ARGS -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy >> yacy.log &
+	fi
+else
+	if [ $PRINTONLY -eq 1 ];then
+		echo "java $JAVA_ARGS -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy > /dev/null"
+	else
+		nohup java $JAVA_ARGS -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy > /dev/null &
+		#nohup java -Xms160m -Xmx160m -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy > /dev/null &
+		echo "****************** YaCy Web Crawler/Indexer & Search Engine *******************"
+		echo "**** (C) by Michael Peter Christen, usage granted under the GPL Version 2  ****"
+		echo "**** USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Project home and releases: http://yacy.net/yacy ****"
+		echo "**  LOG of       YaCy: DATA/LOG/yacy00.log (and yacy<xx>.log)                **"
+		echo "**  STOP         YaCy: execute stopYACY.sh and wait some seconds             **"
+		echo "**  GET HELP for YaCy: see www.yacy-websearch.net/wiki and www.yacy-forum.de **"
+		echo "*******************************************************************************"
+		echo " >> YaCy started as daemon process. Administration at http://localhost:8080 <<"
 	fi
-	echo "****************** YaCy Web Crawler/Indexer & Search Engine *******************"
-	echo "**** (C) by Michael Peter Christen, usage granted under the GPL Version 2  ****"
-	echo "**** USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Project home and releases: http://yacy.net/yacy ****"
-	echo "**  LOG of       YaCy: DATA/LOG/yacy00.log (and yacy<xx>.log)                **"
-	echo "**  STOP         YaCy: execute stopYACY.sh and wait some seconds             **"
-	echo "**  GET HELP for YaCy: see www.yacy-websearch.net/wiki and www.yacy-forum.de **"
-	echo "*******************************************************************************"
-	echo " >> YaCy started as daemon process. Administration at http://localhost:8080 <<"
-	
 fi