diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 61bc151..20c7746 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-# Generated by mksrcinfo v8
-# Mon Feb  1 20:55:13 UTC 2016
 pkgbase = minecraft-server
 	pkgdesc = Minecraft server unit files, script, and jar
-	pkgver = 1.8.9
-	pkgrel = 4
+	pkgver = 1.9
+	pkgrel = 1
 	url = http://minecraft.net/
 	install = minecraft-server.install
 	arch = any
@@ -13,23 +11,23 @@ pkgbase = minecraft-server
 	depends = sudo
 	depends = bash
 	optdepends = tar: needed in order to create world backups
+	optdepends = netcat: required in order to suspend an idle server
 	conflicts = minecraft-server-systemd
 	conflicts = minecraft-canary
-	noextract = minecraft_server.1.8.9.jar
+	noextract = minecraft_server.1.9.jar
 	options = !strip
 	backup = etc/conf.d/minecraft
-	source = https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.8.9/minecraft_server.1.8.9.jar
+	source = https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.9/minecraft_server.1.9.jar
 	source = minecraftd-backup.service
 	source = minecraftd-backup.timer
 	source = minecraftd.service
 	source = minecraftd.conf
 	source = minecraftd.sh
-	md5sums = 3acbaef956308c805e8e2d0a03a737e9
-	md5sums = 2cf6cdf65e0ed6aa6d452943b1e84357
+	md5sums = ff68834eee875bcf367422c67673207c
+	md5sums = f75c76446f96311563e87fc688148501
 	md5sums = fef6fadd0739ae03ff71ba61025be207
-	md5sums = 5ed78e366146e47f8498347e93ad5423
-	md5sums = 9f56e2a4f435e642a0b183c6bff5c206
-	md5sums = dcf4f4b4de06c6ff3b5445539c4e3d42
+	md5sums = cab358c32dd0d4d2463e60ee2996f658
+	md5sums = 54438e0c47cc5083e0a4376688b46092
+	md5sums = 59bf34cc34f61fc36824620bf5e7f2fd
 
 pkgname = minecraft-server
-
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 61ed104..4eb1d6f 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 # Maintainer: Gordian Edenhofer <gordian.edenhofer[at]yahoo[dot]de>
 # Contributer: Philip Abernethy <chais.z3r0@gmail.com>
+# Contributer: sowieso <sowieso@dukun.de>
 
 pkgname=minecraft-server
-pkgver=1.8.9
-pkgrel=4
+pkgver=1.9
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Minecraft server unit files, script, and jar"
 arch=('any')
 url="http://minecraft.net/"
 license=('custom')
 depends=('java-runtime-headless' 'screen' 'sudo' 'bash')
-optdepends=('tar: needed in order to create world backups')
+optdepends=("tar: needed in order to create world backups"
+	"netcat: required in order to suspend an idle server")
 conflicts=('minecraft-server-systemd' 'minecraft-canary')
 options=(!strip)
 install=${pkgname}.install
@@ -21,12 +23,12 @@ source=("https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/${pkgver}/minecraf
 	"minecraftd.conf"
 	"minecraftd.sh")
 noextract=("minecraft_server.${pkgver}.jar")
-md5sums=('3acbaef956308c805e8e2d0a03a737e9'
-         '2cf6cdf65e0ed6aa6d452943b1e84357'
+md5sums=('ff68834eee875bcf367422c67673207c'
+         'f75c76446f96311563e87fc688148501'
          'fef6fadd0739ae03ff71ba61025be207'
-         '5ed78e366146e47f8498347e93ad5423'
-         '9f56e2a4f435e642a0b183c6bff5c206'
-         'dcf4f4b4de06c6ff3b5445539c4e3d42')
+         'cab358c32dd0d4d2463e60ee2996f658'
+         '54438e0c47cc5083e0a4376688b46092'
+         '59bf34cc34f61fc36824620bf5e7f2fd')
 
 package() {
 	install -Dm644 minecraftd.conf              "${pkgdir}/etc/conf.d/minecraft"
diff --git a/minecraft-server.install b/minecraft-server.install
index 961988c..96343b4 100644
--- a/minecraft-server.install
+++ b/minecraft-server.install
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
-USER="minecraft"
-SERVER_ROOT="/srv/minecraft"
+_user="minecraft"
+_server_root="/srv/minecraft"
 
 post_install() {
-	getent group "${USER}" &>/dev/null
+	getent group "${_user}" &>/dev/null
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m Adding ${USER} system group... \e[0m"
-		groupadd -r ${USER} 1>/dev/null
+		echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m Adding ${_user} system group... \e[0m"
+		groupadd -r ${_user} 1>/dev/null
 	fi
 
-	getent passwd "${USER}" &>/dev/null
+	getent passwd "${_user}" &>/dev/null
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m Adding ${USER} system user... \e[0m"
-		useradd -r -g ${USER} -d "${SERVER_ROOT}" ${USER} 1>/dev/null
+		echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m Adding ${_user} system user... \e[0m"
+		useradd -r -g ${_user} -d "${_server_root}" ${_user} 1>/dev/null
 	fi
 
-	chown -R ${USER}:${USER} "${SERVER_ROOT}"
+	chown -R ${_user}:${_user} "${_server_root}"
 
-	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m NOTE: The world data is stored under ${SERVER_ROOT} and the server runs \e[0m"
-	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m as ${USER} user to increase security. \e[0m"
+	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m NOTE: The world data is stored under ${_server_root} and the server runs \e[0m"
+	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m as ${_user} user to increase security. \e[0m"
 	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m NOTE: Use the minecraft script under /usr/bin/minecraftd to start, stop or backup the server \e[0m"
 	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m and the configuration file under /etc/conf.d/minecraft to adjust it to your liking. \e[0m"
-	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m NOTE: For the server to start you have to accept the EULA in ${SERVER_ROOT}/eula.txt \e[0m"
+	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m NOTE: For the server to start you have to accept the EULA in ${_server_root}/eula.txt \e[0m"
 	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m which is generated after the first server start. \e[0m"
 }
 
 post_upgrade() {
-	chown -R ${USER}:${USER} "${SERVER_ROOT}"
+	chown -R ${_user}:${_user} "${_server_root}"
 
 	if [[ -f /etc/conf.d/minecraft.pacnew ]]; then
 		echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m NOTE: There was a new change on how backup files are handled! Unfortunately this makes \e[0m"
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ pre_remove() {
 }
 
 post_remove() {
-	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m Removing ${USER} system user and group... \e[0m"
-	if getent passwd ${USER} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		userdel ${USER} 2>/dev/null
-	fi
-	if getent group ${USER} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		groupdel ${USER}
-	fi
-
 	# Notifying the user of kept dirs
-	[[ -d "${SERVER_ROOT}" ]] && chown -R root:root "${SERVER_ROOT}" && echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m NOTE: Game saves in ${SERVER_ROOT} were kept on your system.\e[0m"
+	[[ -d "${_server_root}" ]] && chown -R root:root "${_server_root}" && echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m NOTE: Game saves in ${_server_root} were kept on your system.\e[0m"
 	[[ -f "/etc/conf.d/minecraft" ]] && echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m NOTE: Your configuration file /etc/conf.d/minecraft was kept on your system.\e[0m"
+
+	echo -e "\e[34;1m==>\e[39;1m Removing ${_user} system user and group... \e[0m"
+	if getent passwd ${_user} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		userdel ${_user} 2>/dev/null
+	fi
+	if getent group ${_user} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		groupdel ${_user}
+	fi
 }
diff --git a/minecraftd-backup.service b/minecraftd-backup.service
index ff2085e..20fae70 100644
--- a/minecraftd-backup.service
+++ b/minecraftd-backup.service
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ After=local-fs.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/minecraft
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/minecraftd backup
+USER=$MC_USER
+GROUP=$MC_USER
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/minecraftd.conf b/minecraftd.conf
index c517a2e..40f1aec 100644
--- a/minecraftd.conf
+++ b/minecraftd.conf
@@ -11,8 +11,17 @@ MC_USER="minecraft"
 MAIN_JAR="minecraft_server.jar"
 SESSION_NAME="minecraft"
 
-# System parameters for the minecraft server
+# System parameters for java
 MINHEAP="512M"
 MAXHEAP="1024M"
 THREADS="1"
 JAVA_PARMS="-Xmx${MAXHEAP} -Xms${MINHEAP} -XX:ParallelGCThreads=${THREADS}"
+
+# System parameters for the actual game server
+# Describes whether a daemon process which stops the server if it is not used by a player
+# within IDLE_IF_TIME seconds should be started. The GAME_PORT is not inhereted to the server!
+IDLE_SERVER=false         # true or false
+IDLE_SESSION_NAME="idle_server"
+GAME_PORT="25565"         # used to listen for incoming connections when the server is down
+CHECK_PLAYER_TIME="30"    # in seconds
+IDLE_IF_TIME="1200"       # in seconds
diff --git a/minecraftd.service b/minecraftd.service
index 17e18af..45bae6e 100644
--- a/minecraftd.service
+++ b/minecraftd.service
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ After=local-fs.target network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/minecraft
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/minecraftd start
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/minecraftd stop
+USER=$MC_USER
+GROUP=$MC_USER
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/minecraftd.sh b/minecraftd.sh
index 8743bd7..a44d84e 100755
--- a/minecraftd.sh
+++ b/minecraftd.sh
@@ -1,72 +1,177 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-source /etc/conf.d/minecraft || echo "Could not source /etc/conf.d/minecraft"
-
-# General rule for the variable-naming-schema:
-# Variables in capital letters may be passed through the command line others not.
-
-# You may use this script for any minecraft server of your choice, just alter the config file
-SERVER_ROOT="${SERVER_ROOT:-/srv/minecraft}"
-BACKUPPATH="${BACKUPPATH:-/srv/minecraft/backup}"
-LOGPATH="${LOGPATH:-/srv/minecraft/logs}"
-WORLDPATHS="${WORLDPATHS:-world}"
-KEEP_BACKUPS="${KEEP_BACKUPS:-10}"
-MC_USER="${MC_USER:-minecraft}"
-MAIN_JAR="${MAIN_JAR:-minecraft_server.jar}"
-SESSION_NAME="${SESSION_NAME:-minecraft}"
-
-# Specify system parameters for the minecraft server
-MINHEAP="${MINHEAP:-512M}"
-MAXHEAP="${MAXHEAP:-1024M}"
-THREADS="${THREADS:-1}"
-JAVA_PARMS="${JAVA_PARMS:-"-Xmx${MAXHEAP} -Xms${MINHEAP} -XX:ParallelGCThreads=${THREADS}"}"
-
 # The actual program name
 declare -r myname="minecraftd"
+declare -r game="minecraft"
+
+# General rule for the variable-naming-schema:
+# Variables in capital letters may be passed through the command line others not.
+# Avoid altering any of those later in the code since they may be readonly.
+
+# You may use this script for any game server of your choice, just alter the config file
+[[ ! -z "${SERVER_ROOT}" ]]  && declare -r SERVER_ROOT=${SERVER_ROOT}   || SERVER_ROOT="/srv/${game}"
+[[ ! -z "${BACKUP_DEST}" ]]  && declare -r BACKUP_DEST=${BACKUP_DEST}   || BACKUP_DEST="/srv/${game}/backup"
+[[ ! -z "${LOGPATH}" ]]      && declare -r LOGPATH=${LOGPATH}           || LOGPATH="/srv/${game}/logs"
+[[ ! -z "${BACKUP_PATHS}" ]] && declare -r BACKUP_PATHS=${BACKUP_PATHS} || BACKUP_PATHS="world"
+[[ ! -z "${KEEP_BACKUPS}" ]] && declare -r KEEP_BACKUPS=${KEEP_BACKUPS} || KEEP_BACKUPS="10"
+[[ ! -z "${GAME_USER}" ]]    && declare -r GAME_USER=${GAME_USER}       || GAME_USER="minecraft"
+[[ ! -z "${MAIN_EXECUTABLE}" ]] && declare -r MAIN_EXECUTABLE=${MAIN_EXECUTABLE} || MAIN_EXECUTABLE="minecraft_server.jar"
+[[ ! -z "${SESSION_NAME}" ]] && declare -r SESSION_NAME=${SESSION_NAME} || SESSION_NAME="${game}"
+
+# System parameters for java
+[[ ! -z "${MINHEAP}" ]] && declare -r MINHEAP=${MINHEAP} || MINHEAP="512M"
+[[ ! -z "${MAXHEAP}" ]] && declare -r MAXHEAP=${MAXHEAP} || MAXHEAP="1024M"
+[[ ! -z "${THREADS}" ]] && declare -r THREADS=${THREADS} || THREADS="1"
+[[ ! -z "${JAVA_PARMS}" ]] && declare -r JAVA_PARMS=${JAVA_PARMS} || JAVA_PARMS="-Xmx${MAXHEAP} -Xms${MINHEAP} -XX:ParallelGCThreads=${THREADS}"
+
+# System parameters for the control script
+[[ ! -z "${IDLE_SERVER}" ]]       && declare -r IDLE_SERVER=${IDLE_SERVER}   || IDLE_SERVER="false"
+[[ ! -z "${IDLE_SESSION_NAME}" ]] && declare -r IDLE_SESSION_NAME=${IDLE_SESSION_NAME} || IDLE_SESSION_NAME="idle_server"
+[[ ! -z "${GAME_PORT}" ]]         && declare -r GAME_PORT=${GAME_PORT}       || GAME_PORT="25565"
+[[ ! -z "${CHECK_PLAYER_TIME}" ]] && declare -r CHECK_PLAYER_TIME=${CHECK_PLAYER_TIME} || CHECK_PLAYER_TIME="30"
+[[ ! -z "${IDLE_IF_TIME}" ]]      && declare -r IDLE_IF_TIME=${IDLE_IF_TIME} || IDLE_IF_TIME="1200"
+
+# Variables passed over the command line will always override the one from a config file
+source /etc/conf.d/minecraft || echo "Could not source /etc/conf.d/minecraft"
 
 # Check whether sudo is needed at all
-if [[ $(whoami) == ${MC_USER} ]]; then
+if [[ $(whoami) == ${GAME_USER} ]]; then
 	SUDO_CMD=""
 else
-	SUDO_CMD="sudo -u ${MC_USER}"
+	SUDO_CMD="sudo -u ${GAME_USER}"
+fi
+
+# Choose which flavor of netcat is to be used
+if which netcat &> /dev/null; then
+	NETCAT_CMD="netcat"
+elif which ncat &> /dev/null; then
+	NETCAT_CMD="ncat"
+else
+	NETCAT_CMD=""
 fi
 
 # Check for sudo rigths
-if [[ $(${SUDO_CMD} whoami) != ${MC_USER} ]]; then
-	echo -e "You have \e[39;1mno permission\e[0m to run commands as $MC_USER user."
-	exit 1
+if [[ $(${SUDO_CMD} whoami) != ${GAME_USER} ]]; then
+	>&2 echo -e "You have \e[39;1mno permission\e[0m to run commands as $GAME_USER user."
+	exit 21
 fi
 
-# Pipe any given argument to the minecraft server console
-mc_command() {
+# Pipe any given argument to the game server console
+game_command() {
 	${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${SESSION_NAME}" -X stuff "`printf \"$*\r\"`"
 }
 
+# Check whether the server is visited by a player otherwise shut it down
+idle_server_daemon() {
+	# This function is run within a screen session of the GAME_USER therefore SUDO_CMD can be omitted
+	if [[ $(whoami) != ${GAME_USER} ]]; then
+		>&2 echo "Somehow this hidden function was not executed by the ${GAME_USER} user."
+		>&2 echo "This should not have happend. Are you messing around with this script? :P"
+		exit 22
+	fi
+
+	# Time in seconds for which no player was on the server
+	no_player=0
+
+	while true; do
+		screen -S "${SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
+		if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+			# Game server is up and running
+			screen -S "${SESSION_NAME}" -X stuff "`printf \"list\r\"`"
+			# The "player_delimiter" in awk print needs to be 6 for the spigot server
+			# since the according information is contained in the 6th not in th 4th column
+			if [[ -z $(tail -n 1 "${LOGPATH}/latest.log" | awk '{ print $4 }') ]]; then
+				# No player was seen on the server through list
+				no_player=$((no_player + CHECK_PLAYER_TIME))
+				# Stop the game server if no player was active for at least ${IDLE_IF_TIME}
+				[[ "${no_player}" -ge "${IDLE_IF_TIME}" ]] && IDLE_SERVER="false" ${myname} stop
+			else
+				no_player=0
+				# Retry in ${CHECK_PLAYER_TIME} seconds
+				sleep ${CHECK_PLAYER_TIME}
+			fi
+		else
+			# Game server is down, listen on port ${GAME_PORT} for incoming connections
+			echo "Netcat is listening on port ${GAME_PORT} for incoming connections..."
+			${NETCAT_CMD} -v -l ${GAME_PORT}
+			echo "Netcat caught an connection. The server is coming up again...."
+			IDLE_SERVER="false" ${myname} start
+			sleep ${CHECK_PLAYER_TIME}
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
 # Start the server if it is not already running
 server_start() {
+	# Start the game server
 	${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
 	if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
 		echo "A screen ${SESSION_NAME} session is already running. Please close it first."
 	else
 		echo -en "Starting server... "
-		${SUDO_CMD} screen -dmS "${SESSION_NAME}" /bin/bash -c "cd '${SERVER_ROOT}'; java ${JAVA_PARMS} -jar '${SERVER_ROOT}/${MAIN_JAR}' nogui"
+		${SUDO_CMD} screen -dmS "${SESSION_NAME}" /bin/bash -c "cd '${SERVER_ROOT}'; java ${JAVA_PARMS} -jar '${SERVER_ROOT}/${MAIN_EXECUTABLE}' nogui"
 		echo -e "\e[39;1m done\e[0m"
 	fi
+
+	if [[ "${IDLE_SERVER}" == "true" ]]; then
+		# Check for the availability of the netcat (nc) binaries
+		if [[ -z "${NETCAT_CMD}" ]]; then
+			>&2 echo "The netcat binaries are needed for suspending an idle server."
+			exit 12
+		fi
+
+		# Start the idle server daemon
+		${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${IDLE_SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
+		if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+			echo "An idles server screen session called ${IDLE_SESSION_NAME} is already running. Please close it first."
+		else
+			echo -en "Starting idle server daeomon... "
+			${SUDO_CMD} screen -dmS "${IDLE_SESSION_NAME}" /bin/bash -c "${myname} idle_server_daemon"
+			echo -e "\e[39;1m done\e[0m"
+		fi
+	else
+		# Though IDLE_SERVER is not set to true it could still be running and just have not noticed that the
+		# server was started, e.g. by manually triggering server_start again. Therefore reset the idle daemon.
+		${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${IDLE_SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
+		if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+			${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${IDLE_SESSION_NAME}" -X quit
+		fi
+		${SUDO_CMD} screen -dmS "${IDLE_SESSION_NAME}" /bin/bash -c "${myname} idle_server_daemon"
+	fi
 }
 
 # Stop the server gracefully by saving everything prior and warning the users
 server_stop() {
+	# Quit the idle daemon
+	if [[ "${IDLE_SERVER}" == "true" ]]; then
+		# Check for the availability of the netcat (nc) binaries
+		if [[ -z "${NETCAT_CMD}" ]]; then
+			>&2 echo "The netcat binaries are needed for suspending an idle server."
+			exit 12
+		fi
+
+		${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${IDLE_SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
+		if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+			echo -en "Stopping idle server daemon... "
+			${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${IDLE_SESSION_NAME}" -X quit
+			echo -e "\e[39;1m done\e[0m"
+		else
+			echo "The corresponding screen session for ${IDLE_SESSION_NAME} was already dead."
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# Gracefully exit the game server
 	${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
 	if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-		mc_command save-all
-		mc_command say "Server is going down in 10 seconds! HURRY UP WITH WATHEVER YOU ARE DOING!" # Warning the users
+		game_command save-all
+		game_command say "Server is going down in 10 seconds! HURRY UP WITH WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING!" # Warning the users
 		echo -en "Server is going down in... "
 		for i in $(seq 1 10); do
-			mc_command say "down in... $(expr 10 - $i)"
+			game_command say "down in... $(expr 10 - $i)"
 			echo -n " $(expr 10 - $i)"
 			sleep 1
 		done
-		mc_command stop
+		game_command stop
 		echo -e "\e[39;1m done\e[0m"
 	else
 		echo "The corresponding screen session for ${SESSION_NAME} was already dead."
@@ -75,12 +180,29 @@ server_stop() {
 
 # Print whether the server is running and if so give some information about memory usage and threads
 server_status() {
+	# Print status information about the idle daemon
+	if [[ "${IDLE_SERVER}" == "true" ]]; then
+		# Check for the availability of the netcat (nc) binaries
+		if [[ -z "${NETCAT_CMD}" ]]; then
+			>&2 echo "The netcat binaries are needed for suspending an idle server."
+			exit 12
+		fi
+
+		${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${IDLE_SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
+		if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+			echo -e "Idle server daemon status:\e[39;1m running\e[0m"
+		else
+			echo -e "Idle server daemon status:\e[39;1m stopped\e[0m"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# Print status information for the game server
 	${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
 	if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
 		echo -e "Status:\e[39;1m running\e[0m"
 
 		# Calculating memory usage
-		for p in $(${SUDO_CMD} pgrep -f "${MAIN_JAR}"); do
+		for p in $(${SUDO_CMD} pgrep -f "${MAIN_EXECUTABLE}"); do
 			ps -p${p} -O rss | tail -n1;
 		done | gawk '{ count ++; sum += $2 }; END {count --; print "Number of processes =", count, "(screen, bash,", count-2, "x java)"; print "Total memory usage =", sum/1024, "MB" ;};'
 	else
@@ -100,34 +222,34 @@ server_restart() {
 	fi
 }
 
-# Backup the directories specified in $WORLDPATHS
+# Backup the directories specified in BACKUP_PATHS
 backup_files() {
 	# Check for the availability of the tar binaries
 	which tar &> /dev/null
 	if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-		echo "The tar binaries are needed for a backup."
-		exit 2
+		>&2 echo "The tar binaries are needed for a backup."
+		exit 11
 	fi
 
 	echo "Starting backup..."
 	FILE="$(date +%Y_%m_%d_%H.%M.%S).tar.gz"
-	${SUDO_CMD} mkdir -p "${BACKUPPATH}"
+	${SUDO_CMD} mkdir -p "${BACKUP_DEST}"
 	${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
 	if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-		mc_command save-off
-		mc_command save-all
+		game_command save-off
+		game_command save-all
 		sync && wait
-		${SUDO_CMD} tar -C "${SERVER_ROOT}" -czf "${BACKUPPATH}/${FILE}" --totals ${WORLDPATHS} 2>&1 | grep -v "tar: Removing leading "
-		mc_command save-on
+		${SUDO_CMD} tar -C "${SERVER_ROOT}" -czf "${BACKUP_DEST}/${FILE}" --totals ${BACKUP_PATHS} 2>&1 | grep -v "tar: Removing leading "
+		game_command save-on
 	else
-		${SUDO_CMD} tar -C "${SERVER_ROOT}" -czf "${BACKUPPATH}/${FILE}" --totals ${WORLDPATHS} 2>&1 | grep -v "tar: Removing leading "
+		${SUDO_CMD} tar -C "${SERVER_ROOT}" -czf "${BACKUP_DEST}/${FILE}" --totals ${BACKUP_PATHS} 2>&1 | grep -v "tar: Removing leading "
 	fi
 	echo -e "\e[39;1mbackup completed\e[0m\n"
 
 	echo -n "Only keeping the last ${KEEP_BACKUPS} backups and removing the other ones..."
-	BACKUP_COUNT=$(for f in "${BACKUPPATH}"/[0-9_.]*; do echo ${f}; done | wc -l)
+	BACKUP_COUNT=$(for f in "${BACKUP_DEST}"/[0-9_.]*; do echo ${f}; done | wc -l)
 	if [[ $(expr ${BACKUP_COUNT} - ${KEEP_BACKUPS}) -gt 0 ]]; then
-		${SUDO_CMD} rm $(for f in "${BACKUPPATH}"/[0-9_.]*; do echo ${f}; done | head -n$(expr ${BACKUP_COUNT} - ${KEEP_BACKUPS}))
+		${SUDO_CMD} rm $(for f in "${BACKUP_DEST}"/[0-9_.]*; do echo ${f}; done | head -n$(expr ${BACKUP_COUNT} - ${KEEP_BACKUPS}))
 		echo -e "\e[39;1m done\e[0m ($(expr ${BACKUP_COUNT} - ${KEEP_BACKUPS}) backup(s) pruned)"
 	else
 		echo -e "\e[39;1m done\e[0m (no backups pruned)"
@@ -139,14 +261,14 @@ backup_restore() {
 	# Check for the availability of the tar binaries
 	which tar &> /dev/null
 	if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-		echo "The tar binaries are needed for a backup."
-		exit 2
+		>&2 echo "The tar binaries are needed for a backup."
+		exit 11
 	fi
 
 	# Only allow the user to restore a backup if the server is down
 	${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
 	if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-		echo -e "The \e[39;1mserver should be down\e[0m in order to restore the world data."
+		>&2 echo -e "The \e[39;1mserver should be down\e[0m in order to restore the world data."
 		exit 3
 	fi
 
@@ -154,7 +276,7 @@ backup_restore() {
 	if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
 		echo "Please enter the corresponding number for the backup to be restored: "
 		i=1
-		for f in "${BACKUPPATH}"/[0-9_.]*; do
+		for f in "${BACKUP_DEST}"/[0-9_.]*; do
 			echo -e "    \e[39;1m$i)\e[0m\t$f"
 			i=$((i+1))
 		done
@@ -166,16 +288,16 @@ backup_restore() {
 		# Interpeting the input
 		if [[ $user_choice =~ ^-?[0-9]+$ ]]; then
 			n=1
-			for f in "${BACKUPPATH}"/[0-9_.]*; do
+			for f in "${BACKUP_DEST}"/[0-9_.]*; do
 				[[ ${n} -eq $user_choice ]] && FILE="$f"
 				n=$((n+1))
 			done
 			if [[ -z $FILE ]]; then
-				echo -e "\e[39;1mFailed\e[0m to interpret your input. Please enter the digit of the presented options."
+				>&2 echo -e "\e[39;1mFailed\e[0m to interpret your input. Please enter the digit of the presented options."
 				exit 5
 			fi
 		else
-			echo -e "\e[39;1mFailed\e[0m to interpret your input. Please enter a valid digit for one of the presented options."
+			>&2 echo -e "\e[39;1mFailed\e[0m to interpret your input. Please enter a valid digit for one of the presented options."
 			exit 6
 		fi
 	elif [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
@@ -183,17 +305,17 @@ backup_restore() {
 		if [[ -f "$1" ]]; then
 			FILE="$1"
 		else
-			if [[ -f "${BACKUPPATH}"/"$1" ]]; then
-				FILE="${BACKUPPATH}"/"$1"
+			if [[ -f "${BACKUP_DEST}"/"$1" ]]; then
+				FILE="${BACKUP_DEST}"/"$1"
 			else
-				echo -e "Sorry, but '$1', is \e[39;1mnot a valid file\e[0m, neither in your current directory nor in the backup folder."
+				>&2 echo -e "Sorry, but '$1', is \e[39;1mnot a valid file\e[0m, neither in your current directory nor in the backup folder."
 				exit 4
 			fi
 		fi
 	elif [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
-		echo -e "\e[39;1mToo many arguments.\e[0m Please pass only the filename for the world data as an argument."
-		echo "Or alternatively no arguments at all to chose from a list of available backups."
-		exit 1
+		>&2 echo -e "\e[39;1mToo many arguments.\e[0m Please pass only the filename for the world data as an argument."
+		>&2 echo "Or alternatively no arguments at all to chose from a list of available backups."
+		exit 7
 	fi
 
 	echo "Restoring backup..."
@@ -205,10 +327,10 @@ backup_restore() {
 	fi
 }
 
-# Run the given comman at the minecraft server console
+# Run the given comman at the game server console
 server_command() {
 	if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
-		echo "No server command specified. Try 'help' for a list of commands."
+		>&2 echo "No server command specified. Try 'help' for a list of commands."
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
@@ -216,14 +338,14 @@ server_command() {
 	if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
 		sleep 0.1s &
 		sleep_pid=$!
-		mc_command "$@" &
+		game_command "$@" &
 		tail -f --pid=${sleep_pid} -n 0 "${LOGPATH}/latest.log"
 	else
 		echo "There is no ${SESSION_NAME} session to connect to."
 	fi
 }
 
-# Enter the screen minecraft session
+# Enter the screen game session
 server_console() {
 	${SUDO_CMD} screen -S "${SESSION_NAME}" -Q select . > /dev/null
 	if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
@@ -236,17 +358,17 @@ server_console() {
 # Help function, no arguments required
 help() {
 	cat <<-EOF
-	This script was design to easily control any minecraft server. Quite every parameter for a given
-	minecraft server derivative can be altered by editing the variables in the configuration file.
+	This script was design to easily control any ${game} server. Quite every parameter for a given
+	${game} server derivative can be altered by editing the variables in the configuration file.
 
-	Usage: $myname {start|stop|status|backup|restore|command <command>|console}
-	    start                Start the minecraft server
-	    stop                 Stop the minecraft server
-	    restart              Restart the minecraft server
+	Usage: ${myname} {start|stop|status|backup|restore|command <command>|console}
+	    start                Start the ${game} server
+	    stop                 Stop the ${game} server
+	    restart              Restart the ${game} server
 	    status               Print some status information
 	    backup               Backup the world data
 	    restore [filename]   Restore the world data from a backup
-	    command <command>    Run the given comman at the minecraft server console
+	    command <command>    Run the given comman at the ${game} server console
 	    console              Enter the server console through a screen session
 
 	Copyright (c) Gordian Edenhofer <gordian.edenhofer@gmail.com>
@@ -286,8 +408,14 @@ case "$1" in
 	backup_restore "${@:2}"
 	;;
 
+	idle_server_daemon)
+	# This shell be a hidden function which should only be invoced internally
+	idle_server_daemon
+	;;
+
 	*|-h|--help)
 	help
+	exit 0
 esac
 
 exit 0