diff --git a/etc/init.d/maxscale b/etc/init.d/maxscale
index c06f4a9a7..d5e919097 100644
--- a/etc/init.d/maxscale
+++ b/etc/init.d/maxscale
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ export MAXSCALE_BASEDIR=/servers/maxscale-1.1.0
 export MAXSCALE_BIN=$MAXSCALE_BASEDIR/bin
 export MAXSCALE_HOME=$MAXSCALE_BASEDIR/MaxScale
 export MAXSCALE_PIDFILE=$MAXSCALE_HOME/log/maxscale.pid
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:XSCALE_HOME=/servers/maxscale-1.1.0/MaxScale
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MAXSCALE_BASEDIR/lib
 
 # Sanity checks.
-[ -x $MAXSCALE_BIN/maxscale ] || exit 0
+[ -x $MAXSCALE_BIN/maxscale ] || exit 7
 
 # Source function library.
 . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
@@ -36,12 +36,16 @@ servicename=maxscale
 RETVAL=0
 
 start() {
+    echo `date` "Try to start" >> /tmp/maxscale.log
     echo -n $"Starting MaxScale: "
-    if [ -x $MAXSCALE_BIN/maxscale ] ; then
-        $MAXSCALE_BIN/maxscale >& /dev/null
-    fi
 
-    daemon --pidfile $MAXSCALE_PIDFILE 
+    #if [ -x $MAXSCALE_BIN/maxscale ] ; then
+    #    $MAXSCALE_BIN/maxscale >& /dev/null
+    #fi
+
+    daemon --pidfile $MAXSCALE_PIDFILE $MAXSCALE_BIN/maxscale >& /dev/null
+
+    echo `date` "Started" >> /tmp/maxscale.log
 
     RETVAL=$?
     [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$servicename
@@ -49,11 +53,25 @@ start() {
     echo
 
     if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
-	return 7;
+	return 0;
     fi
+    return 0
+}
+
+startcheck() {
+       status -p $MAXSCALE_PIDFILE 'MaxScale'
+       RETVAL=$?
+       #if running status is 0, so return 1 here to the caller
+       if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
+       #   echo " return 1 forced, running"
+          return 1
+       fi
+       #echo " return 1 for not running"
+       return 0
 }
 
 stop() {
+    echo `date` "Try to stop" >> /tmp/maxscale.log
     echo -n $"Stopping MaxScale: "
 
     killproc -p $MAXSCALE_PIDFILE
@@ -63,8 +81,11 @@ stop() {
 
     if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
         rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$servicename
+    	echo `date` "Stopped with subsys removed " >> /tmp/maxscale.log
+	return 0
     else
-	return 7;
+    	echo `date` "Stopped without subsys removed " >> /tmp/maxscale.log
+	return 0;
     fi
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +100,17 @@ reload() {
 # See how we were called.
 case "$1" in
     start)
-        start
+    	#echo `date` "Check before start " >> /tmp/maxscale.log
+	#startcheck -p $MAXSCALE_PIDFILE 'MaxScale'
+	#RETVAL=$?
+	#echo -n "retval of startcheck is "
+	#echo $RETVAL
+	#if [ $RETVAL -eq 1 ]; then
+	#	echo "MaxScale is running, $RETVAL"
+    	#	echo `date` "MaxScale runs, start skipped " >> /tmp/maxscale.log
+	#	exit 0
+	#fi
+	start
         ;;
     stop)
         stop
@@ -88,7 +119,14 @@ case "$1" in
     	echo -n $"Checking MaxScale status: "
         status -p $MAXSCALE_PIDFILE 'MaxScale'
         RETVAL=$?
-	[ $RETVAL -ne 0 ] && return 3
+    	echo `date` ">>MaxScale true status is $RETVAL, !=0 -> 3, pidfile $MAXSCALE_PIDFILE" >> /tmp/maxscale.log
+	if [ $RETVAL -eq 1 ]; then
+		exit 3
+	fi
+	if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
+		exit 3
+	fi
+	exit $RETVAL
         ;;
     restart)
         stop