diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 5591ee9..99019c8 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 global using System.Diagnostics;
 global using System.Text.Json;
 
+
+
 // Prevent from ending if CTL+C is pressed.
 Console.TreatControlCAsInput = true;
 Console.WriteLine($"AyaNova server launcher {AyaNovaVersion.VersionString}");
 
-
-//Locate the ayanova executable folder as the basis point for all other paths later
+//Locate the ayanova executable folder as the basis point
 var AyaNovaProgramFolder = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), ".."));
 
 #if(DEBUG)
 AyaNovaProgramFolder = @"c:\Program Files\ayanova\";
 #endif
+
 //read in the config.json file to get it's current values
 var ConfigFile = Path.Combine(AyaNovaProgramFolder, "config.json");
 if (!File.Exists(ConfigFile))
@@ -45,77 +47,80 @@ catch (Exception ex)
     return;
 }
 
-// Console.WriteLine($"DataPath resolved to: {DataPath}");
-// Console.WriteLine($"AyaNovaProgramFolder resolved to: {AyaNovaProgramFolder}");
-
-
 
 //================== LAUNCH POSTGRES SERVER ==================
 //https://notepad.onghu.com/2021/portable-postgresql-on-windows-without-installation/
-
-ProcessStartInfo PGStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(Path.Combine(AyaNovaProgramFolder, "local-postgres", "bin","pg_ctl.exe"));
+//ARGUMENTS DOC: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/app-postgres.html  
+var PGProcess = new Process();
+ProcessStartInfo PGStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(Path.Combine(AyaNovaProgramFolder, "local-postgres", "bin", "pg_ctl.exe"));
 PGStartInfo.EnvironmentVariables["PGDATA"] = Path.Combine(DataPath, "database");
-//PGStartInfo.EnvironmentVariables["PGDATABASE"] = "AyaNova";
 PGStartInfo.EnvironmentVariables["PGUSER"] = "postgres";
 PGStartInfo.EnvironmentVariables["PGPORT"] = "5432";
 PGStartInfo.EnvironmentVariables["PGLOCALEDIR"] = Path.Combine(AyaNovaProgramFolder, "local-postgres", "share", "locale");
-PGStartInfo.EnvironmentVariables["PGLOGS "] = Path.Combine(DataPath, "logs");
-
-//ARGUMENTS DOC: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/app-postgres.html  
-//PGStartInfo.Arguments = $"-D {Path.Combine(DataPath, "database")} -o \"-p 5432\" -l {Path.Combine(DataPath, "logs","postgres.log")} start";
+PGStartInfo.EnvironmentVariables["PGLOGS "] = Path.Combine(DataPath, "logs","postgres.log");
 PGStartInfo.Arguments = "start";
-//PGStartInfo.FileName = "pg_ctl_test.exe";
-//PGStartInfo.WorkingDirectory = Path.Combine(DataPath, "database");
 PGStartInfo.WorkingDirectory = Path.Combine(AyaNovaProgramFolder, "local-postgres", "bin");
-
 PGStartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
+//PGStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
+PGProcess.StartInfo = PGStartInfo;
+//PGProcess.OutputDataReceived += new DataReceivedEventHandler(PostgresOutputHandler);
+PGProcess.Start();
 
-//Console.WriteLine($"PGStartInfo environment: {string.Join(",",PGStartInfo.EnvironmentVariables.Values.GetEnumerator())}");
-
-var PGProcess = Process.Start(PGStartInfo);
-
-/*"-D C:\ProgramData\ayanova\database -p 5432 -l C:\ProgramData\ayanova\logs start"
-old batch file settings required for postgres
-SET PATH="%~dp0postgres\bin";%PATH%
-SET PGDATA=%~dp0data\database
-SET PGDATABASE=AyaNova
-SET PGUSER=postgres
-SET PGPORT=5432
-SET PGLOCALEDIR=%~dp0postgres\share\locale
-set AYANOVA_USE_URLS=http://*:7575;
-set AYANOVA_DB_CONNECTION=Server=localhost;Username=postgres;Password=mypasswordforpostgres;Database=AyaNova;
-set AYANOVA_DEFAULT_TRANSLATION=en
-set AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH=%~dp0postgres\bin\
-set AYANOVA_DATA_PATH=%~dp0data
-"%~dp0\postgres\bin\pg_ctl" -D "%~dp0/data/database" -l %~dp0data\logs\postgreslog start
-*/
+//PGProcess.BeginOutputReadLine();
 
 
 //================== LAUNCH AYANOVA SERVER ==================
-//Go UP one folder from the current launcher folder which should *always* be contained within the AyaNova.exe containing folder if it was installed
-
+var ServerProcess = new Process();
 ProcessStartInfo ServerStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(Path.Combine(AyaNovaProgramFolder, "AyaNova.exe"));
 //ServerStartInfo.FileName = "AyaNova.exe";
 ServerStartInfo.WorkingDirectory = AyaNovaProgramFolder;
 ServerStartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
-var ServerProcess = Process.Start(ServerStartInfo);
+ServerStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
+//ServerStartInfo.RedirectStandardError=true;
+ServerProcess.StartInfo = ServerStartInfo;
+ServerProcess.OutputDataReceived += new DataReceivedEventHandler(AyaNovaOutputHandler);
+//process.ErrorDataReceived += new DataReceivedEventHandler(OutputHandler);
+
+ServerProcess.Start();
+ServerProcess.BeginOutputReadLine();
 
 
 
 //================== WAIT FOR SHUTDOWN ================
-Console.WriteLine("Waiting for server to exit; do not close this window");
+
 if (ServerProcess != null)
     ServerProcess.WaitForExit();
 
 //shutdown postgres
 if (PGProcess != null)
 {
-    PGProcess.CloseMainWindow();
+    Console.WriteLine("Shutting down Postgres database server...");
+   PGProcess.StandardInput.Close();
+    // PGProcess.CloseMainWindow();
+    // PGProcess.Close();
     PGProcess.WaitForExit();
+    Console.WriteLine("Postgres shut down, exiting.");
 }
 
 
-// ####################### OLD SHIT ################################
+static void AyaNovaOutputHandler(object sendingProcess, DataReceivedEventArgs outLine)
+{
+    //* Do your stuff with the output (write to console/log/StringBuilder)
+    Console.WriteLine($"{outLine.Data}");
+    if (outLine.Data != null && outLine.Data.Contains("COMPLETED - SERVER OPEN"))
+    {
+        Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(){FileName="http://localhost:7575/api/v8/",UseShellExecute=true});
+        Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(){FileName="http://localhost:7575",UseShellExecute=true});
+    }
+    //
+}
+
+// static void PostgresOutputHandler(object sendingProcess, DataReceivedEventArgs outLine)
+// {
+//     Console.WriteLine($"DB:{outLine.Data}");
+// }
+
+// ####################### OLD ################################
 
 //This works but launches three windows