diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9a35a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd /srv/ledgersmb
+LSMB_CONFIG_FILE=${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE:-./local/conf/ledgersmb.yaml}
+export LSMB_CONFIG_FILE
+echo '--------- LEDGERSMB CONFIGURATION:  ledgersmb.conf'
+cat ${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE}
+echo '--------- LEDGERSMB CONFIGURATION --- END'
+
+# ':5762:' suppresses an uninitialized variable warning in starman
+# the last colon means "don't connect using tls"; without it, there's a warning
+exec starman --listen 0.0.0.0:5762 --workers ${LSMB_WORKERS:-5} \
+             -I lib -I old/lib \
+             --preload-app bin/ledgersmb-server.psgi
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 2ae51f7..32f507b 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-$(dirname `readlink -f $BASH_SOURCE`)/config.sh || (echo "Failed configuration" ; exit)
-
-cd /srv/ledgersmb
-LSMB_CONFIG_FILE=${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE:-./local/conf/ledgersmb.yaml}
-export LSMB_CONFIG_FILE
-echo '--------- LEDGERSMB CONFIGURATION:  ledgersmb.conf'
-cat ${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE}
-echo '--------- LEDGERSMB CONFIGURATION --- END'
-
-# ':5762:' suppresses an uninitialized variable warning in starman
-# the last colon means "don't connect using tls"; without it, there's a warning
-exec starman --listen 0.0.0.0:5762 --workers ${LSMB_WORKERS:-5} \
-             -I lib -I old/lib \
-             --preload-app bin/ledgersmb-server.psgi
+home_dir="$(dirname `readlink -f $BASH_SOURCE`)"
+"$home_dir/config.sh" || (echo "Failed configuration" ; exit)
+exec "$home_dir/run.sh"