diff --git a/mc-java/start.ps1 b/mc-java/start.ps1
index 6e472d4..212304a 100644
--- a/mc-java/start.ps1
+++ b/mc-java/start.ps1
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
 $basedir=(Get-Location)
 $buildtools=$basedir.Path + "\..\.tools\buildtools"
 $version="1.19.4"
+$java=$env:JAVA_HOME
 
+if ( $args.count -eq 0 ) {
 Set-Location ($basedir.Path+"\server")
-A:\scoop\apps\zulu-jdk\current\bin\java.exe -jar (".\spigot-"+$version+".jar") --nogui
+& $java\bin\java.exe -jar (".\spigot-"+$version+".jar") --nogui
+}
+elseif ($args[0] -eq "background") {
+$serverProcess = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo;
+$serverProcess.FileName = ($java + "\bin\java.exe"); #process file
+$serverProcess.Arguments = ("-jar " + $basedir.Path + "\server\spigot-"+$version+".jar --nogui");
+$serverProcess.WorkingDirectory = ($basedir.Path+"\server");
+$serverProcess.UseShellExecute = $false; #start the process from it's own executable file
+$serverProcess.RedirectStandardInput = $true; #enable the process to read from standard input
+
+$p = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($serverProcess);
+
+Start-Sleep -s 50 #wait 2 seconds so that the process can be up and running
+
+$p.StandardInput.WriteLine("stop"); #StandardInput property of the Process is a .NET StreamWriter object
+
+}
 
 
 Set-Location $basedir
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mc-java/update.ps1 b/mc-java/update.ps1
index c71f345..0705a72 100644
--- a/mc-java/update.ps1
+++ b/mc-java/update.ps1
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 $basedir=(Get-Location)
 $buildtools=$basedir.Path + "\..\.tools\buildtools"
 $version="1.19.4"
+$java=$env:JAVA_HOME
 
 Set-Location $buildtools
-A:\scoop\apps\zulu-jdk\current\bin\java.exe -jar .\BuildTools.jar --rev $version
+& $java\bin\java.exe -jar .\BuildTools.jar --rev $version
 
 Set-Location $basedir
 Move-Item ($buildtools + "\spigot-" + $version + ".jar") .\server\.