diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index edea655..565579c 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-echo "Starting Lavalink server..."
 cd src/lavalink
-[-f Lavalink.jar] || chmod u+x download.sh && ./download.sh
-java -Djdk.tls.client.protocols=TLSv1.3 -Xmx3G -jar Lavalink.jar 1> /dev/null & # showing only stderror
-echo "Starting Discord bot..."
+if [ -f "Lavalink.jar" ]; then
+    echo "Lavalink found."
+else {
+    echo "Downloading Lavalink...";
+    chmod u+x download.sh;
+    ./download.sh
+} fi
+if pgrep -f "Lavalink.jar" > /dev/null
+then
+    echo "Lavaling already started."
+else {
+    echo "Starting Lavalink server...";
+    java -Djdk.tls.client.protocols=TLSv1.3 -Xmx3G -jar Lavalink.jar > /dev/null & # showing only stderror
+} fi
 cd ..
+echo "Starting Discord bot..."
 python3 -u ./main.py
 
-# if you want to kill the java process, do this command: pkill -9 -f Lavalink.jar
+# if you want to kill the java process, do this command:
+# pkill -9 -f Lavalink.jar