diff --git a/openbis/dist/server/startup.sh b/openbis/dist/server/startup.sh
index dbe42357ac7a19c5529f5f244c83b2bad26a0bbb..82c1c0badf9aa03c99a5bf7ae45f05312d78617e 100755
--- a/openbis/dist/server/startup.sh
+++ b/openbis/dist/server/startup.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ source `dirname "$0"`/setup-env
 
 checkNotRoot
 
-source `dirname "$0"`/status.sh > /dev/null
+`dirname "$0"`/status.sh -q
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo openBIS AS already running, shut it down before start a new one.
+  echo openBIS AS already running, shut it down before starting a new one.
   exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/openbis/dist/server/status.sh b/openbis/dist/server/status.sh
index 0713df8552b33a802d4a473e0406d9656357931b..3aa6070657b2f81306a98f09c96e679c784b4877 100755
--- a/openbis/dist/server/status.sh
+++ b/openbis/dist/server/status.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ printStatus()
   if [ "$1" == "-q" ]; then
     QUIET=1
   fi
-  if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
+  if [ -f $JETTY_PID_FILE ]; then
     PID=`cat $JETTY_PID_FILE`
     isPIDRunning $PID
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then