diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c118fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/README.Debian
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+ps-watcher for Debian
+---------------------
+
+1. PROVIDE A CONFIGFILE
+-----------------------
+
+Please provide a config file, usualy /etc/ps-watcher.conf. Examples are
+located in /usr/share/doc/ps-watcher/examples/.
+
+2. AUTOMATIC STARTUP
+--------------------
+
+In order to avoid the startup of the daemon on an unconfigured machine,
+automatic startup, on boot, is disabled by default. To enable it just edit the
+file /etc/default/ps-watcher and set the "startup" variable to 1.
+
+ -- Jan Wagner <waja@cyconet.org>  Wed,  8 Nov 2006 22:44:24 +0100
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8b8ae53..4ca7517 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 ps-watcher (1.06-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * remove dh_strip from rules
+  * adjust depencies (libconfig-inifiles-perl, libsys-syslog-perl) 
+  * modifying initscript to prevent to start without config file
 
- --  <waja@cyconet.org>  Sat,  4 Nov 2006 21:38:44 +0100
+ -- Jan Wagner <waja@cyconet.org>  Sat,  4 Nov 2006 21:38:44 +0100
 
 ps-watcher (1.06-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/default b/debian/default
index 5facb1a..c68a508 100644
--- a/debian/default
+++ b/debian/default
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 # sourced by /etc/init.d/ps-watcher
 # installed at /etc/default/ps-watcher by the maintainer scripts
 
+# prevent startup without configuration file
+# set the below varible to 1 in order to allow ps-watcher to start
+# startup=1
+
+# Specify your configfile here
+CONFIG="/etc/ps-watcher.conf"
+
 # Additional options that are passed to the Daemon.
-# here: specify config file, daemon mode, check every 150 secs
-DAEMON_OPTS="-c /etc/ps-watcher.conf --daemon --sleep 150"
+# here: check every 150 secs
+DAEMON_OPTS="--sleep 150"
diff --git a/debian/init.d b/debian/init.d
index bccc624..e169955 100644
--- a/debian/init.d
+++ b/debian/init.d
@@ -30,11 +30,37 @@ fi
 
 set -e
 
+not_configured () {
+        echo "#### WARNING ####"
+        echo "ps-watcher won't be started/stopped unless it is configured"
+        if [ "$1" != "stop" ]
+        then
+                echo ""
+                echo "Please pease provide a configfile!"
+                echo "See /usr/share/doc/ps-watcher/README.Debian.gz."
+        fi
+        echo "#################"
+        exit 0
+}
+
+# check if ps-watcher is configured or not
+if [ -f "/etc/default/pswatcher" ]
+then
+        . /etc/default/ps-watcher
+        if [ "$startup" != "1" ] || [ -f $CONFIG ]
+        then
+                not_configured
+        fi
+else
+        not_configured
+fi
+
+
 case "$1" in
   start)
 	echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
 	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
-		--exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
+		--exec $DAEMON -- -c $CONFIG --daemon $DAEMON_OPTS
 	echo "$NAME."
 	;;
   stop)
@@ -45,11 +71,11 @@ case "$1" in
 	;;
   restart|force-reload)
 	echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \
-		/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \ 
+		--exec $DAEMON
 	sleep 1
-	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
-		/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
+		 --exec $DAEMON -- -c $CONFIG --daemon $DAEMON_OPTS
 	echo "$NAME."
 	;;
   *)