diff --git a/sbin/CheckPid b/sbin/CheckPid
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cbe17cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbin/CheckPid
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+PIDFILE=$1
+
+if [ ! ${PIDFILE} ]; then
+	echo "Usage: $0 <pidfile>"
+	exit 10
+fi
+
+PID=$(cat ${PIDFILE})
+PSNAME=$(ps -ef|awk '{ if ( $2 == "'${PID}'" ) print $8 }'|cut -d "." -f1)
+SEEKNAME=$(basename ${PIDFILE}|cut -d"." -f1)
+if [ "${PSNAME}" ]; then
+	if echo ${SEEKNAME}|grep -q $(basename ${PSNAME}); then
+		logger -p info -t upstart "Found running Prozess ${PSNAME} for ${PIDFILE}; aborting startup"
+		exit 2
+	else
+		logger -p info -t upstart "PIDFILE ${PIDFILE} does not point to the correct running prozess"
+		logger -p info -t upstart "cleanup ${PIDFILE} and start the prozess"
+		rm ${PIDFILE}
+		exit 0
+	fi
+else
+	logger -p info -t upstart "PIDFILE ${PIDFILE} does not point to any prozess"
+	logger -p info -t upstart "Cleanup ${PIDFILE} and start the prozess"
+	rm ${PIDFILE}
+	exit 0
+fi