diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 86a1311..574dddf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /bot_config.yaml
 /.ignore
-/static_text/custom/
+/static_text/custom/*
 
diff --git a/commands.rb b/commands.rb
index 2ac7f14..f333b97 100644
--- a/commands.rb
+++ b/commands.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ end
 def process_command_start(message, command, adm)
     reply = "Introduction: I am #{@botname}, and I am here to make life easier for meatbag admins like you. Currently I can retrieve information " +
             "from an Empyrion server as well as kill the server process. I also have some pretty sweet dance moves.\n\n" +
-            "Commands available:\n/start or /help (Shows this message)\n/voice or /chat (Shows voice chat info)\n/srvstart (Currently non-functional)\n/srvstop\n/status\n/whoami or /chatinfo\n/whereareyou or /location\n\n" +
+            "Commands available:\n/start or /help (Shows this message)\n/voice or /chat (Shows voice chat info)\n/srvstart (Currently non-functional)\n/srvstop\n" +
+            "/status (show version and online players)\n/whoami or /chatinfo\n/whereareyou or /location\n\n" +
             "Check again later to see if any new functions have been added, or use /patchnotes to learn about recent updates.\n" +
             "You can also view the source code at the following location:\nhttps://git.skyfall.tech/skyfall/empyrion-bot"
     if message_from_admin?(message, adm)
@@ -124,8 +125,18 @@ def process_command_srvstop(message, command, adm)
         return "Refusal: Although I respect your wishes, master, I am not authorized to perform this function for this group."
     else
         telnet = @conf['telnet']
-        `./scripts/srvstop #{telnet['host']} #{telnet['port']} #{telnet['pass']}`
-        return "Affirmation: I am shutting down the Empyrion service."
+        print 'Checking connectivity to Empyrion service... '
+        STDOUT.flush
+        if system("nc -zvw3 #{telnet['host']} #{telnet['port']} >/dev/null 2>&1")
+            print "OK\n".green.bold + "Sending shutdown message:\n"
+            STDOUT.flush
+            reply = "Affirmation: I am shutting down the Empyrion service."
+            `./scripts/srvstop #{telnet['host']} #{telnet['port']} #{telnet['pass']}`
+        else
+            print "Server did not respond!\nSending failure message...\n".red.bold
+            reply = "Exclamation: Server is not responding!"
+        end
+        return reply
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/run.rb b/run.rb
index 87df885..9d973f7 100755
--- a/run.rb
+++ b/run.rb
@@ -328,8 +328,11 @@ def handle_message(message)
         when '/srvstop'
             reply = process_command_srvstop(message, command, adm)
             send_message(message.chat.id, reply)
-        when '/status'
+        when '/status', '/stat', '/stats', '/list', '/check'
             reply = process_command_srvstatus(message, command, adm)
+            if command == '/check'
+                reply = "Hi Matt, here's the /status.\n\n" + reply
+            end
             send_message(message.chat.id, reply)
         when '/patch', '/patchnotes'
             reply = process_command_patchnotes(message, command, adm)
diff --git a/static_text/patchnotes.txt b/static_text/patchnotes.txt
index 7717f18..44b1ea9 100644
--- a/static_text/patchnotes.txt
+++ b/static_text/patchnotes.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 SkyfallTech EGS Telebot
 Patch Notes:
 
+v0.5.01
++ Added check to /srvstop to see if the server is even running first
+    * (Previously reported a successful shutdown even if the there was nothing running)
++ Added common aliases for /status command
++ Added an Easter egg command
+
 v0.5.00
 + Added Voicechat information feature (/voice).
 + Rewrite of message handling based on Skyfall Heatbot.