diff --git a/tshock/Dockerfile b/tshock/Dockerfile
index 8c4db14..b6874c3 100644
--- a/tshock/Dockerfile
+++ b/tshock/Dockerfile
@@ -31,21 +31,21 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 # do not use -slim due to mysql/tshock requirements
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:6.0
 
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Logan Saso <logansaso+tech@gmail.com>"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/logaintech/terraria"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Ryan Sheehan <rsheehan@gmail.com>"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/ryansheehan/terraria"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.documentation="Dockerfile for Terraria"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/logansaso/terraria/blob/master/tshock/Dockerfile"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/ryansheehan/terraria/blob/master/tshock/Dockerfile"
 
 # documenting ports
 EXPOSE 7777 7878
 
 # env used in the bootstrap
-ENV WORLD_PATH=/root/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds
-ENV CONFIG_PATH=/config
-ENV LOG_PATH=/tshock/logs
+ENV CONFIGPATH=/root/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds
+ENV LOGPATH=/tshock/logs
+ENV WORLD_FILENAME=""
 
 # Allow for external data
-VOLUME ["/root/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds", "/config", "/tshock/logs", "/tshock/ServerPlugins"]
+VOLUME ["/root/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds", "/tshock/logs", "/tshock/ServerPlugins", "/config"]
 
 # install nuget to grab tshock dependencies
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && \
 
 # copy game files
 COPY --from=base /tshock/ /tshock/
-COPY --from=base /tshock/ServerPlugins /plugins/
+# Copy the plugin files to a place that bootstrap can copy them to the plugins folder at runtime
+COPY --from=base /tshock/ServerPlugins/ /plugins
 
 # Set working directory to server
 WORKDIR /tshock
 
+# run the bootstrap, which will copy the TShockAPI.dll before starting the server
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/sh", "bootstrap.sh" ]
diff --git a/tshock/bootstrap.sh b/tshock/bootstrap.sh
index 3facf5b..e2ac2be 100755
--- a/tshock/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/tshock/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,53 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ $(jq -r '.Settings.StorageType' $CONFIG_PATH/config.json) = "mysql" ]; then
-  DATABASE_SERVER=$(jq -r '.Settings.MySqlHost' $CONFIG_PATH/config.json | cut -f1 -d':')
-  DATABASE_PORT=$(jq -r '.Settings.MySqlHost' $CONFIG_PATH/config.json | cut -f2 -d':')
-  DATABASE_USER_NAME=$(jq -r '.Settings.MySqlUsername' $CONFIG_PATH/config.json)
-  DATABASE_USER_PASSWORD=$(jq -r '.Settings.MySqlPassword' $CONFIG_PATH/config.json)
+echo "\nBootstrap:\nworld_file_name=$WORLD_FILENAME\nconfigpath=$CONFIGPATH\nlogpath=$LOGPATH\n"
+
+# Copy plugins if the folder is empty (like on first run)
+if [ -z "$(ls -A /tshock/ServerPlugins)" ]; then
+  echo "Copying plugins..."
+  cp /plugins/* /tshock/ServerPlugins
+fi
+
+
+if [ $(jq -r '.Settings.StorageType' $CONFIGPATH/config.json) = "mysql" ]; then
+  DATABASE_SERVER=$(jq -r '.Settings.MySqlHost' $CONFIGPATH/config.json | cut -f1 -d':')
+  DATABASE_PORT=$(jq -r '.Settings.MySqlHost' $CONFIGPATH/config.json | cut -f2 -d':')
+  DATABASE_USER_NAME=$(jq -r '.Settings.MySqlUsername' $CONFIGPATH/config.json)
+  DATABASE_USER_PASSWORD=$(jq -r '.Settings.MySqlPassword' $CONFIGPATH/config.json)
   echo "Waiting for the database server."
   while ! mysql -h$DATABASE_SERVER -P$DATABASE_PORT -u$DATABASE_USER_NAME -p$DATABASE_USER_PASSWORD  -e ";" ; do
     sleep 0.1;
   done
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$(ls -A /tshock/ServerPlugins)" ]; then
-  echo "Copying plugins..."
-  cp /plugins/* /tshock/ServerPlugins
-fi
+WORLD_PATH="/root/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds/$WORLD_FILENAME"
 
-echo "./TShock.Server -config \"$CONFIG_PATH/serverconfig.txt\" -configpath \"$CONFIG_PATH\" -logpath \"$LOG_PATH\" -worldpath /root/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds/ \"$@\""
-./TShock.Server -config "$CONFIG_PATH/serverconfig.txt" -configpath "$CONFIG_PATH" -logpath "$LOG_PATH" -worldpath /root/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds/ "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+autocreate_flag=false
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    if [ "$arg" = "-autocreate" ]; then
+        autocreate_flag=true
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+
+if [ -z "$WORLD_FILENAME" ]; then
+  echo "No world file specified in environment WORLD_FILENAME."
+  if [ -z "$@" ]; then 
+    echo "Running server setup..."
+  else
+    echo "Running server with command flags: $@"
+  fi
+  ./TShock.Server -configpath "$CONFIGPATH" -logpath "$LOGPATH" "$@" 
+else
+  echo "Environment WORLD_FILENAME specified"
+  if [ -f "$WORLD_PATH" ] || [ "$autocreate_flag" = true ]; then
+      echo "Loading to world $WORLD_FILENAME..."
+      ./TShock.Server -configpath "$CONFIGPATH" -logpath "$LOGPATH" -world "$WORLD_PATH" "$@"
+  else
+      echo "Unable to locate $WORLD_PATH and -autocreate flag is not set."
+      echo "Please make sure your world file is volumed into docker: -v <path_to_world_file>:/root/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds"
+      echo "Alternatively, use the -autocreate flag to create a new world."
+      exit 1
+  fi
+fi