diff --git a/bin/kong b/bin/kong
index 580c2f724eef..e7e644c325d9 100755
--- a/bin/kong
+++ b/bin/kong
@@ -5,8 +5,20 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
 export KONG_HOME="$(echo $SCRIPT_DIR | sed -e 's/\/[^\/]*$//')"
 
 # Properties
-export KONG_CONF=$KONG_HOME/kong.yml
-NGINX_TMP=$KONG_HOME/nginx_tmp
+if [ -f /etc/kong.yml ]; then
+  export KONG_CONF=/etc/kong.yml
+  printf "Giving priority to configuration stored at "$KONG_CONF" - To override use -c option\n"
+else
+  export KONG_CONF=$KONG_HOME/kong.yml
+fi
+
+nginx_output=$(lua -e "print(require('yaml').load(require('kong.tools.utils').read_file('$KONG_CONF')).output)")
+if [ "$nginx_output" == "nil" ]; then
+  export NGINX_TMP=$KONG_HOME/nginx_tmp
+else
+  export NGINX_TMP=$nginx_output
+fi
+
 PID=$NGINX_TMP/nginx.pid
 
 ######################
@@ -48,27 +60,48 @@ function show_help {
 \trestart    restart Kong
 \t           it is equivalent to executing 'stop' and 'start' in succession
 \tmigrate    performs a database migration, execute this operation carefully
+\tversion    output version informations and exit
 \n"
 }
 
 function show_version {
-  printf "Kong Version 0.1\n"
+  printf "Kong version: 0.0.1beta-1\n"
 }
 
-function start {
+function print_start_error {
   printf "Starting Kong"
+  printf "$(tput setaf 1) [$1]\n$(tput sgr 0)"
+}
+
+function start {
+  if [ -f $PID ]; then
+    if ps -p $(cat $PID) > /dev/null
+    then
+      print_start_error "ALREADY RUNNING"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  printf "Kong (configuration at "$KONG_CONF" output at "$NGINX_TMP")\n"
+
+  mkdir -p $NGINX_TMP/logs &> /dev/null
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    printf "Cannot operate on $NGINX_TMP - Make sure you have the right permissions.\n\n"
+    print_start_error "ERROR"
+    exit 1
+  fi
 
-  mkdir -p $NGINX_TMP/logs
   touch $NGINX_TMP/logs/error.log
   touch $NGINX_TMP/logs/access.log
   $KONG_HOME/scripts/config.lua -c $KONG_CONF -o $NGINX_TMP nginx
   nginx -p $NGINX_TMP -c $NGINX_TMP/nginx.conf
 
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    printf "Starting Kong"
     printf "$(tput setaf 2) [OK]\n$(tput sgr 0)"
   else
-    printf "$(tput setaf 1) [ERROR]\n$(tput sgr 0)"
-    printf "\nYou can check what error has been returned by looking at the error log file"
+    printf "\nYou can get more information about this error by checking the error log file.\n\n"
+    print_start_error "ERROR"
     exit 1
   fi
 }
@@ -136,11 +169,14 @@ case "$@" in
   stop)
       stop
       ;;
+  restart)
+      restart
+      ;;
   migrate)
       migrate
       ;;
-  restart)
-      restart
+  version)
+      show_version
       ;;
   *)
       show_help
diff --git a/kong.yml b/kong.yml
index 77f2de4312e6..bf5b81e72a67 100644
--- a/kong.yml
+++ b/kong.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ plugins_available:
   - ratelimiting
   - networklog
 
+# Uncomment the following line to setup a custom output directory
+output: /var/log/kong2
+
 # Specify the DAO to use
 database: cassandra
 
diff --git a/spec/integration/server/server_spec.lua b/spec/integration/server/server_spec.lua
index 569aa265d11f..c930284055ef 100644
--- a/spec/integration/server/server_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/integration/server/server_spec.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 local yaml = require "yaml"
 local utils = require "kong.tools.utils"
 local spec_helper = require "spec.spec_helpers"
+local constants = require "kong.constants"
+local stringy = require "stringy"
 
 local TEST_CONF = "kong_TEST.yml"
 local SERVER_CONF = "kong_TEST_SERVER.yml"
@@ -20,6 +22,13 @@ end
 
 describe("#server-cli", function()
 
+  describe("CLI", function()
+    it("should return the right version", function()
+      local result, exit_code = spec_helper.os_execute(spec_helper.KONG_BIN.." -v")
+      assert.are.same("Kong version: "..constants.VERSION, stringy.strip(result))
+    end)
+  end)
+
   describe("Plugins Check", function()
 
     setup(function()
diff --git a/spec/spec_helpers.lua b/spec/spec_helpers.lua
index 09799ffabd53..14841cc74b22 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helpers.lua
+++ b/spec/spec_helpers.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ local configuration, dao_factory = utils.load_configuration_and_dao(TEST_CONF_FI
 local migrations = Migrations(dao_factory)
 local faker = Faker(dao_factory)
 
-local _M = {}
+local _M = {
+  KONG_BIN = KONG_BIN
+}
 
 _M.CONF_FILE = TEST_CONF_FILE
 _M.PROXY_URL = PROXY_URL