diff --git a/start_server.sh b/start_server.sh
index 2d38f59..6334de0 100644
--- a/start_server.sh
+++ b/start_server.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 echo "$@"
 SCRIPTDIR=$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")")
-echo "Script directory: $SCRIPTDIR"
 pushd "${SCRIPTDIR}" || exit
-echo "now in scriptdir"
 if [ ! -e ".venv" ]
 then
 	python3 -m venv .venv
@@ -12,6 +10,4 @@ fi
 source .venv/bin/activate
 pip3 install -r requirements.txt 
 python3 "$SCRIPTDIR"/server.py 
-# echo "Server PID: $!"
-echo $! > pid
 popd || exit 0