diff --git a/roles/server/minecraft/defaults/main.yml b/roles/server/minecraft/defaults/main.yml
index 1cbc303..6ccb6c3 100644
--- a/roles/server/minecraft/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/server/minecraft/defaults/main.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ installation_directory: "{{ user_directory }}/bin"
 mcrcon_directory: "{{ user_directory }}/mcrcon"
 data_directory: "{{ user_directory }}/data"
 remote_control_script: "{{ user_directory }}/cmd"
+launch_script: "{{ user_directory }}/launch"
 
 # minecraft_version: "1.10" # for naming
 minecraft_source_link_generator: "curl --silent https://mcversions.net | grep minecraft_server-{{ minecraft_version }}.jar | grep --only-matching --perl-regexp '(?<=\")https://launcher.mojang.com/[^\"]+(?=\")'"
diff --git a/roles/server/minecraft/tasks/main.yml b/roles/server/minecraft/tasks/main.yml
index dc5ff2f..4c3ce6c 100644
--- a/roles/server/minecraft/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/server/minecraft/tasks/main.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
     group: "{{ system_user }}"
     mode: "u=rx,g=r,o="
   loop:
+    - name: "launch.sh"
+      path: "{{ launch_script }}"
     - name: "control.sh"
       path: "{{ remote_control_script }}"
 
diff --git a/roles/server/minecraft/templates/launch.sh b/roles/server/minecraft/templates/launch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10b96f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/server/minecraft/templates/launch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+/usr/lib/jvm/java-{{ java_version }}-openjdk-amd64/bin/java -Xms{{ minecraft_start_ram | quote }} -Xmx{{ minecraft_max_ram | quote }} -jar {{ installation_directory | quote }}/server.jar nogui