diff --git a/config/config.cfg.default b/config/config.cfg.default
index 423dfcb..9a64e81 100644
--- a/config/config.cfg.default
+++ b/config/config.cfg.default
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ channelLastAwards = lastAwards
 [RedisMap]
 db=1
 channelDisp=PicToDisplay
-pathMaxMindDB=./data/GeoLite2-City_20171003/GeoLite2-City.mmdb
+# Database updates regularly make sure to adapt date
+pathMaxMindDB=./data/GeoLite2-City_20180102/GeoLite2-City.mmdb
 path_countrycode_to_coord_JSON=./data/country_code_lat_long.json
 
 [RedisDB]
diff --git a/start_all.sh b/start_all.sh
index 1296c21..507b831 100755
--- a/start_all.sh
+++ b/start_all.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@ GREEN="\\033[1;32m"
 DEFAULT="\\033[0;39m"
 RED="\\033[1;31m"
 
-[ -z "$DASH_HOME" ] && echo "Needs the env var DASHENV. Run the script from the virtual environment." && exit 1;
+[ -z "$DASH_HOME" ] && echo "Needs the env var DASHENV. (Did you: . ./DASHENV/bin/activate ) Please run the script from the virtual environment." && exit 1;
+
+redis_dir="${DASH_HOME}/../redis/src/"
+if [ -e "${redis_dir}" ]; then
+    redis_dir=""
+fi
+
+[ -f "`which redis-server`" ] || [ ! -e "${redis_dir}" ] && echo "Either ${DASH_HOME}/../redis/src/ does not exist or 'redis-server' is not installed/not on PATH. Please fix and run again." && exit 1
 
 conf_dir="${DASH_HOME}/config/"
-redis_dir="${DASH_HOME}/../redis/src/"
+
 screenName="Misp-Dashboard"
 
 screen -dmS "$screenName"