diff --git a/baresipy/__init__.py b/baresipy/__init__.py
index 127bd84..3b422b0 100644
--- a/baresipy/__init__.py
+++ b/baresipy/__init__.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 
 
 class BareSIP(Thread):
-    def __init__(self, user, pwd, gateway, transport="udp", tts=None, debug=False,
-                 block=True, config_path=None, sounds_path=None):
+    def __init__(self, user, pwd, gateway, transport="udp", other_sip_configs="", tts=None, debug=False,
+                 block=True, config_path=None, sounds_path=None, auto_start_process=True):
         config_path = config_path or join("~", ".baresipy")
         self.config_path = expanduser(config_path)
         if not isdir(self.config_path):
@@ -62,12 +62,8 @@ def __init__(self, user, pwd, gateway, transport="udp", tts=None, debug=False,
         self.pwd = pwd
         self.gateway = gateway
         self.transport = transport
-        if tts:
-            self.tts = tts
-        else:
-            self.tts = ResponsiveVoice(gender=ResponsiveVoice.MALE)
-        self._login = "sip:{u}@{g};transport={t};auth_pass={p}".format(u=self.user, p=self.pwd,
-                                               g=self.gateway, t=self.transport)
+        self.block = block
+        self.started_once = False
         self._prev_output = ""
         self.running = False
         self.ready = False
@@ -77,10 +73,28 @@ def __init__(self, user, pwd, gateway, transport="udp", tts=None, debug=False,
         self._call_status = None
         self.audio = None
         self._ts = None
-        self.baresip = pexpect.spawn('baresip -f ' + self.config_path)
+        self.baresip = None
+
+        if tts:
+            self.tts = tts
+        else:
+            self.tts = ResponsiveVoice(gender=ResponsiveVoice.MALE)
+        self._server = "sip:{u}@{g}".format(u=self.user, g=self.gateway)
+        self._login = self._server + ";transport={t};auth_pass={p};{o};".format(
+            p=self.pwd, t=self.transport, o=other_sip_configs
+        ).replace(';;', ';').rstrip(';')
+
+        if auto_start_process:
+            self.start_process()
+
+    def start_process(self):
+        if self.started_once:
+            LOG.error('Python Thread Instance cannot be started more than once. Please create a new BareSIP instance')
+            return
+        self.started_once = True
         super().__init__()
         self.start()
-        if block:
+        if self.block:
             self.wait_until_ready()
 
     # properties
@@ -104,6 +118,10 @@ def do_command(self, action):
     def login(self):
         LOG.info("Adding account: " + self.user)
         self.baresip.sendline("/uanew " + self._login)
+    
+    def logout(self):
+        LOG.info("Removing account: " + self.user)
+        self.baresip.sendline("/uadelall")
 
     def call(self, number):
         LOG.info("Dialling: " + number)
@@ -165,23 +183,34 @@ def check_call_status(self):
         self.do_command("/callstat")
         sleep(0.1)
         return self.call_status
+    
+    def killBareSIPSubProcess(self):
+        if self.baresip != None and self.baresip.isalive():
+            LOG.info("Killing BareSip process")
+            self.baresip.sendline("/quit")
+            self.baresip.close()
+            self.baresip.kill(signal.SIGKILL)
+        self.baresip = None # this would prompt the run() loop to call startBareSIPProcess
+    
+    def startBareSIPSubProcess(self):
+        LOG.info("Starting BareSip process")
+        self.baresip = pexpect.spawn('baresip -f ' + self.config_path)
 
     def quit(self):
         if self.updated_config:
             LOG.info("restoring original config")
             with open(join(self.config_path, "config"), "w") as f:
                 f.write(self._original_config)
-        LOG.info("Exiting")
+        LOG.info("Closing BareSIP instance")
         if self.running:
             if self.current_call:
                 self.hang()
-            self.baresip.sendline("/quit")
-        self.running = False
-        self.current_call = None
-        self._call_status = None
-        self.abort = True
-        self.baresip.close()
-        self.baresip.kill(signal.SIGKILL)
+
+            self.killBareSIPSubProcess()
+            self.current_call = None
+            self._call_status = None
+            self.abort = True
+            self.running = False
 
     def send_dtmf(self, number):
         number = str(number)
@@ -334,6 +363,14 @@ def run(self):
         self.running = True
         while self.running:
             try:
+                if self.baresip == None:
+                    self.startBareSIPSubProcess()
+                    continue
+                if not self.baresip.isalive():
+                    self.killBareSIPSubProcess()
+                    sleep(0.5)
+                    continue
+
                 out = self.baresip.readline().decode("utf-8")
 
                 if out != self._prev_output:
@@ -344,7 +381,8 @@ def run(self):
                         self.handle_ready()
                     elif "account: No SIP accounts found" in out:
                         self._handle_no_accounts()
-                    elif "All 1 useragent registered successfully!" in out:
+                    # elif "All 1 useragent registered successfully!" in out or\
+                    elif "200 OK" in out:
                         self.ready = True
                         self.handle_login_success()
                     elif "ua: SIP register failed:" in out or\
@@ -445,6 +483,9 @@ def run(self):
                 pass
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 self.running = False
+            except:
+                # Uncaught Exception. Gracefully quit
+                self.running = False
 
         self.quit()