diff --git a/run-seedbox.sh b/prepare-configs.sh
similarity index 94%
rename from run-seedbox.sh
rename to prepare-configs.sh
index c8cc400..c8b7f0f 100755
--- a/run-seedbox.sh
+++ b/prepare-configs.sh
@@ -5,37 +5,6 @@ set -e
 # Load common functions
 source tools/tools.sh
 
-# Check that required tools are installed
-check_utilities
-
-SKIP_PULL=0
-DEBUG=0
-
-for i in "$@"; do
-  case $i in
-    --no-pull)
-      SKIP_PULL=1
-      ;;
-    --debug)
-      DEBUG=1
-      ;;
-    *)
-      echo "[$0] ❌ ERROR: unknown parameter \"$i\""
-      exit 1
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-cleanup_on_exit() {
-  rm -f rules.props *-vpn.props *-envfile.props config.json
-  [[ -d env ]] && rm -f env/*.tmp
-}
-trap cleanup_on_exit EXIT
-
-echo-debug() {
-  if [[ ${DEBUG} == "1" ]]; then echo "$@"; fi
-}
-
 ###############################################################################################
 ####################################### Load variables ########################################
 ###############################################################################################
@@ -58,6 +27,7 @@ if [[ ! -f docker-compose.yaml ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Check if there are obsolete config still in .env but should be moved to .env.custom
+echo-debug "[$0] ***** Checking obsolete configs... *****"
 if [[ $(grep "^MYSQL_.*" .env | wc -l) != 0 || $(grep "^WIREGUARD_.*" .env | wc -l) != 0 || $(grep "^NEXTCLOUD_.*" .env | wc -l) != 0 || $(grep "^PORTAINER_.*" .env | wc -l) != 0 || $(grep "^FLOOD_PASSWORD.*" .env | wc -l) != 0 || $(grep "^CALIBRE_PASSWORD.*" .env | wc -l) != 0 || $(grep "^PAPERLESS_.*" .env | wc -l) != 0 ]]; then
   echo "/!\ Some obsolete config has been detected in your .env."
   echo "It should be moved in .env.custom as they apply to specific app (this is new since v2.2 update - see documentation)."
@@ -90,6 +60,7 @@ if [[ $(grep "^MYSQL_.*" .env | wc -l) != 0 || $(grep "^WIREGUARD_.*" .env | wc
 fi
 
 # Create/update http_auth file according to values in .env file
+echo-debug "[$0] ***** Updating HTTP Auth file... *****"
 source .env
 echo "${HTTP_USER}:${HTTP_PASSWORD}" > traefik/http_auth
 
@@ -97,10 +68,14 @@ if [[ ! -d env ]]; then
   mkdir -p env
 fi
 
+# Check that required tools are installed
+check_utilities
+
 # Sanitize and extract variable (without prefixes) from .env.custom file
 # Input => $1 = app name (exemple traefik)
 # Output => env/app_name.env written with correct variables (exemple: env/traefik.env)
 extract_custom_env_file() {
+  echo-debug "[$0] Extracting custom env file for $1..."
   # sed explanation:
   #   1 => Remove all lines starting with a comment (#)
   #   2 => Remove all empty lines
@@ -110,7 +85,9 @@ extract_custom_env_file() {
 }
 
 ## Traefik Certificate Resolver tweaks
+echo-debug "[$0] ***** Updating Traefik Certificate Resolver... *****"
 if [[ ! -z ${TRAEFIK_CUSTOM_ACME_RESOLVER} ]]; then
+  echo-debug "[$0] Custom ACME resolver detected. Updating Traefik configuration..."
   if [[ ! -f .env.custom ]]; then
     echo "[$0] Error. You need to have a .env.custom in order to use TRAEFIK_CUSTOM_ACME_RESOLVER variable."
     exit 1
@@ -144,8 +121,14 @@ fi
 
 echo "[$0] ***** Checking configuration... *****"
 
-yq eval -o json config.yaml > config.json
+{ # try
+  yq eval -o json config.yaml > config.json
+} || { # catch
+  echo "[$0] ERROR: config.yaml is not a valid YAML file. Please check it and try again."
+  exit 1
+}
 
+echo-debug "[$0] ***** Checking for outdated config... *****"
 if [[ "${CHECK_FOR_OUTDATED_CONFIG}" == true ]]; then
   nb_services=$(cat config.json | jq '.services | length')
   nb_services_sample=$(yq eval -o json config.sample.yaml | jq '.services | length')
@@ -172,17 +155,20 @@ check_result_service() {
 
 # Check if a service ($1) has been enabled in the config file
 is_service_enabled() {
+  echo-debug "[$0] Checking if service $1 is enabled..."
   local nb=$(cat config.json | jq --arg service $1 '[.services[] | select(.name==$service and .enabled==true)] | length')
   check_result_service $1 $nb
 }
 
 # Check if a service ($1) has been enabled AND has vpn enabled in the config file
 has_vpn_enabled() {
+  echo-debug "[$0] Checking if service $1 has VPN enabled..."
   local nb=$(cat config.json | jq --arg service $1 '[.services[] | select(.name==$service and .enabled==true and .vpn==true)] | length')
   check_result_service $1 $nb
 }
 
 # Check if some services have vpn enabled, that gluetun itself is enabled
+echo-debug "[$0] Checking if gluetun is enabled when VPN is enabled for some services..."
 nb_vpn=$(cat config.json | jq '[.services[] | select(.enabled==true and .vpn==true)] | length')
 if [[ ${nb_vpn} -gt 0 ]] && ! is_service_enabled gluetun; then
   echo "[$0] ERROR. ${nb_vpn} VPN-enabled services have been enabled BUT gluetun has not been enabled. Please check your config.yaml file."
@@ -193,6 +179,7 @@ fi
 # => If deluge vpn is enabled => gluetun
 # => If deluge vpn is disabled => deluge
 if is_service_enabled flood; then
+  echo "[$0] Flood is enabled. Checking Deluge status..."
   # Check that if flood is enabled, deluge should also be enabled
   if ! is_service_enabled deluge; then
     echo "[$0] ERROR. Flood is enabled but Deluge is not. Please either enable Deluge or disable Flood as Flood depends on Deluge."
@@ -207,18 +194,21 @@ if is_service_enabled flood; then
 fi
 
 # Check that if calibre-web is enabled, calibre should also be enabled
+echo-debug "[$0] Checking Calibre and Calibre-web status..."
 if is_service_enabled calibre-web && ! is_service_enabled calibre; then
   echo "[$0] ERROR. Calibre-web is enabled but Calibre is not. Please either enable Calibre or disable Calibre-web as Calibre-web depends on Calibre."
   exit 1
 fi
 
 # Check that if nextcloud is enabled, mariadb should also be enabled
+echo-debug "[$0] Checking Nextcloud and MariaDB status..."
 if is_service_enabled nextcloud && ! is_service_enabled mariadb; then
   echo "[$0] ERROR. Nextcloud is enabled but MariaDB is not. Please either enable MariaDB or disable Nextcloud as Nextcloud depends on MariaDB."
   exit 1
 fi
 
 # Apply other arbitrary custom Traefik config files
+echo-debug "[$0] Applying custom Traefik config files..."
 rm -f $f traefik/custom/custom-*
 for f in `find samples/custom-traefik -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f | grep -E "\.yml$|\.yaml$" | sort`; do
   echo "[$0] Applying custom Traefik config $f..."
@@ -226,6 +216,7 @@ for f in `find samples/custom-traefik -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f | grep -E
 done
 
 # Detect Synology devices for Netdata compatibility
+echo-debug "[$0] Detecting Synology devices for Netdata compatibility..."
 if is_service_enabled netdata; then
   if [[ $(uname -a | { grep synology || true; } | wc -l) -eq 1 ]]; then
     export OS_RELEASE_FILEPATH="/etc/VERSION"
@@ -249,6 +240,7 @@ ALL_SERVICES="-f docker-compose.yaml"
 GLOBAL_ENV_FILE=".env"
 
 # Parse the config.yaml master configuration file
+echo-debug "[$0] ***** Parsing the config.yaml master configuration file ... *****"
 for json in $(yq eval -o json config.yaml | jq -c ".services[]"); do
   name=$(echo $json | jq -r .name)
   enabled=$(echo $json | jq -r .enabled)
@@ -488,19 +480,3 @@ echo-debug "[$0] Here is the list of all files which are going to be processed:
 
 echo "[$0] ***** Config OK. Launching services... *****"
 
-if [[ "${SKIP_PULL}" != "1" ]]; then
-  echo "[$0] ***** Pulling all images... *****"
-  ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY} ${ALL_SERVICES} pull
-fi
-
-echo "[$0] ***** Recreating containers if required... *****"
-${DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY} --env-file ${GLOBAL_ENV_FILE} ${ALL_SERVICES} up -d --remove-orphans
-echo "[$0] ***** Done updating containers *****"
-rm -f .env.concat
-
-echo "[$0] ***** Clean unused images and volumes... *****"
-docker image prune -af
-docker volume prune  -f
-
-echo "[$0] ***** Done! *****"
-exit 0
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diff --git a/seedbox.sh b/seedbox.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3b76dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/seedbox.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+run_seedbox() {
+  
+  SKIP_PULL=0
+  
+  for i in "$@"; do
+    case $i in
+      --no-pull)
+        SKIP_PULL=1
+        ;;
+      --prune)
+        PRUNE=1
+        ;;
+      -h|--help)
+        echo "[$0] Usage: $0 run [--no-pull|--prune]"
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  if [[ "${SKIP_PULL}" != "1" ]]; then
+    echo "[$0] ***** Pulling all images... *****"
+    ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY} ${ALL_SERVICES} pull
+  fi
+  
+  echo "[$0] ***** Recreating containers if required... *****"
+  ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY} --env-file ${GLOBAL_ENV_FILE} ${ALL_SERVICES} up -d --remove-orphans
+  echo "[$0] ***** Done updating containers *****"
+  rm -f .env.concat
+  
+  echo "[$0] ***** Clean unused images and volumes... *****"
+  if [[ "${PRUNE}" == "1" ]]; then
+    docker image prune -af
+    docker volume prune -f
+  fi
+  
+  echo "[$0] ***** Done! *****"
+  exit 0
+}
+
+stop_seedbox() {
+  
+  for i in "$@"; do
+    case $i in
+      --prune)
+        PRUNE=1
+        ;;
+      -h|--help)
+        echo "[$0] Usage: $0 run [--prune]"
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  echo "[$0] ***** Stopping containers... *****"
+  ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY} --env-file ${GLOBAL_ENV_FILE} ${ALL_SERVICES} down
+  rm -f .env.concat
+  
+  if [[ "${PRUNE}" == "1" ]]; then
+    echo "[$0] ***** Clean unused images and volumes... *****"
+    docker image prune -af
+    docker volume prune -f
+  fi
+  
+  echo "[$0] ***** Done! *****"
+  exit 0
+}
+
+DEBUG=0
+
+for i in "$@"; do
+  case $i in
+    --debug)
+      DEBUG=1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+source prepare-configs.sh
+
+case $1 in
+  run)
+    run_seedbox
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    stop_seedbox
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "[$0] ❌ ERROR: unknown parameter \"$1\""
+    echo "[$0] Usage: $0 {run|stop}"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/tools/tools.sh b/tools/tools.sh
index a87b794..a74c36e 100755
--- a/tools/tools.sh
+++ b/tools/tools.sh
@@ -4,20 +4,49 @@
 ############################### UTIL FUNCTIONS ###############################
 ##############################################################################
 
+cleanup_on_exit() {
+  rm -f rules.props *-vpn.props *-envfile.props config.json
+  [[ -d env ]] && rm -f env/*.tmp
+}
+trap cleanup_on_exit EXIT
+
+echo-debug() {
+  if [[ ${DEBUG} == "1" ]]; then echo "$@"; fi
+}
+
 check_utilities () {
-  # Check that jq is installed
-  if ! which jq >/dev/null; then
-    echo "[$0] jq does not exist. Install it from here: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/"
-    echo "[$0] Please install jq version 1.5 or above."
-    echo "[$0] Also, please make sure it is in the PATH."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  # Check that yq is installed
-  if ! which yq >/dev/null; then
-    echo "[$0] yq does not exist. Install it from here: https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases"
-    echo "[$0] Please install yq version 4 or above."
-    echo "[$0] Also, please make sure it is in the PATH."
-    exit 1
-  fi
+  echo "[$0] ***** Checking required tools... *****"
+
+  # Check if versions of required tools are correct
+  check_version() {
+    local tool=$1
+    local required_version=$2
+
+    local required_major_version=$(echo $required_version | cut -d'.' -f1)
+    local required_minor_version=$(echo $required_version | cut -d'.' -f2)
+
+    local current_version=$($tool --version | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+')
+    local current_major_version=$(echo $current_version | cut -d'.' -f1)
+    local current_minor_version=$(echo $current_version | cut -d'.' -f2)
+
+    if [[ $current_major_version -lt $required_major_version ]]; then
+      echo "[$0] ERROR: $tool version $required_version or higher is required. Current version is $current_version."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $current_major_version -eq $required_major_version && $current_minor_version -lt $required_minor_version ]]; then
+      echo "[$0] ERROR: $tool version $required_version or higher is required. Current version is $current_version."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  }
+
+  # Define required versions for each tool
+  declare -A REQUIRED_VERSIONS
+  REQUIRED_VERSIONS=( ["docker"]="20.10" [$DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY]="2.27" ["yq"]="4.0" ["jq"]="1.5" )
+
+  # Check versions
+  echo "[$0] ***** Checking version of required tools... *****"
+  for tool in "${!REQUIRED_VERSIONS[@]}"; do
+    check_version $tool ${REQUIRED_VERSIONS[$tool]}
+  done
 }
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