diff --git a/sm b/sm
index ef87b1a..2e8b786 100755
--- a/sm
+++ b/sm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ svc() {
 		kill -n "$service_stop_signal" "$service_pid"
 
 		pid_wait "$service_pid" && {
-			rm -f $svc_pidfile
+			rm -f $svc_pidfile $service_ready_flag
 		}
 	}; trap 'svc::cleanup' TERM INT
 
@@ -33,27 +33,31 @@ svc() {
 		kill -n "$service_reload_signal" "$service_pid"
 	}; trap 'svc::reload' HUP
 
-	exec "$@" &
+	"$@" &
 	service_pid=$!
-	wait
-}
 
-## Respawn implementation
-respawn() {
-	declare jpid
-
-	respawn::cleanup() {
-		kill -n 15 0
-		wait
-		exit 0
-	}; trap 'svc::reload' TERM
-
-	while true; do
-		"$@" & jpid=$!
+	while nullexec kill -n 0 "$service_pid"; do
 		wait
 	done
 }
 
+#cat >/dev/null << EOF
+## Respawn
+respawn() {
+	respawn::cleanup() {
+		kill -n 15 $(jobs -p)
+		wait
+		exit 0
+	}; trap 'respawn::cleanup' TERM
+
+	while true; do
+		exec "$@" &
+		job_pid=$!
+		wait
+	done
+}
+#EOF
+
 ## Run a command with its output discarded
 nullexec() {
 	"$@" &>/dev/null
@@ -64,10 +68,8 @@ pid_wait() {
 	declare cnt=0
 
 	while nullexec kill -0 "$1"; do
-		(( cnt >= service_stop_timeout )) && return 1
-
-		sleep 1
-
+		(( cnt >= (service_stop_timeout*10) )) && return 1
+		sleep 0.1
 		(( cnt++ ))
 	done
 
@@ -87,9 +89,54 @@ is_function() {
 	return 1
 }
 
-# DSL
-depends() {
-	service_depends=( "$@" )
+## Simple timer
+timer() {
+	declare cnt timeout=$1
+	shift
+
+	while ! "$@"; do
+		(( cnt >= (timeout*10) )) && return 1
+		sleep 0.1
+		(( cnt++ ))
+	done
+
+	return 0
+}
+
+## Is a service ready?
+is_ready() [[ -f "$service_ready_flag" ]]
+
+## Wait for this service to get ready
+wait_ready() {
+	timer "$service_ready_timeout" is_ready
+}
+
+## Depend on other services to be started
+depend() {
+	declare s
+
+	for s in "$@"; do
+		if ! "$0" "$s" qstatus; then
+			nullexec "$0" "$s" start || {
+				failed_deps+=( "$s" )
+				return 1
+			}
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+## Depend on other services to be ready
+depend_ready() {
+	declare s
+
+	depend "$@" || return 1
+
+	for s in "$@"; do
+		"$0" "$s" wait_ready || {
+			failed_deps+=( "$s" )
+			return 1
+		}
+	done
 }
 
 # Super functions
@@ -97,6 +144,11 @@ depends() {
 super_start() {
 	(( service_running )) && return 3
 
+	[[ -f "${service_command[0]}" ]] || return 9
+
+	depend "${service_depends[@]}" || return 7
+	depend_ready "${service_depends_ready[@]}" || return 7
+
 	if (( service_managed )); then
 		if (( service_respawn )); then
 			svc respawn "${service_command[@]}" &>"$service_logfile" &
@@ -111,9 +163,20 @@ super_start() {
 		"${service_command[@]}" &
 	fi
 
+	if timer "$service_ready_timeout" ready; then
+		printf '1' > "$service_ready_flag"
+	else
+		return 5
+	fi
+
 	return 0
 }
 
+# A separate function for oneshot services
+super_oneshot() {
+	(( service_enabled )) && return 3
+}
+
 ## Reload the service
 ## Usually just sends HUP
 super_reload() {
@@ -137,11 +200,26 @@ super_stop() {
 # Overloadable functions
 start() { super_start; }
 stop() { super_stop; }
+reload() { super_reload; }
 restart() {
 	"$0" "$service_name" stop
 	"$0" "$service_name" start
 }
 
+logs() { cat "$service_logfile"; }
+
+## Status is a bit of a special case. It's talkative.
+status() {
+	(( service_running )) && return 0
+	return 1
+}
+
+## For use in scripts
+qstatus() { nullexec status; }
+
+## By default there is no ready check
+ready() { :; }
+
 # Code
 main() {
 	# Let's set some defaults
@@ -199,8 +277,10 @@ main() {
 	default service_pidfile "$svc_pidfile"
 	default service_logfile "$logdir/$service_name.log"
 	default service_stop_timeout 30
+	default service_ready_timeout 15
 	default service_stop_signal 15
 	default service_reload_signal 1
+	default service_ready_flag "$rundir/$service_name.ready"
 
 	# Let's see if there's a PID
 	if [[ -f "$service_pidfile" ]]; then
@@ -212,14 +292,14 @@ main() {
 		fi
 	fi
 
-
 	# Check if action is even defined
 	is_function "$2" || die 17 "Function $2 is not defined for $service_name."
 
 	# Run pre_$action function
 	if is_function "pre_$2"; then
 		"pre_$2" || {
-			printf 'pre_%s failed!\n' "$2" || die 13
+			printf 'pre_%s failed!\n' "$2"
+			die 13
 		}
 	fi
 
@@ -228,9 +308,9 @@ main() {
 		stop)
 			printf 'Stopping %s... ' "$service_name"
 
-			stop
+			stop; res=$?
 
-			case "$?" in
+			case "$res" in
 				0) printf 'ok.\n';;
 				3) printf 'not running.\n' "$service_name";;
 				5) printf 'timed out.\n';;
@@ -241,22 +321,51 @@ main() {
 		start)
 			printf 'Starting %s... ' "$service_name"
 
-			start
+			start; res=$?
 
-			case "$?" in
+			case "$res" in
 				0) printf 'ok.\n';;
 				3) printf 'already running.\n';;
+				5) printf 'readyness check timed out.\n';;
+				7) printf 'dependencies failed: %s.\n' "${failed_deps[@]}";;
+				9) printf 'service_command does not exist: %s.\n' "${service_command[0]}";;
 				*) printf 'fail.\n';;
 			esac
 		;;
 
-		*) "$2";;
+		reload)
+			printf 'Reloading %s... ' "$service_name"
+
+			reload; res=$?
+
+			case "$res" in
+				0) printf 'ok.\n';;
+				*) printf 'fail.\n';;
+			esac
+		;;
+
+		status)
+			status; res=$?
+
+			case "$res" in
+				0) printf '%s is running/enabled.\n' "$service_name";;
+				1) printf '%s is not running/enabled.\n' "$service_name";;
+				*) printf '%s: status unknown.\n' "$service_name";;
+			esac
+		;;
+
+		logs) logs;;
+
+		*) "$2"; res=$?;;
 	esac
 
+	(( res )) && return "$res"
+
 	# Run post_$action function
 	if is_function "post_$2"; then
 		"post_$2" || {
-			printf 'post_%s failed!\n' "$2" || die 15
+			printf 'post_%s failed!\n' "$2"
+			die 15
 		}
 	fi
 }