diff --git a/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/MacOS/startYACYMacOS.sh b/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/MacOS/startYACYMacOS.sh
index 456ddea4e..692ec913f 100755
--- a/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/MacOS/startYACYMacOS.sh
+++ b/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/MacOS/startYACYMacOS.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # This data directory is set in conforming to OS X File System Programming Guide 
 # see : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/MacOSXDirectories/MacOSXDirectories.html
 
-"`dirname $0`"/startYACY.sh -startup "'Library/Application Support/net.yacy.YaCy'"
+"`dirname $0`"/startYACY.sh -s "'Library/Application Support/net.yacy.YaCy'"
diff --git a/startYACY.sh b/startYACY.sh
index 5e52a9292..f935ae2e3 100755
--- a/startYACY.sh
+++ b/startYACY.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Options
   -l, --logging		save the output of YaCy to yacy.log
   -d, --debug		show the output of YaCy on the console
   -p, --print-out	only print the command, which would be executed to start YaCy
-  --start, --startup [data-path] start YaCy using the specified data folder path, relative to the current user home
+  -s, --startup [data-path] start YaCy using the specified data folder path, relative to the current user home
   -g, --gui		start a gui for YaCy
 USAGE
 }
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ USAGE
 #startup YaCy
 cd "`dirname $0`"
 
-if [ $OS = "OpenBSD" ]
+if [ $OS = "OpenBSD" ] || [ $OS = "Darwin" ]
 then
 		if [ $(echo $@ | grep -o "\-\-" | wc -l) -ne 0  ]
 		then
 			echo "WARNING: Unfortunately this script does not support long options in $OS."
 		fi
 		
-        options="`getopt hdlptg: $*`"
+        options="`getopt hdlptsg: $*`"
 else
-        options="`getopt -n YaCy -o h,d,l,p,t,g -l help,debug,logging,print-out,tail-log,gui,start,startup -- $@`"
+        options="`getopt -n YaCy -o h,d,l,p,t,s,g -l help,debug,logging,print-out,tail-log,startup,gui -- $@`"
 fi
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ for option in $options;do
 			-t|--tail-log)
 				TAILLOG=1
 				;;
-			-start|-startup)
+			-s|-startup)
 				STARTUP=1
 				isparameter=1
 				;;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ for option in $options;do
 				;;
 		esac #case option 
 	else #parameter
-		if [ x$option = "--" ];then #option / parameter separator
+		if [ $option = "--" ];then #option / parameter separator
 			isparameter=1;
 			continue
 		else