diff --git a/bin/control b/bin/control
index c82c5db..1f1ca3c 100755
--- a/bin/control
+++ b/bin/control
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ PATH=${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_DIR}bin/:${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_DIR}usr/bin:$PATH
 #TODO add scaling, better status, variable worker names
 
 function start {
-    echo "Starting"
-    echo "${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_DIR}usr/celery worker -A ${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_IMPORTS=OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME} -b ${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_BROKER_URL} --pidfile=${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_DIR}etc/celeryd.pid --loglevel=DEBUG --logfile=${OPENSHIFT_TMP_DIR}celery_log.txt" >> `echo $OPENSHIFT_TMP_DIR`blarg.txt
-    ${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_DIR}usr/celery multi start worker --app=${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_IMPORTS=${OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME}} --broker=${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_BROKER_URL="amqp://guest@localhost//"} --pidfile=${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_DIR}etc/celeryd.pid --hostname=${OPENSHIFT_APP_DNS} --loglevel=DEBUG --logfile=${OPENSHIFT_TMP_DIR}celery_log.txt
+	if env | grep -q ^OPENSHIFT_CELERY_IMPORTS=
+	then
+	  echo "Starting"
+      echo "${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_DIR}usr/celery worker -A ${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_IMPORTS=OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME} -b ${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_BROKER_URL} --pidfile=${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_DIR}etc/celeryd.pid --loglevel=DEBUG --logfile=${OPENSHIFT_TMP_DIR}celery_log.txt" >> `echo $OPENSHIFT_TMP_DIR`blarg.txt
+      ${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_DIR}usr/celery multi start worker --app=${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_IMPORTS=${OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME}} --broker=${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_BROKER_URL="amqp://guest@localhost//"} --pidfile=${OPENSHIFT_CELERY_DIR}etc/celeryd.pid --hostname=${OPENSHIFT_APP_DNS} --loglevel=DEBUG --logfile=${OPENSHIFT_TMP_DIR}celery_log.txt
+	else
+	  echo 'Cant start celert as OPENSHIFT_CELERY_IMPORTS has not been set'
+	fi
 }
 
 function stop {