diff --git a/jobs/nginx-lua/spec b/jobs/nginx-lua/spec
index c3a66b9..3d23dee 100644
--- a/jobs/nginx-lua/spec
+++ b/jobs/nginx-lua/spec
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ properties:
   nginx-lua.loglevel:
     description: Error loglevel
     default: error
+  nginx-lua.access_log:
+    description: Enable access_log type
+    example: timed_combined 
   nginx-lua.workers:
     description: Number of worker processes
     default: auto
@@ -86,4 +89,3 @@ properties:
       also available as env variable "${TLS_CRT}".
   nginx-lua.env:
     description: A hash of environment variables
-
diff --git a/jobs/nginx-lua/templates/bin/ctl b/jobs/nginx-lua/templates/bin/ctl
index bbe6e6e..6d5c81a 100644
--- a/jobs/nginx-lua/templates/bin/ctl
+++ b/jobs/nginx-lua/templates/bin/ctl
@@ -21,23 +21,36 @@ case ${1:-help} in
     pid_guard $PIDFILE $COMPONENT
     # Load python library path for dynamic libs
     ldconf "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-    {
-        setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' $(readlink -nf $(which nginx))
-        exec chpst -u vcap:vcap nginx -g "pid $PIDFILE;" -c $JOB_DIR/config/nginx.conf
-    } >>$LOG_DIR/$COMPONENT.stdout.log 2>>$LOG_DIR/$COMPONENT.stderr.log
-    echo "$(<${PIDFILE}). Done"
+    (
+        {
+            setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' $(readlink -nf $(which nginx))
+            exec chpst -u vcap:vcap nginx -g "pid $PIDFILE;" -c $JOB_DIR/config/nginx.conf
+        } >>$LOG_DIR/$COMPONENT.stdout.log 2>>$LOG_DIR/$COMPONENT.stderr.log
+    ) &
+    sleep 3
+    if [ -s "${PIDFILE}" ]
+    then
+        echo "$(<${PIDFILE}). Done"
+    else
+        log "Failed!"
+        echo "Failed!"
+        exit 1
+    fi
     ;;
   stop)
-    echo_log "Stopping $COMPONENT: $(<${PIDFILE}). "
-    kill -QUIT $(<${PIDFILE})
-    sleep 5
-    kill_and_wait $PIDFILE
-    rm -f $PIDFILE
-    echo_log "Done"
+    if [ -s "${PIDFILE}" ]
+    then
+        echo_log "Stopping $COMPONENT: $(<${PIDFILE}). "
+        kill -QUIT $(<${PIDFILE})
+        sleep 5
+        [ -s "${PIDFILE}" ] && kill_and_wait ${PIDFILE} && rm -f ${PIDFILE}
+        echo_log "Done"
+    else
+        echo_log "$COMPONENT already stopped! "
+    fi
     ;;
   *)
     echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
     ;;
 esac
 exit 0
-
diff --git a/jobs/nginx-lua/templates/config/nginx.conf.erb b/jobs/nginx-lua/templates/config/nginx.conf.erb
index 70131e1..c304775 100644
--- a/jobs/nginx-lua/templates/config/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/jobs/nginx-lua/templates/config/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # user vcap;
-daemon off;
-
+daemon on;
+# pid /var/vcap/sys/run/nginx-lua/nginx-lua.pid;
 error_log /var/vcap/sys/log/nginx-lua/error.log <%= p('nginx-lua.loglevel', 'error') %>;
 
 worker_processes <%= p('nginx-lua.workers', 'auto') %>;
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ http {
 
     # Log format
     log_format timed_combined '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" $request_time $upstream_response_time $pipe';
-
+    <% if_p("nginx-lua.access_log") do |access| %>
+    access_log /var/vcap/sys/log/nginx-lua/access.log <%= p('access') %>;
+    <% end.else do %>
+    access_log off;
+    <% end %>
     include /var/vcap/jobs/nginx-lua/config/sites/*;
 }