diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c0c33883..d245b960 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ RUN easy-add --var os=${TARGETOS} --var arch=${TARGETARCH}${TARGETVARIANT} \
  --from https://github.com/itzg/{{.app}}/releases/download/{{.version}}/{{.app}}_{{.version}}_{{.os}}_{{.arch}}.tar.gz
 
 RUN easy-add --var os=${TARGETOS} --var arch=${TARGETARCH}${TARGETVARIANT} \
- --var version=1.7.0 --var app=mc-server-runner --file {{.app}} \
+ --var version=1.8.0 --var app=mc-server-runner --file {{.app}} \
  --from https://github.com/itzg/{{.app}}/releases/download/{{.version}}/{{.app}}_{{.version}}_{{.os}}_{{.arch}}.tar.gz
 
 RUN easy-add --var os=${TARGETOS} --var arch=${TARGETARCH}${TARGETVARIANT} \
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/itzg/mc-image-helper/releases/download/v${MC_H
     | tar -C /usr/share -zxf - \
     && ln -s /usr/share/mc-image-helper-${MC_HELPER_VERSION}/bin/mc-image-helper /usr/bin
 
-COPY mcstatus /usr/local/bin
-
 VOLUME ["/data"]
 COPY server.properties /tmp/server.properties
 COPY log4j2.xml /tmp/log4j2.xml
@@ -83,13 +81,13 @@ ENV UID=1000 GID=1000 \
   AUTOPAUSE_PERIOD=10 AUTOPAUSE_KNOCK_INTERFACE=eth0
 
 COPY start* /
-COPY health.sh /
+COPY bin/ /usr/local/bin/
+COPY bin/mc-health /health.sh
+
 ADD files/autopause /autopause
 
-RUN dos2unix /start* && chmod +x /start*
-RUN dos2unix /health.sh && chmod +x /health.sh
-RUN dos2unix /autopause/* && chmod +x /autopause/*.sh
-
+RUN dos2unix /start* && chmod +x /start* \
+    && dos2unix /autopause/* && chmod +x /autopause/*.sh
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/start" ]
-HEALTHCHECK --start-period=1m CMD /health.sh
+HEALTHCHECK --start-period=1m CMD mc-health
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b3df62a..cfb04ba8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ By default, the container will download the latest version of the "vanilla" [Min
       * [Enabling Autopause](#enabling-autopause)
    * [Running on RaspberryPi](#running-on-raspberrypi)
 
-<!-- Added by: runner, at: Thu Sep 30 21:55:06 UTC 2021 -->
+<!-- Added by: runner, at: Sat Oct  9 16:34:51 UTC 2021 -->
 
 <!--te-->
 
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ docker exec -i mc rcon-cli
 
 Note: The `-i` is required for interactive use of rcon-cli.
 
-To run a simple, one-shot command, such as stopping a Minecraft server, pass the command as
-arguments to `rcon-cli`, such as:
+To run a simple, one-shot command, such as stopping a Minecraft server, pass the command as arguments to `rcon-cli`, such as:
 
 ```
 docker exec mc rcon-cli stop
@@ -160,6 +159,14 @@ docker exec mc rcon-cli stop
 
 _The `-i` is not needed in this case._
 
+If rcon is disabled you can send commands by passing them as arguments to the packaged `mc-send-to-console` script. For example, a player can be op'ed in the container `mc` with: 
+
+```shell
+docker exec mc mc-send-to-console op player
+            |                     |
+            +- container name     +- Minecraft commands start here
+```
+
 In order to attach and interact with the Minecraft server, add `-it` when starting the container, such as
 
     docker run -d -it -p 25565:25565 --name mc itzg/minecraft-server
diff --git a/health.sh b/bin/mc-health
similarity index 91%
rename from health.sh
rename to bin/mc-health
index a3f14aa6..09aa9198 100755
--- a/health.sh
+++ b/bin/mc-health
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# shellcheck source=../start-utils
 . ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-utils
 
 if isTrue "${DISABLE_HEALTHCHECK}"; then
diff --git a/bin/mc-send-to-console b/bin/mc-send-to-console
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a83f0e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/mc-send-to-console
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+: "${CONSOLE_IN_NAMED_PIPE:=/tmp/minecraft-console-in}"
+
+if [ $# = 0 ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: pass console commands as arguments"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -p "${CONSOLE_IN_NAMED_PIPE}" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: named pipe ${CONSOLE_IN_NAMED_PIPE} is missing"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "$@" > "${CONSOLE_IN_NAMED_PIPE:-/tmp/minecraft-console-in}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mcstatus b/bin/mcstatus
similarity index 100%
rename from mcstatus
rename to bin/mcstatus
diff --git a/start-finalExec b/start-finalExec
index 5359fe7f..3bb80e77 100755
--- a/start-finalExec
+++ b/start-finalExec
@@ -172,29 +172,32 @@ function copyFilesForCurseForge() {
   cp -f /data/eula.txt "${FTB_DIR}/"
 }
 
-mcServerRunnerArgs="--stop-duration ${STOP_DURATION:-60}s"
+mcServerRunnerArgs=(
+--stop-duration "${STOP_DURATION:-60}s"
+--named-pipe "${CONSOLE_IN_NAMED_PIPE:-/tmp/minecraft-console-in}"
+)
 if [[ ${STOP_SERVER_ANNOUNCE_DELAY} ]]; then
-  mcServerRunnerArgs="${mcServerRunnerArgs} --stop-server-announce-delay ${STOP_SERVER_ANNOUNCE_DELAY}s"
+  mcServerRunnerArgs+=(--stop-server-announce-delay "${STOP_SERVER_ANNOUNCE_DELAY}s")
 fi
 
 if [[ ${TYPE} == "CURSE_INSTANCE" ]]; then
     if isTrue ${DEBUG_EXEC}; then
       set -x
     fi
-    exec mc-server-runner ${mcServerRunnerArgs} \
+    exec mc-server-runner "${mcServerRunnerArgs[@]}" \
       --cf-instance-file "${CURSE_INSTANCE_JSON}" \
       java $JVM_XX_OPTS $JVM_OPTS $expandedDOpts -jar _SERVERJAR_ "$@" $EXTRA_ARGS
 elif [[ ${TYPE} == "CURSEFORGE" && "${SERVER}" ]]; then
   copyFilesForCurseForge
 
-  cd "${FTB_DIR}"
+  cd "${FTB_DIR}" || (log "ERROR: can't go into ${FTB_DIR}"; exit 1)
   log "Starting CurseForge server in ${FTB_DIR}..."
   if isTrue ${DEBUG_EXEC}; then
     set -x
   fi
-  exec mc-server-runner ${bootstrapArgs} ${mcServerRunnerArgs} java $JVM_XX_OPTS $JVM_OPTS $expandedDOpts -jar $(basename "${SERVER}") "$@" $EXTRA_ARGS
+  exec mc-server-runner ${bootstrapArgs} "${mcServerRunnerArgs[@]}" java $JVM_XX_OPTS $JVM_OPTS $expandedDOpts -jar $(basename "${SERVER}") "$@" $EXTRA_ARGS
 elif [[ ${TYPE} == "CURSEFORGE" ]]; then
-  mcServerRunnerArgs="${mcServerRunnerArgs} --shell bash"
+  mcServerRunnerArgs+=(--shell bash)
 
   copyFilesForCurseForge
 
@@ -209,15 +212,13 @@ EOF
     sed -i "s/MAX_RAM=[^;]*/MAX_RAM=${MAX_MEMORY}/" "${FTB_DIR}/settings.cfg"
   fi
 
-  cd "${FTB_DIR}"
+  cd "${FTB_DIR}" || (log "ERROR: can't go into ${FTB_DIR}"; exit 1)
   log "Running FTB ${FTB_SERVER_START} in ${FTB_DIR} ..."
 
-  finalArgs=(
-    "${FTB_SERVER_START}"
-  )
+  finalArgs="${FTB_SERVER_START}"
 
   if isTrue ${SETUP_ONLY:=false}; then
-    echo "SETUP_ONLY: ${finalArgs[@]}"
+    echo "SETUP_ONLY: ${finalArgs}"
     exit
   fi
 
@@ -227,12 +228,12 @@ EOF
   if isTrue ${EXEC_DIRECTLY:-false}; then
     "${finalArgs[@]}"
   else
-    exec mc-server-runner ${mcServerRunnerArgs} "${finalArgs[@]}"
+    exec mc-server-runner "${mcServerRunnerArgs[@]}" "${finalArgs[@]}"
   fi
 elif [[ -x run.sh ]]; then
   log "Using Forge supplied run.sh script..."
   echo $JVM_XX_OPTS $JVM_OPTS $expandedDOpts > user_jvm_args.txt
-  exec mc-server-runner ${mcServerRunnerArgs} --shell bash run.sh
+  exec mc-server-runner "${mcServerRunnerArgs[@]}" --shell bash run.sh
 else
   # If we have a bootstrap.txt file... feed that in to the server stdin
   if [ -f /data/bootstrap.txt ]; then
@@ -245,12 +246,12 @@ else
     $JVM_XX_OPTS
     $JVM_OPTS
     $expandedDOpts
-    -jar $SERVER
+    -jar "$SERVER"
     "$@" $EXTRA_ARGS
   )
 
   if isTrue ${SETUP_ONLY:=false}; then
-    echo "SETUP_ONLY: java ${finalArgs[@]}"
+    echo "SETUP_ONLY: java ${finalArgs[*]}"
     exit
   fi
 
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ else
   if isTrue ${EXEC_DIRECTLY:-false}; then
     exec java "${finalArgs[@]}"
   else
-    exec mc-server-runner ${bootstrapArgs} ${mcServerRunnerArgs} java "${finalArgs[@]}"
+    exec mc-server-runner ${bootstrapArgs} "${mcServerRunnerArgs[@]}" java "${finalArgs[@]}"
   fi
 fi