diff -urpN pyload.orig/pyLoadCore.py pyload.new/pyLoadCore.py
--- pyload.orig/pyLoadCore.py	2011-10-04 14:55:18.000000000 +0200
+++ pyload.new/pyLoadCore.py	2011-11-23 05:54:59.042425874 +0100
@@ -83,14 +83,16 @@ class Core(object):
 
         if len(argv) > 1:
             try:
-                options, args = getopt(argv[1:], 'vchdusq',
-                    ["version", "clear", "clean", "help", "debug", "user", "setup", "configdir=", "changedir", "daemon",
+                options, args = getopt(argv[1:], 'vchdusqp:',
+                    ["pidfile=","version", "clear", "clean", "help", "debug", "user", "setup", "configdir=", "changedir", "daemon",
                      "quit", "status"])
 
                 for option, argument in options:
                     if option in ("-v", "--version"):
                         print "pyLoad", CURRENT_VERSION
                         exit()
+                    elif option in ("-p", "--pidfile"):
+		        self.pidfile=argument
                     elif option == "--daemon":
                         self.daemon = True
                     elif option in ("-c", "--clear"):
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ class Core(object):
         print "  -u, --user", " " * 13, "Manages users"
         print "  -d, --debug", " " * 12, "Enable debug mode"
         print "  -s, --setup", " " * 12, "Run Setup Assistent"
+	print "  -p, --pidfile <filename>", "Set Name of pidfile"
         print "  --configdir=<dir>", " " * 6, "Run with <dir> as config directory"
         print "  --changedir", " " * 12, "Change config dir permanently"
         print "  --daemon", " " * 15, "Daemonmize after start"