diff --git a/automt b/automt
index 24597593a..fdc0acc96 100755
--- a/automt
+++ b/automt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then echo "usage: automt [ menu ] || [server username password]"; exit 1; fi 
+tomenu=1
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then tomenu=0; fi 
 pwf=~/.mtpw
 srv=$1
 prt=30000
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ chatlogdir=~/.wschat
 mtpid=0
 mtpath=$(dirname $0)
 dbg=1
-if [ ! -z $4 ]; then dbg=0; fi
+if [ "$(echo $*|grep debug)" != "" ] || [ ! -z $4 ]; then dbg=0; fi
 mkdir -p $chatlogdir
 if [ -f $pwf ]; then pas=$(cat $pwf); fi
 if [ "$(echo $srv|grep ':')" != "" ]; then
@@ -24,11 +25,12 @@ check_host() {
 }
 
 mt=$mtpath/bin/minetest
-amt="$mt --go --address $srv --port $prt --name $usr --password $passwd"
-if [ "$1" = "menu" ]; then mmt=$mt; else mmt=$amt; fi
 
 startmt() {  
-    $mmt 2>&1|sed 's/[\x01-\x1F\x7F]//g' | while read l; do
+    if [ "$1" = "menu" ]; then mmt=$mt
+    else mmt="$mt --go --address $srv --port $prt --name $usr --password $passwd"; fi
+    $mmt 2>&1|  while read k; do
+        l=$(echo $k|sed "s,\x1B\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z],_,g")
        if [ "$(echo $l |grep '\[cchat\]\|\[hignore\]')" != "" ]; then
             srvstr=$(echo $l|cut -d ' ' -f 5)
             lgstr=$(echo $l|sed 's/ACTION\[Main\]://'|sed "s/ \[cchat\] //;s/$srvstr//")
@@ -50,21 +52,24 @@ startmt() {
         if [ $dbg -eq 0 ]; then echo $l; fi
     done
 }
-
+if [ $tomenu -eq 0 ]; then 
+        startmt menu
+    else
 while true; do
-    if [ -f /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxt ]; then 
-        rm /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxt
-        break
-    fi
-    if [ -f /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxmen ]; then
-         rm /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxmen
-         startmt menu
-         break
-    fi
-    sleep 1
-    if check_host $srv $prt; then
-        if ! ps $mtpid >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ ! -f /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxmen ] && [ ! -f /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxt ]; then  startmt&  fi
-        mtpid=$!
-    fi
-    sleep 1
-done
+        if [ -f /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxt ]; then 
+            rm -f /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxt
+            break
+        fi
+        if [ -f /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxmen ]; then
+             rm -f /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxmen
+             startmt menu
+             break
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+        if check_host $srv $prt; then
+            if ! ps $mtpid >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ ! -f /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxmen ] && [ ! -f /tmp/$(whoami)-wsxt ]; then  startmt&  fi
+            mtpid=$!
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+    done
+fi