diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4a80820..98ce8b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
     "signal",
     "sync",
     "fs",
+    "io-std",
 ] }
 toml = "0.8"
 version-compare = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 7748fda..ae1bfbe 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::process::Stdio;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU8, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use futures::FutureExt;
 use minecraft_protocol::version::v1_20_3::status::ServerStatus;
+use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 use tokio::process::Command;
 use tokio::sync::watch;
 #[cfg(feature = "rcon")]
@@ -54,6 +56,11 @@ pub struct Server {
     /// Set if a server process is running.
     pid: Mutex<Option<u32>>,
 
+    /// Server process stdin.
+    ///
+    /// Handle to write to the server process.
+    stdin: Mutex<Option<tokio::process::ChildStdin>>,
+
     /// Last known server status.
     ///
     /// Will remain set once known, not cleared if server goes offline.
@@ -394,6 +401,20 @@ impl Server {
     pub fn set_whitelist_blocking(&self, whitelist: Option<Whitelist>) {
         futures::executor::block_on(async { self.set_whitelist(whitelist).await })
     }
+
+    /// Sends a command to the Minecraft server's stdin.
+    pub async fn send_command(&self, command: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        // Lock the stdin handle
+        let mut stdin = self.stdin.lock().await;
+        // Check if stdin is available and send the command
+        if let Some(ref mut stdin_handle) = *stdin {
+            stdin_handle.write_all(format!("{}\n", command).as_bytes()).await?;
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err("Server stdin handle is not available".into())
+        }
+        
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for Server {
@@ -405,6 +426,7 @@ impl Default for Server {
             state_watch_sender,
             state_watch_receiver,
             pid: Default::default(),
+            stdin: Default::default(),
             status: Default::default(),
             last_active: Default::default(),
             keep_online_until: Default::default(),
@@ -470,6 +492,7 @@ pub async fn invoke_server_cmd(
     let mut cmd = Command::new(&args[0]);
     cmd.args(args.iter().skip(1));
     cmd.kill_on_drop(true);
+    cmd.stdin(Stdio::piped());
 
     // Set working directory
     if let Some(ref dir) = ConfigServer::server_directory(&config) {
@@ -492,6 +515,9 @@ pub async fn invoke_server_cmd(
         .await
         .replace(child.id().expect("unknown server PID"));
 
+    // Remember stdin
+    state.stdin.lock().await.replace(child.stdin.take().expect("unknown server stdin"));
+
     // Wait for process to exit, handle status
     let crashed = match child.wait().await {
         Ok(status) if status.success() => {
@@ -521,6 +547,9 @@ pub async fn invoke_server_cmd(
     // Forget server PID
     state.pid.lock().await.take();
 
+    // Forget stdin
+    state.stdin.lock().await.take();
+
     // Give server a little more time to quit forgotten threads
     time::sleep(SERVER_QUIT_COOLDOWN).await;
 
@@ -673,3 +702,4 @@ async fn unfreeze_server_signal(config: &Config, server: &Server) -> bool {
 
     true
 }
+
diff --git a/src/service/mod.rs b/src/service/mod.rs
index 3bc2c0f..151ea97 100644
--- a/src/service/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/mod.rs
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pub mod monitor;
 pub mod probe;
 pub mod server;
 pub mod signal;
+pub mod stdin;
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diff --git a/src/service/server.rs b/src/service/server.rs
index 8192c6e..605029b 100644
--- a/src/service/server.rs
+++ b/src/service/server.rs
@@ -62,11 +62,15 @@ pub async fn service(config: Arc<Config>) -> Result<(), ()> {
         || service::file_watcher::service(config, server)
     });
 
+    // Spawn service to redirect stdin to server
+    tokio::spawn(service::stdin::service(config.clone(), server.clone()));
+    
     // Route all incomming connections
     while let Ok((inbound, _)) = listener.accept().await {
         route(inbound, config.clone(), server.clone());
     }
 
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/service/signal.rs b/src/service/signal.rs
index 6512da0..d3eb41b 100644
--- a/src/service/signal.rs
+++ b/src/service/signal.rs
@@ -1,31 +1,38 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::signal;
 
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::server::{self, Server};
 use crate::util::error;
 
-/// Signal handler task.
+/// Main signal handler task.
 pub async fn service(config: Arc<Config>, server: Arc<Server>) {
     loop {
         // Wait for SIGTERM/SIGINT signal
-        tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await.unwrap();
+        signal::ctrl_c().await.unwrap();
+        
+        // Call the shutdown function
+        shutdown(&config, &server).await;
+    }
+}
 
-        // Quit if stopped
-        if server.state() == server::State::Stopped {
-            quit();
-        }
+/// Shutdown the server gracefully, can be called from other modules.
+pub async fn shutdown(config: &Arc<Config>, server: &Arc<Server>) {
+    // Quit immediately if the server is already stopped
+    if server.state() == server::State::Stopped {
+        quit();
+    }
 
-        // Try to stop server
-        let stopping = server.stop(&config).await;
+    // Try to stop the server gracefully
+    let stopping = server.stop(config).await;
 
-        // If not stopping, maybe due to failure, just quit
-        if !stopping {
-            quit();
-        }
+    // If stopping fails, quit immediately
+    if !stopping {
+        quit();
     }
 }
 
-/// Gracefully quit.
+/// Gracefully quit the application.
 fn quit() -> ! {
     // TODO: gracefully quit self
     error::quit();
diff --git a/src/service/stdin.rs b/src/service/stdin.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3401a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/service/stdin.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::io::{self, AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader};
+use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::server::Server;
+use crate::service::signal::shutdown;
+use crate::util::error;
+
+/// Service to read terminal input and send it to the server via piped stdin or RCON handling.
+pub async fn service(config: Arc<Config>, server: Arc<Server>) {
+    // Use `tokio::io::stdin` for asynchronous standard input handling
+    let stdin = io::stdin();
+    let mut reader = BufReader::new(stdin).lines();
+
+    while let Ok(Some(line)) = reader.next_line().await {
+        let trimmed_line = line.trim();
+        if trimmed_line.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        match trimmed_line.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {
+            // Quit command
+            "!quit" | "!exit" => {
+                info!("Received quit command");
+                shutdown(&config, &server).await;
+                error::quit();
+            }
+
+            // Start the server
+            "!start" => {
+                info!("Received start command");
+                Server::start(config.clone(), server.clone(), None).await;
+            }
+
+            // Stop the server
+            "!stop" => {
+                info!("Received stop command");
+                server.stop(&config).await;
+            }
+
+            // Any other command is sent to the Minecraft server's stdin
+            command => {
+                if let Err(e) = server.send_command(command).await {
+                    eprintln!("Failed to send command to server: {}", e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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