diff --git a/simpleinit.ini b/simpleinit.ini
index 5d4c52d00c96dc17aea5afb91b18fa7b459e7af9..0ce29e2ebd697c32468e49b09f43d95f87df9eae 100644
--- a/simpleinit.ini
+++ b/simpleinit.ini
@@ -2,3 +2,12 @@
 Runlevel=1
 CmdStart=pulseaudio start
 CmdStop=pulseaudio stop
+
+[message]
+Runlevel=2
+CmdStart=
+	say Subraum startet
+	sob subraum_startup
+CmdStop=
+	say Subraum faehrt runter
+	sob subraum_shutdown
diff --git a/simpleinit.py b/simpleinit.py
index 5ff0949873384af6433439770aae214e9ed76be8..db1e9b1fef1abcd5fb06ca6fef01f13990e88dc7 100755
--- a/simpleinit.py
+++ b/simpleinit.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ for section in config.sections():
     command = config[section]
     try:
         runlevel = int(command['Runlevel'])
-        start = command['CmdStart']
-        stop = command['CmdStop']
+        start = command['CmdStart'].splitlines()
+        stop = command['CmdStop'].splitlines()
         if runlevel not in runlevels:
             runlevels[runlevel] = list()
         runlevels[runlevel].append({ 'name': section, 'start': start, 'stop': stop })
@@ -31,10 +31,13 @@ old_level = 0
 
 eins = Eins()
 
-def emit_cmd(command_string):
-    print(f"Emitting cmd: {command_string}")
-    argv = shlex.split(command_string)
-    eins.emit_cmd(argv[0], *argv[1:])
+def emit_cmds(command_strings):
+    for command in command_strings:
+        if command == "":
+            continue
+        print(f"Emitting cmd: {command}")
+        argv = shlex.split(command)
+        eins.emit_cmd(argv[0], *argv[1:])
 
 # This is a silent command, subinitd already describes the same command
 @eins.simple_cmd()
@@ -48,13 +51,13 @@ def telinit2(new_level):
             if i in runlevels:
                 for command in runlevels[i]:
                     print(f"Starting {command['name']}")
-                    emit_cmd(command['start'])
+                    emit_cmds(command['start'])
     else:
         for i in reversed(range(new_level+1, old_level+1)):
             if i in runlevels:
                 for command in runlevels[i]:
                     print(f"Stopping {command['name']}")
-                    emit_cmd(command['stop'])
+                    emit_cmds(command['stop'])
 
     old_level = new_level