diff --git a/_start.sh b/_start.sh
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+++ b/_start.sh
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+python collect.py &
+python retrieve.py &
+python scrape.py &
diff --git a/start.py b/start.py
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+++ b/start.py
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+import sys
+errors = False
+
+try:
+	import zmq
+except ImportError, e:
+	sys.stderr.write("You are missing ZeroMQ; `pip install pyzmq`\n")
+	errors = True
+
+try:
+	import zmq
+except ImportError, e:
+	sys.stderr.write("You are missing msgpack; `pip install msgpack-python`\n")
+	errors = True
+
+try:
+	import zmq
+except ImportError, e:
+	sys.stderr.write("You are missing requests; `pip install requests`\n")
+	errors = True
+
+if errors == False:
+	subprocess.call(["/bin/sh", "_start.sh"])
+	
+	sys.stdout.write("pastebin-scrape is now running. Run `python retrieve.py` to add additional retrieval workers.\n")