diff --git a/cualsea-server/lib/Cualsea/Server/MessageController.pm b/cualsea-server/lib/Cualsea/Server/MessageController.pm
index f497663..b52ea7b 100644
--- a/cualsea-server/lib/Cualsea/Server/MessageController.pm
+++ b/cualsea-server/lib/Cualsea/Server/MessageController.pm
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@ sub handle_del {
     my $name   = $params{name};
     my $dbh    = Cualsea::Server::DB->dbh();
 
-    my $service = $dbh->selectrow_hashref( <<"EOF", undef, $name );
-SELECT name FROM services WHERE name = ?
-EOF
-
-    if ( !defined $service ) {
+    if ( !check_if_service_exists_in_db($name) ) {
         return {
             is_error => 1,
             desc     => 'Service not found.',
@@ -83,6 +79,98 @@ EOF
     };
 }
 
+sub check_if_service_exists_in_db {
+    my $name    = shift;
+    my $dbh     = Cualsea::Server::DB->dbh();
+    my $service = $dbh->selectrow_hashref( <<"EOF", undef, $name );
+SELECT name FROM services WHERE name = ?
+EOF
+    if ( !defined $service ) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+sub handle_start {
+    my %params = @_;
+    my $name   = $params{name};
+
+    if ( !check_if_service_exists_in_db($name) ) {
+        return {
+            is_error => 1,
+            desc     => 'Service not found.',
+            status   => 404,
+        };
+    }
+
+    if ( _is_started_service($name) ) {
+        return {
+            is_error => 1,
+            desc     => 'Service already started.',
+            status   => 400,
+        };
+    }
+    system 'sudo', "/etc/init.d/$name", 'start';
+    return {
+        is_error => 0,
+        desc     => 'Service started.',
+        status   => 200,
+    };
+}
+
+sub _is_started_service {
+    my $name = shift;
+    return !system "/etc/init.d/$name", 'status';
+}
+
+sub handle_stop {
+    my %params = @_;
+    my $name   = $params{name};
+
+    if ( !check_if_service_exists_in_db($name) ) {
+        return {
+            is_error => 1,
+            desc     => 'Service not found.',
+            status   => 404,
+        };
+    }
+    if ( !_is_started_service($name) ) {
+        return {
+            is_error => 1,
+            desc     => 'Service already stopped.',
+            status   => 400,
+        };
+    }
+    system 'sudo', "/etc/init.d/$name", 'stop';
+    return {
+        is_error => 0,
+        desc     => 'Service stopped.',
+        status   => 200,
+    };
+
+}
+
+sub handle_restart {
+    my %params = @_;
+    my $name   = $params{name};
+
+    if ( !check_if_service_exists_in_db($name) ) {
+        return {
+            is_error => 1,
+            desc     => 'Service not found.',
+            status   => 404,
+        };
+
+    }
+    system 'sudo', "/etc/init.d/$name", 'restart';
+
+    return {
+        is_error => 0,
+        desc     => 'Service restarted.',
+        status => 200,
+    };
+}
+
 my %COMMANDS = (
     add => {
         params => [
@@ -108,7 +196,7 @@ my %COMMANDS = (
                 name => { type => Str },
             }
         ),
-        handle => \&handle_del
+        handle => \&handle_del,
     },
     report => {
         params    => [],
@@ -121,6 +209,7 @@ my %COMMANDS = (
                 name => { type => Str },
             }
         ),
+        handle => \&handle_start,
     },
     stop => {
         params    => ['name'],
@@ -129,6 +218,7 @@ my %COMMANDS = (
                 name => { type => Str },
             }
         ),
+        handle => \&handle_stop,
     },
     restart => {
         params    => ['name'],
@@ -137,6 +227,7 @@ my %COMMANDS = (
                 name => { type => Str },
             }
         ),
+        handle => \&handle_restart,
     }
 );