diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4854fe8..f0a5745 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN easy-add --var os=${TARGETOS} --var arch=${TARGETARCH}${TARGETVARIANT} \
   --var version=${MC_MONITOR_VERSION} --var app=mc-monitor --file {{.app}} \
   --from ${GITHUB_BASEURL}/itzg/{{.app}}/releases/download/{{.version}}/{{.app}}_{{.version}}_{{.os}}_{{.arch}}.tar.gz
 
-ARG MC_SERVER_RUNNER_VERSION=1.10.0
+ARG MC_SERVER_RUNNER_VERSION=1.11.0
 RUN easy-add --var os=${TARGETOS} --var arch=${TARGETARCH}${TARGETVARIANT} \
   --var version=${MC_SERVER_RUNNER_VERSION} --var app=mc-server-runner --file {{.app}} \
   --from ${GITHUB_BASEURL}/itzg/{{.app}}/releases/download/{{.version}}/{{.app}}_{{.version}}_{{.os}}_{{.arch}}.tar.gz
diff --git a/bin/mc-send-to-console b/bin/mc-send-to-console
index d1f70eb..9f1762a 100755
--- a/bin/mc-send-to-console
+++ b/bin/mc-send-to-console
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 . "/start-utils"
 : "${CONSOLE_IN_NAMED_PIPE:=/tmp/minecraft-console-in}"
 
+if isFalse "${CREATE_CONSOLE_IN_PIPE:-false}"; then
+  echo "ERROR: console pipe needs to be enabled by setting CREATE_CONSOLE_IN_PIPE to true"
+fi
+
+
 if [ $# = 0 ]; then
   echo "ERROR: pass console commands as arguments"
   exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/start-finalExec b/scripts/start-finalExec
index e48ddb0..7d2b109 100755
--- a/scripts/start-finalExec
+++ b/scripts/start-finalExec
@@ -231,8 +231,10 @@ fi
 
 mcServerRunnerArgs=(
 --stop-duration "${STOP_DURATION:-60}s"
---named-pipe "${CONSOLE_IN_NAMED_PIPE:-/tmp/minecraft-console-in}"
 )
+if isTrue "${CREATE_CONSOLE_IN_PIPE:-false}"; then
+  mcServerRunnerArgs+=(--named-pipe "${CONSOLE_IN_NAMED_PIPE:-/tmp/minecraft-console-in}")
+fi
 if [[ ${STOP_SERVER_ANNOUNCE_DELAY} ]]; then
   mcServerRunnerArgs+=(--stop-server-announce-delay "${STOP_SERVER_ANNOUNCE_DELAY}s")
 fi