diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 067e2f9..b610fbc 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -1776,17 +1776,19 @@ doWarn(){
             printWarnMessage "$1" "$2" "minutes" "$warnminutes" "$usenotify"
             usenotify=
             for (( min = warnminutes - 1; min >= warninterval; min-- )); do
-              numplayers=$(numPlayersConnected)
-              echo "There are ${numplayers} players connected"
-              if [[ "numplayers" == "-1" ]]; then
-                echo "Server is not running.  Shutting down immediately"
-                notify "${notifyMsgServerNotRunning:-Server is not running.  Shutting down immediately}"
-                return 0
-              elif (( (numplayers + 0) == 0 )); then
-                doBroadcastWithEcho "Nobody is connected.  Shutting down immediately"
-                notify "${notifyMsgNobodyConnected:-Nobody is connected.  Shutting down immediately}"
-                rm -f "${arkserverroot}/${arkwarnlockfile}"
-                return 0
+              if [ "$arkprecisewarn" != "true" ]; then
+                numplayers=$(numPlayersConnected)
+                echo "There are ${numplayers} players connected"
+                if [[ "numplayers" == "-1" ]]; then
+                  echo "Server is not running.  Shutting down immediately"
+                  notify "${notifyMsgServerNotRunning:-Server is not running.  Shutting down immediately}"
+                  return 0
+                elif (( (numplayers + 0) == 0 )); then
+                  doBroadcastWithEcho "Nobody is connected.  Shutting down immediately"
+                  notify "${notifyMsgNobodyConnected:-Nobody is connected.  Shutting down immediately}"
+                  rm -f "${arkserverroot}/${arkwarnlockfile}"
+                  return 0
+                fi
               fi
               if isUpdateCancelRequested; then
                 doBroadcastWithEcho "Restart cancelled by player request"
@@ -1821,17 +1823,19 @@ doWarn(){
         printWarnMessage "$1" "$2" "seconds" "$warnseconds" "$usenotify"
         usenotify=
         if (( warnseconds >= 20 )); then
-          numplayers=$(numPlayersConnected)
-          echo "There are ${numplayers} players connected"
-          if [[ "numplayers" == "-1" ]]; then
-            echo "Server is not running.  Shutting down immediately"
-            notify "${notifyMsgServerNotRunning:-Server is not running.  Shutting down immediately}"
-            return 0
-          elif (( (numplayers + 0) == 0 )); then
-            doBroadcastWithEcho "Nobody is connected.  Shutting down immediately"
-            notify "${notifyMsgNobodyConnected:-Nobody is connected.  Shutting down immediately}"
-            rm -f "${arkserverroot}/${arkwarnlockfile}"
-            return 0
+          if [ "$arkprecisewarn" != "true" ]; then
+            numplayers=$(numPlayersConnected)
+            echo "There are ${numplayers} players connected"
+            if [[ "numplayers" == "-1" ]]; then
+              echo "Server is not running.  Shutting down immediately"
+              notify "${notifyMsgServerNotRunning:-Server is not running.  Shutting down immediately}"
+              return 0
+            elif (( (numplayers + 0) == 0 )); then
+              doBroadcastWithEcho "Nobody is connected.  Shutting down immediately"
+              notify "${notifyMsgNobodyConnected:-Nobody is connected.  Shutting down immediately}"
+              rm -f "${arkserverroot}/${arkwarnlockfile}"
+              return 0
+            fi
           fi
           if isUpdateCancelRequested; then
             doBroadcastWithEcho "Restart cancelled by player request"
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager.cfg b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
index 1ca6766..e0bd400 100644
--- a/tools/arkmanager.cfg
+++ b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ steamcmd_workshoplog="/home/steam/Steam/logs/workshop_log.txt"      # Steam work
 arkserverexec="ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer"        # name of ARK server executable
 arkbackupdir="/home/steam/ARK-Backups"                              # path to backup directory
 arkwarnminutes="60"                                                 # number of minutes to warn players when using update --warn
+arkprecisewarn="false"                                              # set this to true to obey warnminutes even if no players are connected (recommended for clusters)
 arkautorestartfile="ShooterGame/Saved/.autorestart"                 # path to autorestart file
 arkAutoUpdateOnStart="false"                                        # set this to true if you want to always update before startup
 arkBackupPreUpdate="false"                                          # set this to true if you want to perform a backup before updating