diff --git a/c8run/internal/run.bat b/c8run/internal/run.bat
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+
+
+@echo off
+
+set EXPECTED_JAVA_VERSION=21
+
+set SUBCOMMAND=%~1
+
+@REM Configuration file defaults overriden because upstream config doesn't export to elasticsearch
+setx ZEEBE_BROKER_EXPORTERS_ELASTICSEARCH_CLASSNAME "io.camunda.zeebe.exporter.ElasticsearchExporter"
+setx ZEEBE_BROKER_EXPORTERS_ELASTICSEARCH_ARGS_URL "http://localhost:9200"
+setx ZEEBE_BROKER_EXPORTERS_ELASTICSEARCH_ARGS_INDEX_PREFIX "zeebe-record"
+
+if %SUBCOMMAND% == "start" (
+
+)
+
+if %SUBCOMMAND% == "stop" (
+
+)
+
+if %SUBCOMMAND% == "help" (
+
+)
diff --git a/c8run/start.bat b/c8run/start.bat
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+
+@echo off
+
+:checkCamundaStartup
+set RETRIES=24
+set SLEEP_TIME=14
+set URL=%~1
+set NAME=%~2
+set COMMAND="curl -XGET %URL%"
+
+:loop
+%COMMAND%
+set commandErrorLevel=%ERROR_LEVEL%
+timeout /NOBREAK %SLEEP_TIME%
+set RETRIES=%RETRIES%-1
+
+if %RETRIES% == 0 (
+  echo "Error: %NAME% did not start!"
+  EXIT /B 1
+)
+echo "Polling %NAME% ... %RETRIES% retries left"
+
+if %commandErrorLevel% NEQ 0 (
+  goto loop
+)
+echo "%NAME% has successfully been started."
+start %URL%
+EXIT /B 0
+
+set URL="http://localhost:8080/operate/login"
+start /B checkCamundaStartup "%URL%" "Camunda" 
+
+@REM start /B internal\run.bat
+call internal\run.bat %*