diff --git a/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl b/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl
index 86a8f2fce..421c6c893 100644
--- a/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl
+++ b/utils/scripts/eqemu_server.pl
@@ -327,15 +327,18 @@ sub check_xml_to_json_conversion {
 		close $fh;
 		
 		mkdir('backups');
-		copy_file("eqemu_config.xml", "backups/eqemu_config.xml"); 
+		copy_file("eqemu_config.xml", "backups/eqemu_config.xml");
+		unlink('eqemu_config.xml');
 		
 		print "[Server Maintenance] eqemu_config.xml is now DEPRECATED \n";
-		print "	A backup of this old config is located in the backups folder of your server directory\n";
-		print "	--- \n";
-		print "	You may have some plugins and/or applications that still require reference of this config file\n";
-		print "	Please update these plugins/applications to use the new configuration format if needed\n";
-		print "	Thanks for your understanding\n";
-		print "	The EQEmulator Team\n\n";
+		print "[Server Maintenance] eqemu_config.json is now the new Server config format \n";
+		print " A backup of this old config is located in the backups folder of your server directory\n";
+		print " --- \n";
+		print " You may have some plugins and/or applications that still require reference of this config file\n";
+		print " Please update these plugins/applications to use the new configuration format if needed\n";
+		print " --- \n";
+		print " Thanks for your understanding\n";
+		print " The EQEmulator Team\n\n";
 		
 		exit;
 	}