diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/.env.dist b/deployment/bare_metal/.env.dist
index 7028966bf..0a4a2db4d 100644
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/.env.dist
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/.env.dist
@@ -61,14 +61,13 @@ FEDERATION_DHT_CONFIG_VERSION=v2.2023-02-07
 # if you set the value of FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC, the DHT hyperswarm will start to announce and listen on an hash created from this topic
 # FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC=GRADIDO_HUB
 # FEDERATION_DHT_SEED=64ebcb0e3ad547848fef4197c6e2332f
-
-FEDERATION_CONFIG_VERSION=v1.2023-01-09
-FEDERATION_PORT=5000
-FEDERATION_API=1_0
 FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_URL=http://stage1.gradido.net
 # the api port is the baseport, which will be added with the api-version, e.g. 1_0 = 5010
 FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_API_PORT=5000
 
+FEDERATION_CONFIG_VERSION=v1.2023-01-09
+FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_APIS=1_0,1_1,2_0
+
 # database
 DATABASE_CONFIG_VERSION=v1.2022-03-18
 
diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
index 39491d699..63c912b55 100755
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
@@ -1,38 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-#==================================================
-# Commandline Arguments:
-# -a value             short arg: api-version (default=1_0)
-# -b value             short arg: branch (default=master)
-# --api-version=value  arg: api-version (default=1_0)
-# --branch=value       arg: branch (default=master)
-#==================================================
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
-  case "$1" in
-    -a) ARG_API="$2"; shift 2;;
-    -b) ARG_BRANCH="$2"; shift 2;;
-
-    --api-version=*) ARG_API="${1#*=}"; shift 1;;
-    --branch=*) ARG_BRANCH="${1#*=}"; shift 1;;
-    --api-version|--branch) echo "$1 requires an argument" >&2; exit 1;;
-    
-    -*) echo "unknown option: $1" >&2; exit 1;;
-    *) handle_argument "$1"; shift 1;;
-  esac
-done
-if [ -z $ARG_API ]; then
-  ARG_API="1_0"
-fi
-if [ -z $ARG_BRANCH ]; then
-  ARG_BRANCH="master"
-fi
- 
-echo "=================================================="
-echo "Arguments:"
-echo " -api-version = $ARG_API"
-echo " -branch      = $ARG_BRANCH"
-echo "=================================================="
-
 # Find current directory & configure paths
 set -o allexport
 SCRIPT_PATH=$(realpath $0)
@@ -96,8 +63,7 @@ echo 'Stopping all Gradido services' >> $UPDATE_HTML
 pm2 stop all
 
 # git
-# BRANCH=${1:-master}
-BRANCH=$ARG_BRANCH
+BRANCH=${1:-master}
 echo "Starting with git pull - branch:$BRANCH" >> $UPDATE_HTML
 cd $PROJECT_ROOT
 # TODO: this overfetches alot, but ensures we can use start.sh with tags
@@ -219,17 +185,28 @@ yarn install
 yarn build
 # TODO maybe handle this differently?
 export NODE_ENV=production
-pm2 delete gradido-federation
-# set FEDERATION_PORT from ARG_API
-port=${ARG_API//_/}
-FEDERATION_PORT=${FEDERATION_PORT:-5000}
-FEDERATION_PORT=$(($FEDERATION_PORT + $port))
-export FEDERATION_PORT
-echo "===================================================="
-echo " start federation listening on port=$FEDERATION_PORT"
-echo "===================================================="
-pm2 start --name gradido-federation "yarn --cwd $PROJECT_ROOT/federation start" -l $GRADIDO_LOG_PATH/pm2.federation.$TODAY.log --log-date-format 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS'
-pm2 save
+# set FEDERATION_PORT from FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_APIS
+IFS="," read -a API_ARRAY <<< $FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_APIS
+for api in "${API_ARRAY[@]}"
+do
+  FEDERATION_API=$api
+  export FEDERATION_API
+  modulname=gradido-federation-$api
+  # calculate port by remove '_' and add value of api to baseport
+  port=${api//_/}
+  FEDERATION_PORT=${FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_API_PORT:-5000}
+  FEDERATION_PORT=$(($FEDERATION_PORT + $port))
+  export FEDERATION_PORT
+  echo "===================================================="
+  echo " start $modulename listening on port=$FEDERATION_PORT"
+  echo "===================================================="
+  pm2 delete $modulename
+  pm2 start --name $modulename "yarn --cwd $PROJECT_ROOT/federation start" -l $GRADIDO_LOG_PATH/pm2.$modulename.$TODAY.log --log-date-format 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS'
+  pm2 save
+done
+
+
+
 
 # let nginx showing gradido
 echo 'Configuring nginx to serve gradido again' >> $UPDATE_HTML
diff --git a/federation/src/config/index.ts b/federation/src/config/index.ts
index 82011a6bc..de474f517 100644
--- a/federation/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/federation/src/config/index.ts
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ if (
 const federation = {
   // FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC: process.env.FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC || null,
   // FEDERATION_DHT_SEED: process.env.FEDERATION_DHT_SEED || null,
-  FEDERATION_PORT: process.env.FEDERATION_PORT || 5000,
+  FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_API_PORT:
+    process.env.FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_API_PORT || 5000,
   FEDERATION_API: process.env.FEDERATION_API || '1_0',
+  FEDERATION_PORT: process.env.FEDERATION_PORT || 5010,
   FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_URL: process.env.FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_URL || null,
 }
 
diff --git a/federation/src/index.ts b/federation/src/index.ts
index 9096cb260..daf9bfa56 100644
--- a/federation/src/index.ts
+++ b/federation/src/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ async function main() {
     if (CONFIG.GRAPHIQL) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.log(
-        `GraphIQL available at http://localhost:${CONFIG.FEDERATION_PORT}`
+        `GraphIQL available at ${CONFIG.FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_URL}:${CONFIG.FEDERATION_PORT}/api`
       )
     }
   })