diff --git a/message_readers.go b/message_readers.go
index f8f6be8..2806c8b 100644
--- a/message_readers.go
+++ b/message_readers.go
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import (
 // for this is that all replies normally pick up the host from the original
 // first message, but here we inject it on an end node so we need to specify
 // the fromNode to get the reply back to the node we want.
+//
+// Messages read from the startup folder will be directly called by the handler
+// locally, and the message will not be sent via the nats-server.
 func (s *server) readStartupFolder() {
 
 	// Get the names of all the files in the startup folder.
@@ -84,7 +87,32 @@ func (s *server) readStartupFolder() {
 		}
 
 		// Send the SAM struct to be picked up by the ring buffer.
-		s.ringBufferBulkInCh <- sams
+		// s.ringBufferBulkInCh <- sams
+
+		// ---
+
+		// Range over all the sams, find the process, check if the method exists, and
+		// handle the message by starting the correct method handler.
+		for i := range sams {
+			processName := processNameGet(sams[i].Subject.name(), processKindSubscriber)
+
+			s.processes.active.mu.Lock()
+			p := s.processes.active.procNames[processName]
+			s.processes.active.mu.Unlock()
+
+			mh, ok := p.methodsAvailable.CheckIfExists(sams[i].Message.Method)
+			if !ok {
+				er := fmt.Errorf("error: subscriberHandler: method type not available: %v", p.subject.Event)
+				p.processes.errorKernel.errSend(p, sams[i].Message, er)
+			}
+
+			_, err = mh.handler(p, sams[i].Message, s.nodeName)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				er := fmt.Errorf("error: subscriberHandler: handler method failed: %v", err)
+				p.processes.errorKernel.errSend(p, sams[i].Message, er)
+			}
+		}
 
 	}
 }