diff --git a/src/qlever/commands/start.py b/src/qlever/commands/start.py
index 4b6ae8f6..57c58900 100644
--- a/src/qlever/commands/start.py
+++ b/src/qlever/commands/start.py
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ def execute(self, args) -> bool:
         # TODO: This is currently disabled because I never used it once over
         # the past weeks and it is not clear to me what the use case is.
         if False:  # or args.kill_existing_with_same_name:
-            args.cmdline_regex = f"^ServerMain.* -i {args.name}"
+            args.cmdline_regex = f"^{args.server_binary}.* -i {args.name}"
             args.no_containers = True
             StopCommand().execute(args)
             log.info("")
 
         # Kill existing server on the same port if so desired.
         if args.kill_existing_with_same_port:
-            args.cmdline_regex = f"^ServerMain.* -p {args.port}"
+            args.cmdline_regex = f"^{args.server_binary}.* -p {args.port}"
             args.no_containers = True
             if not StopCommand().execute(args):
                 log.error("Stopping the existing server failed")
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def execute(self, args) -> bool:
                      "--kill-existing-with-same-port`")
 
             # Show output of status command.
-            args.cmdline_regex = f"^ServerMain.* -p *{port}"
+            args.cmdline_regex = f"^{args.server_binary}.* -p *{port}"
             log.info("")
             StatusCommand().execute(args)
 
diff --git a/src/qlever/commands/status.py b/src/qlever/commands/status.py
index a8efed54..cd0475a3 100644
--- a/src/qlever/commands/status.py
+++ b/src/qlever/commands/status.py
@@ -21,18 +21,29 @@ def should_have_qleverfile(self) -> bool:
         return False
 
     def relevant_qleverfile_arguments(self) -> dict[str: list[str]]:
-        return {}
+        return {"server": ["server_binary"], "index": ["index_binary"]}
 
     def additional_arguments(self, subparser) -> None:
         subparser.add_argument("--cmdline-regex",
-                               default="^(ServerMain|IndexBuilderMain)",
+                               default="^(%%SERVER_BINARY%%|%%INDEX_BINARY%%)",
                                help="Show only processes where the command "
                                     "line matches this regex")
 
     def execute(self, args) -> bool:
+        cmdline_regex = args.cmdline_regex
+        # Other commands call status with a custom `cmdline_regex` that contains
+        # less or no variables. Doing the replacement on-demand has the benefit
+        # that only the variables that are actually used have to be provided by
+        # the calling command. For example: the `cmdline_regex` used by start
+        # has no variables and requiring the index binary for it would be strange.
+        if "%%SERVER_BINARY%%" in cmdline_regex:
+            cmdline_regex = cmdline_regex.replace("%%SERVER_BINARY%%", args.server_binary)
+        if "%%INDEX_BINARY%%" in cmdline_regex:
+            cmdline_regex = cmdline_regex.replace("%%INDEX_BINARY%%", args.index_binary)
+
         # Show action description.
         self.show(f"Show all processes on this machine where "
-                  f"the command line matches {args.cmdline_regex}"
+                  f"the command line matches {cmdline_regex}"
                   f" using Python's psutil library", only_show=args.show)
         if args.show:
             return True
@@ -41,7 +52,7 @@ def execute(self, args) -> bool:
         num_processes_found = 0
         for proc in psutil.process_iter():
             show_heading = num_processes_found == 0
-            process_shown = show_process_info(proc, args.cmdline_regex,
+            process_shown = show_process_info(proc, cmdline_regex,
                                               show_heading=show_heading)
             if process_shown:
                 num_processes_found += 1
diff --git a/src/qlever/commands/stop.py b/src/qlever/commands/stop.py
index 82225304..811321d8 100644
--- a/src/qlever/commands/stop.py
+++ b/src/qlever/commands/stop.py
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ def should_have_qleverfile(self) -> bool:
 
     def relevant_qleverfile_arguments(self) -> dict[str: list[str]]:
         return {"data": ["name"],
-                "server": ["port"],
+                "server": ["server_binary", "port"],
                 "runtime": ["server_container"]}
 
     def additional_arguments(self, subparser) -> None:
         subparser.add_argument("--cmdline-regex",
-                               default="ServerMain.* -i [^ ]*%%NAME%%",
+                               default="%%SERVER_BINARY%%.* -i [^ ]*%%NAME%%",
                                help="Show only processes where the command "
                                     "line matches this regex")
         subparser.add_argument("--no-containers", action="store_true",
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def additional_arguments(self, subparser) -> None:
     def execute(self, args) -> bool:
         # Show action description.
         cmdline_regex = args.cmdline_regex.replace("%%NAME%%", args.name)
+        cmdline_regex = cmdline_regex.replace("%%SERVER_BINARY%%", args.server_binary)
         description = f"Checking for processes matching \"{cmdline_regex}\""
         if not args.no_containers:
             description += (f" and for Docker container with name "
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ def execute(self, args) -> bool:
         message = "No matching process found" if args.no_containers else \
                   "No matching process or container found"
         log.error(message)
-        args.cmdline_regex = "^ServerMain.* -i [^ ]*"
+        args.cmdline_regex = f"^{args.server_binary}.* -i [^ ]*"
         log.info("")
         StatusCommand().execute(args)
         return True