diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/Vars.java b/core/src/mindustry/Vars.java
index 2cfa4bad45..80e6241e09 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/Vars.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/Vars.java
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ public class Vars implements Loadable{
     public static final String crashReportURL = "http://192.99.169.18/report";
     /** URL the links to the wiki's modding guide.*/
     public static final String modGuideURL = "https://mindustrygame.github.io/wiki/modding/";
-    /** URL to the JSON file containing all the global, public servers. */
+    /** URL to the JSON file containing all the global, public servers. Not queried in BE. */
     public static final String serverJsonURL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Anuken/Mindustry/master/servers.json";
+    /** URL to the JSON file containing all the BE servers. Only queried in BE. */
+    public static final String serverJsonBeURL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Anuken/Mindustry/master/servers_be.json";
     /** URL the links to the wiki's modding guide.*/
     public static final String reportIssueURL = "https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/issues/new?template=bug_report.md";
     /** list of built-in servers.*/
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/net/BeControl.java b/core/src/mindustry/net/BeControl.java
index d81c5e721d..4de581108f 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/net/BeControl.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/net/BeControl.java
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ public class BeControl{
                 Log.info("&lcAuto-downloading next version...");
 
                 try{
+                    //download new file from github
                     Fi source = Fi.get(BeControl.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI().getPath());
                     Fi dest = source.sibling("server-be-" + updateBuild + ".jar");
 
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ public class BeControl{
                     () -> false,
                     () -> {
                         Log.info("&lcVersion downloaded, exiting. Note that if you are not using the run-server script, the server will not restart automatically.");
+                        //replace old file with new
                         dest.copyTo(source);
                         dest.delete();
                         System.exit(2); //this will cause a restart if using the script
@@ -136,7 +138,6 @@ public class BeControl{
                 }
             }
             checkUpdates = false;
-            //todo server updates
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/JoinDialog.java b/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/JoinDialog.java
index 4c8ae3cc58..8984939bcf 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/JoinDialog.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/ui/dialogs/JoinDialog.java
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ public class JoinDialog extends FloatingDialog{
         servers = Core.settings.getObject("server-list", Array.class, Array::new);
 
         //get servers
-        Core.net.httpGet(serverJsonURL, result -> {
+        Core.net.httpGet(becontrol.active() ? serverJsonBeURL : serverJsonURL, result -> {
             try{
                 Jval val = Jval.read(result.getResultAsString());
                 Core.app.post(() -> {
diff --git a/servers_be.json b/servers_be.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0637a088a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/servers_be.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[]
\ No newline at end of file