diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/auth.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/api_auth.py
similarity index 94%
rename from freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/auth.py
rename to freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/api_auth.py
index 3155e7754..d0c975480 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/auth.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/api_auth.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from freqtrade.rpc.api_server2.models import AccessAndRefreshToken, AccessToken
 import secrets
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -8,6 +7,8 @@ from fastapi.security.utils import get_authorization_scheme_param
 from fastapi_jwt_auth import AuthJWT
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
+from freqtrade.rpc.api_server2.api_models import AccessAndRefreshToken, AccessToken
+
 from .deps import get_config
 
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class HTTPBasicOrJWTToken(HTTPBasic):
         header_authorization: str = request.headers.get("Authorization")
         header_scheme, header_param = get_authorization_scheme_param(header_authorization)
         if header_scheme.lower() == 'bearer':
-            AuthJWT.jwt_required()
+            AuthJWT(request).jwt_required()
         elif header_scheme.lower() == 'basic':
             credentials: Optional[HTTPBasicCredentials] = await HTTPBasic()(request)
             if credentials and verify_auth(config, credentials.username, credentials.password):
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ class HTTPBasicOrJWTToken(HTTPBasic):
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
             detail="Incorrect username or password",
-            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Basic"},
         )
 
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/models.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/api_models.py
similarity index 91%
rename from freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/models.py
rename to freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/api_models.py
index c9ddb0d6f..0646ce3e6 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/models.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/api_models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from typing import List
+
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ class Version(BaseModel):
     version: str
 
 
+class StatusMsg(BaseModel):
+    status: str
+
+
 class Balance(BaseModel):
     currency: str
     free: float
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/api_v1.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/api_v1.py
index c2e7a9172..b3e0a7a4f 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/api_v1.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/api_v1.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+from freqtrade.rpc import RPC
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
 
 from freqtrade import __version__
 
+from .api_models import Balances, Ping, StatusMsg, Version
 from .deps import get_config, get_rpc
-from .models import Balances, Ping, Version
 
 
 # Public API, requires no auth.
@@ -18,13 +19,21 @@ def ping():
     return {"status": "pong"}
 
 
-@router.get('/version', response_model=Version)
+@router.get('/version', response_model=Version, tags=['info'])
 def version():
     return {"version": __version__}
 
 
-@router.get('/balance', response_model=Balances)
-def balance(rpc=Depends(get_rpc), config=Depends(get_config)):
+@router.get('/balance', response_model=Balances, tags=['info'])
+def balance(rpc: RPC = Depends(get_rpc), config=Depends(get_config)):
     return rpc._rpc_balance(config['stake_currency'], config.get('fiat_display_currency', ''),)
 
 
+@router.post('/start', response_model=StatusMsg, tags=['botcontrol'])
+def start(rpc: RPC = Depends(get_rpc)):
+    return rpc._rpc_start()
+
+
+@router.post('/stop', response_model=StatusMsg, tags=['botcontrol'])
+def stop(rpc: RPC = Depends(get_rpc)):
+    return rpc._rpc_stop()
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/uvicorn_threaded.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/uvicorn_threaded.py
index ba9263620..7c8804fd3 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/uvicorn_threaded.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/uvicorn_threaded.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import contextlib
-import time
 import threading
+import time
+
 import uvicorn
 
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/webserver.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/webserver.py
index 84f6fc222..5f2e1d6fe 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/webserver.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server2/webserver.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+
 import uvicorn
 from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class ApiServer(RPCHandler):
     def configure_app(self, app: FastAPI, config):
         from .api_v1 import router as api_v1
         from .api_v1 import router_public as api_v1_public
-        from .auth import router_login, HTTPBasicOrJWTToken
+        from .api_auth import HTTPBasicOrJWTToken, router_login
         app.include_router(api_v1_public, prefix="/api/v1")
 
         app.include_router(api_v1, prefix="/api/v1",