diff --git a/java/target/start b/java/target/start
index d075f617373..3cb26347ab6 100755
--- a/java/target/start
+++ b/java/target/start
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ elif [[ $PARAM == "debug" ]]; then
     $JAVA_BINARY -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:server=y,transport=dt_socket,address=8000,suspend=y -D$SERVER_NAME $ADDITIONAL_JAVA_ARGS -Dcom.sap.sailing.server.name=$SERVER_NAME $APP_PARAMETERS $REPLICATION_PARAMETERS -Djava.io.tmpdir="$PWD/tmp" -Dfile.encoding=cp1252 -Djetty.home=$scriptdir/configuration/jetty -Djava.util.logging.config.file=$scriptdir/configuration/logging.properties -Djava.library.path=$LIB_DIR -Xmx$MEMORY -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.4.0.v20161219-1356.jar -console -configuration ./ -clean
 
 elif [[ $PARAM == "fg" ]]; then
-    $JAVA_BINARY -D$SERVER_NAME $ADDITIONAL_JAVA_ARGS -Dcom.sap.sailing.server.name=$SERVER_NAME $APP_PARAMETERS $REPLICATION_PARAMETERS -Djava.io.tmpdir="$PWD/tmp" -Dfile.encoding=cp1252 -Djetty.home=$scriptdir/configuration/jetty -Djava.util.logging.config.file=$scriptdir/configuration/logging.properties -Djava.library.path=$LIB_DIR -Xmx$MEMORY -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.4.0.v20161219-1356.jar -console -configuration ./ -clean
+    exec $JAVA_BINARY -D$SERVER_NAME $ADDITIONAL_JAVA_ARGS -Dcom.sap.sailing.server.name=$SERVER_NAME $APP_PARAMETERS $REPLICATION_PARAMETERS -Djava.io.tmpdir="$PWD/tmp" -Dfile.encoding=cp1252 -Djetty.home=$scriptdir/configuration/jetty -Djava.util.logging.config.file=$scriptdir/configuration/logging.properties -Djava.library.path=$LIB_DIR -Xmx$MEMORY -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.4.0.v20161219-1356.jar -console -configuration ./ -clean
 
 fi