diff --git a/pkg/controller/seldondeployment/seldondeployment_engine.go b/pkg/controller/seldondeployment/seldondeployment_engine.go
index 2e718f3f..446ab2b2 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/seldondeployment/seldondeployment_engine.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/seldondeployment/seldondeployment_engine.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func createEngineContainer(mlDep *machinelearningv1alpha2.SeldonDeployment, p *m
 	}
 
 	//get annotation for java opts or default
-	javaOpts := getAnnotation(mlDep, machinelearningv1alpha2.ANNOTATION_JAVA_OPTS, "-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=9090 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9090 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=127.0.0.1")
+	javaOpts := getAnnotation(mlDep, machinelearningv1alpha2.ANNOTATION_JAVA_OPTS, "-server -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=9090 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9090 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=127.0.0.1")
 
 	//Engine resources
 	engineResources := p.SvcOrchSpec.Resources