diff --git a/provider/internal/java/provider.go b/provider/internal/java/provider.go
index 651451ea..d3e2c990 100644
--- a/provider/internal/java/provider.go
+++ b/provider/internal/java/provider.go
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ func (p *javaProvider) ProviderInit(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (p *javaProvider) Init(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logger, config provider.InitConfig) (provider.ServiceClient, error) {
-	//By default if nothing is set for analysis mode, in the config, we should default to full for external providers
-	var a provider.AnalysisMode = provider.AnalysisMode(config.AnalysisMode)
-	if a == provider.AnalysisMode("") {
-		a = provider.FullAnalysisMode
-	} else if !(a == provider.FullAnalysisMode || a == provider.SourceOnlyAnalysisMode) {
+	// By default, if nothing is set for analysis mode in the config, we should default to full for external providers
+	var mode provider.AnalysisMode = provider.AnalysisMode(config.AnalysisMode)
+	if mode == provider.AnalysisMode("") {
+		mode = provider.FullAnalysisMode
+	} else if !(mode == provider.FullAnalysisMode || mode == provider.SourceOnlyAnalysisMode) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid Analysis Mode")
 	}
 	log = log.WithValues("provider", "java")
@@ -233,12 +233,14 @@ func (p *javaProvider) Init(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logger, config provide
 		isBinary = true
 	}
 
-	// we attempt to decompile JARs of dependencies that don't have a sources JAR attached
-	// we need to do this for jdtls to correctly recognize source attachment for dep
-	err := resolveSourcesJars(ctx, log, config.Location, mavenSettingsFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		// TODO (pgaikwad): should we ignore this failure?
-		log.Error(err, "failed to resolve sources jar for location", "location", config.Location)
+	if mode == provider.FullAnalysisMode {
+		// we attempt to decompile JARs of dependencies that don't have a sources JAR attached
+		// we need to do this for jdtls to correctly recognize source attachment for dep
+		err := resolveSourcesJars(ctx, log, config.Location, mavenSettingsFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			// TODO (pgaikwad): should we ignore this failure?
+			log.Error(err, "failed to resolve sources jar for location", "location", config.Location)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// handle proxy settings