diff --git a/start-onos-jacoco.sh b/start-onos-jacoco.sh
index 2e04216..23c4bfa 100755
--- a/start-onos-jacoco.sh
+++ b/start-onos-jacoco.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
     MVN="mvn -o"
 fi
 
+if [ ! -f ${ONOS_HOME}/.javacp ]; then
+  ${MVN} -f ${ONOS_HOME}/pom.xml compile
+fi
+JAVA_CP=`cat ${ONOS_HOME}/.javacp`
+JAVA_CP="${JAVA_CP}:${ONOS_HOME}/target/classes"
+
 #<logger name="net.floodlightcontroller.linkdiscovery.internal" level="TRACE"/>
 #<appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
 
@@ -106,10 +112,7 @@
   # XXX : MVN has to run at the project top dir 
   echo $ONOS_HOME
   cd ${ONOS_HOME}
-  pwd 
-  echo "${MVN} exec:exec -Dexec.executable=\"java\" -Dexec.args=\"${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${ONOS_LOGBACK} -cp %classpath ${MAIN_CLASS} -cf ./conf/onos.properties\""
-
-  ${MVN} exec:exec -Dexec.executable="java" -Dexec.args="${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${ONOS_LOGBACK} -cp %classpath ${MAIN_CLASS} -cf ./conf/onos.properties" > ${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.stdout 2>${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.stderr &
+  java ${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${ONOS_LOGBACK} -cp ${JAVA_CP} ${MAIN_CLASS} -cf ./conf/onos.properties > ${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.stdout 2>${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.stderr &
 
   echo "Waiting for ONOS to start..."
   COUNT=0