diff --git a/mvnw b/mvnw
index 05b91dfb..bbef9ff1 100755
--- a/mvnw
+++ b/mvnw
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
 #   "-Dcom.sun.security.enableAIAcaIssuers=true" \
 #  "-Djavax.net.debug=ssl:handshake:verbose:keymanager:trustmanager" \
-"$JAVACMD" \
+exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
   ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-exit 0
+