diff --git a/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.common/src/com/ibm/ws/sib/msgstore/MessageStoreConstants.java b/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.common/src/com/ibm/ws/sib/msgstore/MessageStoreConstants.java
index f2ae3017132..711b76f69f2 100644
--- a/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.common/src/com/ibm/ws/sib/msgstore/MessageStoreConstants.java
+++ b/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.common/src/com/ibm/ws/sib/msgstore/MessageStoreConstants.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-package com.ibm.ws.sib.msgstore;
-
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2014 IBM Corporation and others.
+/* ==============================================================================
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2025 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -11,7 +9,10 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
- *******************************************************************************/
+ * ==============================================================================
+ */
+package com.ibm.ws.sib.msgstore;
+
 
 import com.ibm.ws.sib.utils.RuntimeInfo;
 
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ public static enum MaximumAllowedDeliveryDelayAction {
     /* Persistence Layer Constants */
     /*************************************************************************/
     public static final String START_MODE = "STARTMODE"; // F008622--start
-    public static final String DEAFULT_START_MODE = "NORMAL"; //F008622-end
+    public static final String DEFAULT_START_MODE = "NORMAL"; //F008622-end
     public static final String DEFAULT_DATABASE_NAME = "SIBDB";
     public static final String DEFAULT_STOGROUP_NAME = "SIBSG";
     public static final String DEFAULT_BUFPOOL_NAME = "BP1";
diff --git a/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.msgstore/src/com/ibm/ws/sib/msgstore/persistence/objectManager/PersistentMessageStoreImpl.java b/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.msgstore/src/com/ibm/ws/sib/msgstore/persistence/objectManager/PersistentMessageStoreImpl.java
index 074de25ecce..eaff54b40aa 100644
--- a/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.msgstore/src/com/ibm/ws/sib/msgstore/persistence/objectManager/PersistentMessageStoreImpl.java
+++ b/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.msgstore/src/com/ibm/ws/sib/msgstore/persistence/objectManager/PersistentMessageStoreImpl.java
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ public boolean checkAndUpdateMEOwner(MELockOwner owner)
     
                     SibTr.info(tc, "FILE_STORE_LOCK_ONE_OWNER_SIMS1566", new Object[] {storedOwner.getMeUUID(), storedOwner.getIncUUID()});
                     // F008622 -start
-                    if(_ms.getProperty(MessageStoreConstants.START_MODE, MessageStoreConstants.DEAFULT_START_MODE).equalsIgnoreCase("RECOVERY"))
+                    if(_ms.getProperty(MessageStoreConstants.START_MODE, MessageStoreConstants.DEFAULT_START_MODE).equalsIgnoreCase("RECOVERY"))
                     {
                         owner=new MELockOwner(storedOwner.getMeUUID(),storedOwner.getIncUUID(),storedOwner.getVersion(),storedOwner.getMigrationVersion(),"default");
                     }