diff --git a/Mage.Server/release/startServer.bat b/Mage.Server/release/startServer.bat
index fd9ff048452..0306f65e49e 100644
--- a/Mage.Server/release/startServer.bat
+++ b/Mage.Server/release/startServer.bat
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jre6"
 set CLASSPATH=%JAVA_HOME%/bin;%CLASSPATH%
 set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%/bin;%PATH%
 :NOJAVADIR
-start java -Djava.security.policy=./config/security.policy -Djava.util.logging.config.file=./config/logging.config -jar ./Mage-Server-${project.version}.jar
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+java -Djava.security.policy=./config/security.policy -Djava.util.logging.config.file=./config/logging.config -jar ./Mage-Server-${project.version}.jar
+pause
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