# Nexus failed to start - IllegalArgumentException: null

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-failed-to-start-illegalargumentexception-null/8995>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Tags:** help, nexus-repository\
**Created:** [July 17, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-failed-to-start-illegalargumentexception-null/8995 "2022-07-17T12:28:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![tonio9666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/da6949/32.png) [@tonio9666](https://community.sonatype.com/u/tonio9666)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-failed-to-start-illegalargumentexception-null/8995/4 "2022-07-20T11:46:00Z")

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I’ve found a workaround, not a solution.  
I swapped regular openjdk-8-jre to openjdk-8-jre-headless and it worked, still don’t know why, but it woks without a flaw.

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