diff --git a/nominatim-3.1/start.sh b/nominatim-3.1/start.sh
index 5a11e92d598cc4b22f376166220b45cefd838621..a04c194f33465eb99a81a95a1739d798d3381531 100755
--- a/nominatim-3.1/start.sh
+++ b/nominatim-3.1/start.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 service postgresql start
-/usr/sbin/apache2ctl -D FOREGROUND
+/usr/sbin/apache2ctl start
 
 ## Set up nominatim updates ###