diff --git a/webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/web/service/EmbeddedServer.java b/webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/web/service/EmbeddedServer.java
index 3797769f07..a05741556c 100755
--- a/webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/web/service/EmbeddedServer.java
+++ b/webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/web/service/EmbeddedServer.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public EmbeddedServer(String host, int port, String path) throws IOException {
         executor.allowCoreThreadTimeOut(true);
         ExecutorThreadPool            pool          = new ExecutorThreadPool(executor, minThreads);
 
-        server = new Server(pool);executor.shutdown();
+        server = new Server(pool);
 
         Connector connector = getConnector(host, port);
         connector.addBean(new JettyConnectionMetrics(getMeterRegistry()));