diff --git a/scripts/start-setupServerProperties b/scripts/start-setupServerProperties
index 80931ec2..3e67e6bf 100755
--- a/scripts/start-setupServerProperties
+++ b/scripts/start-setupServerProperties
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ if isTrue "${ENABLE_AUTOPAUSE}"; then
   fi
 fi
 
-if isDebugging; then
+if isDebugging && [ -f "${SERVER_PROPERTIES}" ]; then
   log "DEBUG Dumping server.properties"
   cat "${SERVER_PROPERTIES}"
 fi
 
-exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupEnvVariables $@
+exec "${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupEnvVariables" "$@"