diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/ning/billing/server/updatechecker/UpdateChecker.java b/server/src/main/java/com/ning/billing/server/updatechecker/UpdateChecker.java
index 970341e..4910459 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/ning/billing/server/updatechecker/UpdateChecker.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/ning/billing/server/updatechecker/UpdateChecker.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class UpdateChecker {
}
};
t.setDaemon(true);
- t.run();
+ t.start();
}
private void doCheck(final ServletContext servletContext) throws IOException {