diff --git a/dynamodb/starter.js b/dynamodb/starter.js
index f2de913..b5225b4 100644
--- a/dynamodb/starter.js
+++ b/dynamodb/starter.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ var starter = {
         var child = spawn('java', args, {
             cwd: db_dir,
             env: process.env,
+            detached: true,
             stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', process.stderr]
         });