diff --git a/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh b/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh
index 629bd90..d30da26 100644
--- a/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh
+++ b/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 for i in `cat conf/slaves`
 do
-   ssh $i "cd ${PREGELIX_PATH}; bin/startnc.sh"
+   ssh $i "cd ${PREGELIX_PATH}; export JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_HOME}; bin/startnc.sh"
 done