# APM Agent does not start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-does-not-start/252054>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** java\
**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-does-not-start/252054 "2020-10-14T13:48:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![MfuentesG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MfuentesG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MfuentesG)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-does-not-start/252054/3 "2020-10-26T15:56:28Z")

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Thank you very much for answering, I already solved it, the problem was something very silly.  
In the JVM arguments I took out the \ (Backslash) and it worked perfect.

Before:  
-javaagent:/opt/AgentAPMElastic/elastic-apm-agent-1.18.1.jar "\"  
-Delastic.apm.service\_name=BankIn123 "\"  
-Delastic.apm.server\_urls=http://192.x.x.x:8200 "\"  
-Delastic.apm.application\_packages=org.bi,org.bankint123

Then:  
-javaagent:/opt/AgentAPMElastic/elastic-apm-agent-1.18.1.jar  
-Delastic.apm.service\_name=BankIn123  
-Delastic.apm.server\_urls=http://192.x.x.x:8200  
-Delastic.apm.application\_packages=org.bi,org.bankint123

Thank you

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