As suspected it was a java version issue. Java was updated to
openjdk version "1.8.0_171"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 3.8.0) (Gentoo icedtea-3.8.0)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.171-b11, mixed mode)
and all of a sudden it is working. Thanks for taking a look.