diff --git a/dubbo-container/dubbo-container-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/assembly/bin/start.sh b/dubbo-container/dubbo-container-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/assembly/bin/start.sh
index c04487a80f6..cb83f8b0e92 100755
--- a/dubbo-container/dubbo-container-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/assembly/bin/start.sh
+++ b/dubbo-container/dubbo-container-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/assembly/bin/start.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if [ -z "$SERVER_NAME" ]; then
     SERVER_NAME=`hostname`
 fi
 
-PIDS=`ps -f | grep java | grep "$CONF_DIR" |awk '{print $2}'`
+PIDS=`ps -f | grep java | grep "$CONF_DIR" |grep -v grep |awk '{print $2}'`
 if [ -n "$PIDS" ]; then
     echo "ERROR: The $SERVER_NAME already started!"
     echo "PID: $PIDS"