diff --git a/bin/start-slave.sh b/bin/start-slave.sh
index 26b5b9d462037b203344ff6902e73608f402236e..dfcbc6981bae1b48cdc3615cfae6e71b39b6fe15 100755
--- a/bin/start-slave.sh
+++ b/bin/start-slave.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ if [ "$SPARK_PUBLIC_DNS" = "" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-"$bin"/spark-daemon.sh start spark.deploy.worker.Worker "$@"
+"$bin"/spark-daemon.sh start spark.deploy.worker.Worker 1 "$@"