diff --git a/priv/templates/simplenode.runner b/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
index 4b1efa2..59e3973 100755
--- a/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
+++ b/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ case "$1" in
         BINDIR=$ROOTDIR/erts-$ERTS_VSN/bin
         EMU=beam
         PROGNAME=`echo $0 | sed 's/.*\\///'`
-        CMD="$BINDIR/erlexec -boot $RUNNER_BASE_DIR/releases/$APP_VSN/$BOOTFILE -embedded -config $RUNNER_ETC_DIR/app.config -args_file $RUNNER_ETC_DIR/vm.args -- ${1+"$@"}"
+        CMD="$BINDIR/erlexec -boot $RUNNER_BASE_DIR/releases/$APP_VSN/$BOOTFILE -mode embedded -config $RUNNER_ETC_DIR/app.config -args_file $RUNNER_ETC_DIR/vm.args -- ${1+"$@"}"
         export EMU
         export ROOTDIR
         export BINDIR