diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
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--- a/start.sh
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@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-cd /home/webgoat 
-
-function webgoat() {
-  echo "Starting WebGoat...."
-  java \
-   -Duser.home=/home/webgoat \
-   -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 \
-   --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED \
-   --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED \
-   --add-opens java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED \
-   --add-opens java.base/java.text=ALL-UNNAMED \
-   --add-opens java.desktop/java.beans=ALL-UNNAMED \
-   --add-opens java.desktop/java.awt.font=ALL-UNNAMED \
-   --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED \
-   --add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED \
-   --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED \
-   -Dwebgoat.host=0.0.0.0 -Dwebwolf.host=0.0.0.0 -Dwebgoat.port=8080 -Dwebwolf.port=9090 \
-   -jar webgoat.jar > webgoat.log
-}
-
-function write_start_message() {
-  until $(curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://0.0.0.0:8080/WebGoat/health); do
-    sleep 2
-  done
-  echo "
-    __          __       _        _____                   _
-    \ \        / /      | |      / ____|                 | |
-     \ \  /\  / /  ___  | |__   | |  __    ___     __ _  | |_
-      \ \/  \/ /  / _ \ | '_ \  | | |_ |  / _ \   / _' | | __|
-       \  /\  /  |  __/ | |_) | | |__| | | (_) | | (_| | | |_
-        \/  \/    \___| |_.__/   \_____|  \___/   \__,_|  \__|
-  " >> webgoat.log
-  echo $'WebGoat successfully started...\n' >> webgoat.log
-  echo "NOTE: port numbers mentioned below may vary depending on your port mappings while starting the Docker container" >> webgoat.log
-  echo "Browse to http://localhost:8080/WebGoat to get started." >> webgoat.log
-}
-
-function tail_log_file() {
-  touch webgoat.log
-  tail -300f webgoat.log
-}
-
-commandline_args=("$@")
-
-webgoat &
-write_start_message &
-tail_log_file
-
-
-