diff --git a/scripts/local_testnet/el_bootnode.sh b/scripts/local_testnet/el_bootnode.sh
index d73a463f6d..ee437a491c 100755
--- a/scripts/local_testnet/el_bootnode.sh
+++ b/scripts/local_testnet/el_bootnode.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 priv_key="02fd74636e96a8ffac8e7b01b0de8dea94d6bcf4989513b38cf59eb32163ff91"
 source ./vars.env
-$EL_BOOTNODE_BINARY --nodekeyhex $priv_key
\ No newline at end of file
+exec $EL_BOOTNODE_BINARY --nodekeyhex $priv_key
\ No newline at end of file