diff --git a/bin/emqx b/bin/emqx
index 1db57d7e8..3bd86db0c 100755
--- a/bin/emqx
+++ b/bin/emqx
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ case "${COMMAND}" in
         esac
         case "$COMMAND" in
             foreground)
-                FOREGROUNDOPTIONS="-enable-feature maybe_expr -noshell -noinput +Bd"
+                FOREGROUNDOPTIONS="-enable-feature maybe_expr -noinput -noshell +Bd"
                 ;;
             *)
                 FOREGROUNDOPTIONS='-enable-feature maybe_expr'