diff --git a/products/org.openhab.designer.product/org.openhab.designer.product.product b/products/org.openhab.designer.product/org.openhab.designer.product.product
index b001f883413..f6b8485ee67 100644
--- a/products/org.openhab.designer.product/org.openhab.designer.product.product
+++ b/products/org.openhab.designer.product/org.openhab.designer.product.product
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com, http://www.icons-land.com
    </configIni>
 
    <launcherArgs>
-      <vmArgs>-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=../../addons -DnoRules=true -Xmx256m -XX:PermSize=128M</vmArgs>
-      <vmArgsMac>-XstartOnFirstThread -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts</vmArgsMac>
+      <vmArgs>-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=../../addons -DnoRules=true -Xmx256m -XX:PermSize=128M
+      </vmArgs>
+      <vmArgsMac>-XstartOnFirstThread -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts -Djava.awt.headless=true
+      </vmArgsMac>
    </launcherArgs>
 
    <windowImages i16="/org.openhab.designer.core/icons/openhab_logo_16.png" i32="/org.openhab.designer.core/icons/openhab_logo_32.png" i128="/org.openhab.designer.core/icons/openhab_logo_128.png"/>
@@ -30,11 +32,9 @@ http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com, http://www.icons-land.com
       </win>
    </launcher>
 
-
    <vm>
    </vm>
 
-
    <plugins>
    </plugins>