diff --git a/dotnet/src/dotnetcore/GxNetCoreStartup/Startup.cs b/dotnet/src/dotnetcore/GxNetCoreStartup/Startup.cs
index 32c17392c..a6f072c96 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/dotnetcore/GxNetCoreStartup/Startup.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/dotnetcore/GxNetCoreStartup/Startup.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
 			{
 				Console.Error.WriteLine("ERROR:");
 				Console.Error.WriteLine("Web Host terminated unexpectedly: {0}", e.Message);
-				Console.Read();
 			}			
 		}