diff --git a/extensions/amazon-lambda/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/runtime/QuarkusStreamHandler.java b/extensions/amazon-lambda/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/runtime/QuarkusStreamHandler.java
index d9fe96653c07a..1edbb680e66e2 100644
--- a/extensions/amazon-lambda/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/runtime/QuarkusStreamHandler.java
+++ b/extensions/amazon-lambda/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/runtime/QuarkusStreamHandler.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class QuarkusStreamHandler implements RequestStreamHandler {
                 Class appClass = Class.forName("io.quarkus.runner.ApplicationImpl");
                 String[] args = {};
                 Application app = (Application) appClass.newInstance();
-                app.start(args);
+                app.run(args);
                 errorWriter.println("Quarkus bootstrapped successfully.");
                 started = true;
             } catch (Exception ex) {