diff --git a/ci/scripts/utils/launch_java_agent.sh b/ci/scripts/utils/launch_java_agent.sh
index 57653b6376..ea17d8e3ea 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/utils/launch_java_agent.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/utils/launch_java_agent.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ echo -e "#!/usr/bin/env python
 import json,sys
 with open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as file:
     data = json.load(file)
-print(data[\"offline\"])
+print(data.get('offline','True'))
 " > parse.py
 chmod u+x parse.py