diff --git a/bin/nodejs-express-petstore-server.sh b/bin/nodejs-express-petstore-server.sh
index 8ebaac9de10d..436cedfd41cb 100755
--- a/bin/nodejs-express-petstore-server.sh
+++ b/bin/nodejs-express-petstore-server.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ fi
 
 # if you've executed sbt assembly previously it will use that instead.
 export JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx1024M -DloggerPath=conf/log4j.properties"
-ags="generate -t modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/nodejs-express-server -i modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/2_0/petstore.yaml -g nodejs-express-server -o samples/server/petstore/nodejs-express-server -Dservice $@"
+ags="generate -t modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/nodejs-express-server -i modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/2_0/petstore.yaml -g nodejs-express-server -o samples/server/petstore/nodejs-express-server $@"
 
 java $JAVA_OPTS -jar $executable $ags
diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/nodejs-express-server/.openapi-generator/VERSION b/samples/server/petstore/nodejs-express-server/.openapi-generator/VERSION
index 717311e32e3c..d99e7162d01f 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/nodejs-express-server/.openapi-generator/VERSION
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/nodejs-express-server/.openapi-generator/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-unset
\ No newline at end of file
+5.0.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file