diff --git a/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts b/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts
index 3b57f16..e2089b1 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   readFile,
   isWindows
 } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { processProgram } from './processProgram'
 
 const execFilePromise = promisify(execFile)
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ ${autoExecContent}`
       session.path,
       '-AUTOEXEC',
       autoExecPath,
-      isWindows() ? '-nosplash' : '',
+      process.sasLoc.endsWith('sas.exe') ? '-nosplash' : '',
       isWindows() ? '-icon' : '',
       isWindows() ? '-nologo' : ''
     ])