diff --git a/release/sbin/start-zks.sh b/release/sbin/start-zks.sh
index 775d52715ac..27d04a4a3db 100755
--- a/release/sbin/start-zks.sh
+++ b/release/sbin/start-zks.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ do
   dir=$(echo "$line" | awk -F ' ' '{print $3}')
 
   echo "start zookeeper in $dir with endpoint $host:$port "
-  cmd="cd $dir && bin/zkServer.sh start"
+  # ref deploy.sh zk_conf
+  cmd="cd $dir && bin/zkServer.sh start conf/zoo.cfg"
   # special for java
   pre=""
   if [[ -n $RUNNER_JAVA_HOME ]]; then