diff --git a/java/entrypoint.sh b/java/entrypoint.sh
index 260ccbf..737bf2e 100644
--- a/java/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/java/entrypoint.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ java -version
 JAVA_MAJOR_VERSION=$(java -version 2>&1 | awk -F '"' '/version/ {print $2}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1}')
 
 if [[ "$MALWARE_SCAN" == "1" ]]; then
-	# check if java version is lower than 17
-	if [[ "$JAVA_MAJOR_VERSION" -lt 17 ]]; then
+	if [[ ! -f "/MCAntiMalware.jar" ]]; then
 		echo -e "${LOG_PREFIX} Malware scanning is only available for Java 17 and above, skipping..."
 		MALWARE_SCAN=0
 	fi