diff --git a/java/manager-build.xml b/java/manager-build.xml
index dbc9ab4820d..a3901571e9c 100644
--- a/java/manager-build.xml
+++ b/java/manager-build.xml
@@ -663,24 +663,22 @@
         <echo message="Applying all schema migrations..."/>
         <sequential>
             <deploy-to-temp-directory source="${schema.src.dir}">
-                <!-- TODO: Reenable once the exec works correctly -->
-                <!-- <echo message="Stopping spacewalk-service..." /> -->
-                <!-- <deploy-execute command="spacewalk-service stop" /> -->
+                <echo message="Stopping spacewalk-service..." />
+                <deploy-execute command="spacewalk-service stop" />
 
                 <property name="match" value="susemanager-schema-5.*" />
-                <property name="argline" value="-c &quot;${deploy.executor.command} ${deploy.executor.parameters} 'find ${deploy.temp.dir}/${match} -type f -name &quot;*.sql&quot; -exec spacewalk-sql --select-mode-direct {} +'&quot;" />
+                <property name="argline" value="-c &quot;${deploy.executor.command} ${deploy.executor.parameters} 'find ${deploy.temp.dir}/${match} -type f -name &quot;*.sql&quot; -exec spacewalk-sql --select-mode-direct {} \\\;'&quot;" />
 
-                <local name="result" />                
-                <echo message="Executing" />
-                <echo message="${argline}" />
+                <echo message="Finding and applying migrations with:" level="verbose" />
+                <echo message="${argline}" level="verbose" />
+                <local name="result" />
                 <exec failonerror="true" executable="sh" logerror="true" outputproperty="result">
                     <arg line="${argline}"/>
                 </exec>
                 <echo message="${result}" />
 
-                <!-- TODO: Reenable once the exec works correctly -->
-                <!-- <echo message="Starting spacewalk-service..." /> -->
-                <!-- <deploy-execute command="spacewalk-service start" /> -->
+                <echo message="Starting spacewalk-service..." />
+                <deploy-execute command="spacewalk-service start" />
             </deploy-to-temp-directory>
         </sequential>
     </target>