diff --git a/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/LaunchRequestHandler.java b/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/LaunchRequestHandler.java
index e5b580f50..e99706bda 100644
--- a/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/LaunchRequestHandler.java
+++ b/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/LaunchRequestHandler.java
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ protected CompletableFuture<Response> handleLaunchCommand(Arguments arguments, R
             }
         } else if (launchArguments.shortenCommandLine == ShortenApproach.ARGFILE) {
             try {
-                Path tempfile = LaunchUtils.generateArgfile(launchArguments.classPaths, launchArguments.modulePaths);
-                launchArguments.vmArgs += " \"@" + tempfile.toAbsolutePath().toString() + "\"";
+                Path tempfile = LaunchUtils.generateArgfile(launchArguments.vmArgs, launchArguments.classPaths, launchArguments.modulePaths);
+                launchArguments.vmArgs = " \"@" + tempfile.toAbsolutePath().toString() + "\"";
                 launchArguments.classPaths = new String[0];
                 launchArguments.modulePaths = new String[0];
                 context.setArgsfile(tempfile);
diff --git a/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/LaunchUtils.java b/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/LaunchUtils.java
index ca7d69a99..3be6fcbac 100644
--- a/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/LaunchUtils.java
+++ b/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/LaunchUtils.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import com.microsoft.java.debug.core.adapter.AdapterUtils;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
 
 public class LaunchUtils {
@@ -81,10 +82,14 @@ public static synchronized Path generateClasspathJar(String[] classPaths) throws
      * @return the file path of the generated argfile
      * @throws IOException Some errors occur during generating the argfile
      */
-    public static synchronized Path generateArgfile(String[] classPaths, String[] modulePaths) throws IOException {
+    public static synchronized Path generateArgfile(String vmArgs, String[] classPaths, String[] modulePaths) throws IOException {
         String argfile = "";
+        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(vmArgs)) {
+            argfile += vmArgs;
+        }
+
         if (ArrayUtils.isNotEmpty(classPaths)) {
-            argfile = "-cp \"" + String.join(File.pathSeparator, classPaths) + "\"";
+            argfile += " -cp \"" + String.join(File.pathSeparator, classPaths) + "\"";
         }
 
         if (ArrayUtils.isNotEmpty(modulePaths)) {