diff --git a/scripts/run_akka.sh b/scripts/run_akka.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+cd $AKKA_HOME
+VERSION=akka_2.7.7-0.7-SNAPSHOT
+TARGET_DIR=dist/$1
+shift 1
+VMARGS=$@
+
+if [ -d $TARGET_DIR  ]; then
+    cd $TARGET_DIR
+else 
+	unzip dist/${VERSION}.zip -d $TARGET_DIR
+	cd $TARGET_DIR
+fi
+
+export AKKA_HOME=`pwd`
+java -jar ${VMARGS} ${VERSION}.jar
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