diff --git a/launch/ur_common.launch b/launch/ur_common.launch
index aad4c6d..c8cb7bd 100644
--- a/launch/ur_common.launch
+++ b/launch/ur_common.launch
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <node name="robot_state_publisher" pkg="robot_state_publisher" type="robot_state_publisher" />
 
   <!-- driver -->
-  <node name="ur_driver" pkg="ur_modern_driver" type="ur_driver" output="screen" respawn="">
+  <node name="ur_driver" pkg="ur_modern_driver" type="ur_driver" output="screen">
   <!-- copy the specified IP address to be consistant with ROS-Industrial spec. -->
     <param name="prefix" type="str" value="$(arg prefix)" />
     <param name="robot_ip_address" type="str" value="$(arg robot_ip)" />