Webgoat - changing default path causing app not started properly

I am using https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat, trying to change the default path from /WebGoat to just /. I changed in the application properties file server.servlet.context-path=/ and rebuild the application.

However after that, I noticed the execution stops at StartWebGoat.java stage https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/blob/main/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/server/StartWebGoat.java when it runs SpringApplicationBuilder .

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2023-04-13 17:02:30.790  INFO 69552 --- [           main] io.undertow                              : starting server: Undertow - 2.2.18.Final
2023-04-13 17:02:30.794  INFO 69552 --- [           main] o.s.b.w.e.undertow.UndertowWebServer     : Undertow started on port(s) 9090 (http)

it didn't proceed with the next step running the StartUpMessage.Java https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/blob/main/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/server/StartupMessage.java

I couldn't find any clue that points to why the event isn't triggered after changing the context-path in the application.properties file https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/blob/main/src/main/resources/application-webgoat.properties. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Somehow I get to make it work, so from the https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat downloaded,

change the default path in the src/main/resources/application-webgoat.properties file, for the line server.servlet.context-path=/ (from /WebGoat)