diff --git a/projects/mxj/build.sh b/projects/mxj/build.sh
index 081c6c09d..ceef91be5 100755
--- a/projects/mxj/build.sh
+++ b/projects/mxj/build.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
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+go mod init mxj
 compile_go_fuzzer . FuzzMapXml  fuzz_map_xml gofuzz