diff --git a/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/messaging/MessagingInfo.java b/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/messaging/MessagingInfo.java
index 986b347c..103998fe 100644
--- a/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/messaging/MessagingInfo.java
+++ b/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/messaging/MessagingInfo.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class MessagingInfo
     @PostConstruct
     public void init()
     {
-        final boolean jms = activemqUrl != null && !activemqUrl.isBlank();
+        final boolean jms = activemqUrl != null && !activemqUrl.trim().isEmpty();
         logger.info("JMS client is {}, activemq.url: '{}'", jms ? "ENABLED" : "DISABLED",
             activemqUrl);
     }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eec8844c..8cb657b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>11</java.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         
         <image.tag>latest</image.tag>
         <dependency.pdfbox.version>2.0.16</dependency.pdfbox.version>