diff --git a/quickstart-flink/pom.xml b/quickstart-flink/pom.xml
index c61f3caf8f3728aa85f4012f4888a42d399adb8a..fe75ab4da77555ba380fad1d72fbfd389a738edc 100644
--- a/quickstart-flink/pom.xml
+++ b/quickstart-flink/pom.xml
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@
 								<transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
 									<mainClass>com.streamxhub.streamx.quickstart.flink.SocketWindowWordCount</mainClass>
 								</transformer>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.AppendingTransformer">
+                                    <resource>reference.conf</resource>
+                                </transformer>
 							</transformers>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>