diff --git a/bin/start.sh b/bin/start.sh
index d9807b97d27f5ec6c0eaf4cd541649a352c51f56..be39a51ee53e94b046def0d93a9cea23f062c2e0 100755
--- a/bin/start.sh
+++ b/bin/start.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function getsyncmode
 	    --bootnodes "${bootnodes}"      \
 	    --rpc			    \
 	    --rpcport $rpcport	            \
-	    --rpcapi "eth,net,web3,admin,clique,miner"	\
+	    --rpcapi "eth,net,web3,admin,clique,miner,personal"	\
 	    --port $netport		    \
 	    --nousb			    \
             --txpool.nolocals               \