diff --git a/platform/script-debugger/backend/script-debugger-backend.iml b/platform/script-debugger/backend/script-debugger-backend.iml
index 9c6e1e44d3e2..d7d58734a402 100644
--- a/platform/script-debugger/backend/script-debugger-backend.iml
+++ b/platform/script-debugger/backend/script-debugger-backend.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8" inherit-compiler-output="true">
     <exclude-output />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="platform-impl" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Netty" level="project" />
   </component>
-</module>
-
+</module>
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