Run spec hangs at Scanning packages for steps (Command line, not running from IntelliJ

[mbalcomm]

I have:
% gauge --version
Gauge version: 1.4.1
Plugins
html-report (4.1.4)
java (0.8.1)
screenshot (0.1.0)
spectacle (0.1.4)
xml-report (0.2.3)

Runninga simple spec from IntelliJ spec works fine:
/usr/local/bin/gauge run --machine-readable --hide-suggestion --simple-console specs/HelloStratos.spec

Running the same command from IntelliJ terminal, or just terminal window, it hangs. and in gauge.log:
24-08-2022 15:07:59.315 [java] [DEBUG] found java executable in java
24-08-2022 15:07:59.315 [java] [DEBUG] running - java [-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 com.thoughtworks.gauge.GaugeRuntime --start]
24-08-2022 15:07:59.315 [java] [DEBUG] stdout/stderr is logged to logs/17589-java.out
24-08-2022 15:07:59.405 [java] [DEBUG] multithreading is set to false
24-08-2022 15:07:59.840 [java] [DEBUG] Using reflection to scan dependencies for gauge implementations...
24-08-2022 15:07:59.858 [java] [ERROR] SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
24-08-2022 15:07:59.858 [java] [ERROR] SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
24-08-2022 15:07:59.858 [java] [ERROR] SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
24-08-2022 15:08:00.155 [java] [DEBUG] gauge-java took 750milliseconds to load and scan. This should be less than 'runner_connection_timeout' config value.
24-08-2022 15:08:00.155 [java] [DEBUG] run 'gauge config runner_connection_timeout' and verify that it is < 750
24-08-2022 15:08:00.155 [java] [DEBUG] starting gRPC server...
24-08-2022 15:08:00.452 [java] [DEBUG] started gRPC server on port 57479
24-08-2022 15:08:00.452 [Gauge] [DEBUG] Attempting to connect to grpc server at port: 57479
24-08-2022 15:08:00.557 [Gauge] [DEBUG] Successfully made the connection with runner with port: 57479
24-08-2022 15:08:00.557 [Gauge] [DEBUG] Validation started.
24-08-2022 15:08:00.840 [java] [DEBUG] Scanning packages for steps

Any idea? Is there something I missed? configuration?
Thank you.