DynamoDB Local failed to start with code 1

I keep getting this error for some reason. Doesn't give too much detail about what exactly happened. Any ideas?

```
DynamoDB Local failed to start with code 1
{ Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:8000
at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:1012:11)
at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1035:20)
at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1080:14)
message: 'connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:8000',
code: 'NetworkingError',
errno: 'ECONNREFUSED',
syscall: 'connect',
address: '127.0.0.1',
port: 8000,
region: 'us-west-2',
hostname: 'localhost',
retryable: true,
time: 2016-09-13T03:26:05.804Z }
```