diff --git a/docker/run.sh b/docker/run.sh
index 2b1ca22d1c42ceccd4d8d6fe9ac40e363f729a43..164e59faa6d67b6ec9cf0dd7c199a8d937926162 100755
--- a/docker/run.sh
+++ b/docker/run.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ fi
 if [ ! -z "$FEATURES_DB_SERVER" ]; then
   OPTS="$OPTS -wait tcp://$FEATURES_DB_SERVER -timeout 60s"
 fi
-dockerize $OPTS java -jar /usr/share/jars/portal-backend.jar
+dockerize $OPTS java ${JAVA_OPTIONS} -jar /usr/share/jars/portal-backend.jar