diff --git a/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/bin/artemis b/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/bin/artemis
index 758713c579..3ccabdb885 100755
--- a/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/bin/artemis
+++ b/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/bin/artemis
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ fi
 exec "$JAVACMD" \
     $JAVA_ARGS \
     -Xbootclasspath/a:"$LOG_MANAGER" \
-    -Djava.security.auth.login.config="$ARTEMIS_INSTANCE_ETC_URI/login.config" \
+    -Djava.security.auth.login.config="$ARTEMIS_INSTANCE_ETC/login.config" \
     $ARTEMIS_CLUSTER_PROPS \
     -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
     -Dartemis.home="$ARTEMIS_HOME" \