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 88713c3317..96497440fb 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
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ if [ -z "$LOG_MANAGER" ] ; then
   LOG_MANAGER="$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/${logmanager}"
 fi
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" ${java-opts} \
+exec "$JAVACMD" \
     $JAVA_ARGS \
     -Xbootclasspath/a:"$LOG_MANAGER" \
     -Djava.security.auth.login.config="$ARTEMIS_INSTANCE/etc/login.config" \
diff --git a/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile b/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile
index 9e90174233..5b44b9bb76 100644
--- a/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile
+++ b/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ARTEMIS_INSTANCE='${artemis.instance}'
 
 
 # Java Opts
-JAVA_ARGS="-XX:+PrintClassHistogram -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods -Xms512M -Xmx2G"
+JAVA_ARGS="${java-opts} -XX:+PrintClassHistogram -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods -Xms512M -Xmx2G"
 
 #
 # There might be options that you only want to enable on specifc commands, like setting a JMX port
diff --git a/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile.cmd b/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile.cmd
index a9c9985f9c..31cb5766f2 100644
--- a/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile.cmd
+++ b/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile.cmd
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rem Cluster Properties: Used to pass arguments to ActiveMQ Artemis which can be
 rem set ARTEMIS_CLUSTER_PROPS=-Dactivemq.remoting.default.port=61617 -Dactivemq.remoting.amqp.port=5673 -Dactivemq.remoting.stomp.port=61614 -Dactivemq.remoting.hornetq.port=5446
 
 rem Java Opts
-set JAVA_ARGS=-XX:+PrintClassHistogram -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods -Xms512M -Xmx1024M -Xbootclasspath/a:%ARTEMIS_HOME%\lib\${logmanager} -Djava.security.auth.login.config=%ARTEMIS_INSTANCE%\etc\login.config ${java-opts} -Dartemis.instance=%ARTEMIS_INSTANCE%
+set JAVA_ARGS=${java-opts} -XX:+PrintClassHistogram -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods -Xms512M -Xmx1024M -Xbootclasspath/a:%ARTEMIS_HOME%\lib\${logmanager} -Djava.security.auth.login.config=%ARTEMIS_INSTANCE%\etc\login.config -Dartemis.instance=%ARTEMIS_INSTANCE%
 
 rem There might be options that you only want to enable on specifc commands, like setting a JMX port
 rem See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARTEMIS-318