diff --git a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq.bat b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq.bat
index 3121e3ccc8..a4f76450b8 100755
--- a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq.bat
+++ b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq.bat
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ REM SET ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:tra
 set LOCALCLASSPATH=%ACTIVEMQ_HOME%\conf;%LOCALCLASSPATH%
 
 set ACTIVEMQ_TASK="start"
-"%_JAVACMD%" %SUNJMX% %ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS% %ACTIVEMQ_OPTS% -Dactivemq.home="%ACTIVEMQ_HOME%" -jar %ACTIVEMQ_HOME%/bin/run.jar %ACTIVEMQ_CMD_LINE_ARGS% %ACTIVEMQ_TASK%
+"%_JAVACMD%" %SUNJMX% %ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS% %ACTIVEMQ_OPTS% -Dactivemq.home="%ACTIVEMQ_HOME%" -jar %ACTIVEMQ_HOME%/bin/run.jar %ACTIVEMQ_TASK% %ACTIVEMQ_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
 
 goto end