diff --git a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
index fce73e43b3..d99d112fe9 100755
--- a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
+++ b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ ACTIVEMQ_CONFIGS="/etc/default/activemq $HOME/.activemqrc"
 
 # Backup invocation parameters
 COMMANDLINE_ARGS="$@"
+EXEC_OPTION=""
 
 # For using instances
 if ( basename $0 | grep "activemq-instance-" > /dev/null);then
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ invokeJar(){
    fi
    # Execute java binary
    if [ -n "$PIDFILE" ] && [ "$PIDFILE" != "stop" ];then
-      $DOIT_PREFIX "$JAVACMD $ACTIVEMQ_OPTS $ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS \
+      $EXEC_OPTION $DOIT_PREFIX "$JAVACMD $ACTIVEMQ_OPTS $ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS \
               -Dactivemq.classpath=\"${ACTIVEMQ_CLASSPATH}\" \
               -Dactivemq.home=\"${ACTIVEMQ_HOME}\" \
               -Dactivemq.base=\"${ACTIVEMQ_BASE}\" \
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ invokeJar(){
       RET="$?"
    elif [ -n "$PIDFILE" ] && [ "$PIDFILE" = "stop" ];then
           PID=`cat $ACTIVEMQ_PIDFILE`
-          $DOIT_PREFIX "$JAVACMD $ACTIVEMQ_OPTS $ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS \
+          $EXEC_OPTION $DOIT_PREFIX "$JAVACMD $ACTIVEMQ_OPTS $ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS \
               -Dactivemq.classpath=\"${ACTIVEMQ_CLASSPATH}\" \
               -Dactivemq.home=\"${ACTIVEMQ_HOME}\" \
               -Dactivemq.base=\"${ACTIVEMQ_BASE}\" \
@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@ invokeJar(){
               echo \$APID > $ACTIVEMQ_DATA/stop.pid; exit \$RET" $DOIT_POSTFIX
       RET="$?"
    else
-      $DOIT_PREFIX "$JAVACMD $ACTIVEMQ_OPTS $ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS \
+      $EXEC_OPTION $DOIT_PREFIX "$JAVACMD $ACTIVEMQ_OPTS $ACTIVEMQ_DEBUG_OPTS \
               -Dactivemq.classpath=\"${ACTIVEMQ_CLASSPATH}\" \
               -Dactivemq.home=\"${ACTIVEMQ_HOME}\" \
               -Dactivemq.base=\"${ACTIVEMQ_BASE}\" \
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ invoke_console(){
     ACTIVEMQ_OPTS="$ACTIVEMQ_OPTS $ACTIVEMQ_SUNJMX_START $ACTIVEMQ_SSL_OPTS -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.io.tmpdir=\"${ACTIVEMQ_TMP}\""
 
     COMMANDLINE_ARGS="start `echo $COMMANDLINE_ARGS|sed 's,^console,,'`"
+    EXEC_OPTION="exec"
     echo "INFO: Starting in foreground, this is just for debugging purposes (stop process by pressing CTRL+C)"
     invokeJar
     exit "$?"