diff --git a/uc1-application/Dockerfile b/uc1-application/Dockerfile
index 9a4dd1d52eb111eb1bb807970f14e85acbc29608..09c36f42afe730a2fc6ba59bbc2082aa8b715f68 100644
--- a/uc1-application/Dockerfile
+++ b/uc1-application/Dockerfile
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ FROM openjdk:11-slim
 
 ADD build/distributions/uc1-application.tar /
 
-CMD export JAVA_OPTS=-Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=$LOG_LEVEL \
-    && /uc1-application/bin/uc1-application
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+
+CMD  JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=$LOG_LEVEL" \
+     /uc1-application/bin/uc1-application
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