diff --git a/Dockerfile.openj9 b/Dockerfile.openj9
index 1b92dbe..c40f4c9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openj9
+++ b/Dockerfile.openj9
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ COPY --from=build /app/build/libs/piped-1.0-all.jar /app/piped.jar
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD java -jar /app/piped.jar
+CMD java -server -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+OptimizeStringConcat -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:+UseCompressedOops -XX:+UseNUMA -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:-UseBiasedLocking -Xshareclasses:allowClasspaths -jar /app/piped.jar