diff --git a/.openshift/action_hooks/start b/.openshift/action_hooks/start
index 53ce9a5c..a1562fc5 100755
--- a/.openshift/action_hooks/start
+++ b/.openshift/action_hooks/start
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 cd $OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR
-nohup java -jar target/commafeed.jar server .openshift/config.mysql.yml > ${OPENSHIFT_DIY_LOG_DIR}/commafeed.log 2>&1 &
+export JAVA_HOME=$OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/jdk1.8.0_20
+nohup $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -jar target/commafeed.jar server .openshift/config.mysql.yml > ${OPENSHIFT_DIY_LOG_DIR}/commafeed.log 2>&1 &