diff --git a/container_files/usr-local-bin/gsh b/container_files/usr-local-bin/gsh
index e65979ab..06f60f83 100755
--- a/container_files/usr-local-bin/gsh
+++ b/container_files/usr-local-bin/gsh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 
 prepDaemon
 
-export GSH_JVMARGS="$GSH_JVMARGS -DENV=$ENV -DUSERTOKEN=$USERTOKEN"
+export GSH_JVMARGS="$$GSH_JVMARGS -DENV=$ENV -DUSERTOKEN=$USERTOKEN"
 
 exec bin/gsh "$@" | tee /tmp/loggrouper