diff --git a/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/Node.java b/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/Node.java
index a9273a9b..267cd42c 100644
--- a/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/Node.java
+++ b/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/Node.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 public abstract class Node {
 
-    private static final List<String> OPENJ9_ARGS = Arrays.asList("-Xsyslog:none", "-Xtrace:none", "-Xdisableexplicitgc", "-XX:+AlwaysPreTouch", "-XX:+CompactStrings");
+    private static final List<String> OPENJ9_ARGS = Arrays.asList("-Xsyslog:none", "-Xtrace:none", "-Xdisableexplicitgc", "-XX:+AlwaysPreTouch", "-XX:+CompactStrings", "-Dlog4j.configurationFile=log4j2.xml");
     private static final double MIN_FREE_MEM = 4.0 * 1024 * 1024; // 4 GiB
 
     private static final List<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<>();