diff --git a/azkaban-execserver/src/package/bin/start-exec.sh b/azkaban-execserver/src/package/bin/start-exec.sh
index fbb7124..d8f0f73 100755
--- a/azkaban-execserver/src/package/bin/start-exec.sh
+++ b/azkaban-execserver/src/package/bin/start-exec.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
#!/bin/bash
-base_dir=$(dirname $0)/..
-
-bin/azkaban-executor-start.sh $base_dir 2>&1>logs/executorServerLog__`date +%F+%T`.out &
+# pass along command line arguments to azkaban-executor-start.sh script
+bin/azkaban-executor-start.sh "$@" 2>&1>logs/executorServerLog__`date +%F+%T`.out &
