diff --git a/roles/synchrony_config/defaults/main.yml b/roles/synchrony_config/defaults/main.yml
index e6607e3..383d67c 100644
--- a/roles/synchrony_config/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/synchrony_config/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 # FIXME: Add others as map?
 atl_synchrony_cluster_type: "aws"
 
+atl_synchrony_java_binary: "{{ 'java' if atl_use_system_jdk else (atl_product_installation_current + '/jre/bin/java') }}"
 atl_synchrony_memory: "{{ lookup('env', 'ATL_SYNCHRONY_MEMORY') or '-Xmx2g' }}"
 atl_synchrony_stack_space: "{{ lookup('env', 'ATL_SYNCHRONY_STACK_SPACE') or '-Xss2048k' }}"
diff --git a/roles/synchrony_config/templates/atl.synchrony.j2 b/roles/synchrony_config/templates/atl.synchrony.j2
index e340fa3..bf36ba1 100644
--- a/roles/synchrony_config/templates/atl.synchrony.j2
+++ b/roles/synchrony_config/templates/atl.synchrony.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ATL_CONFLUENCE_SHARED_CONFIG_FILE="{{ atl_product_home_shared }}/confluence.cfg.
 ATL_SYNCHRONY_JAR_PATH="{{ atl_product_installation_current }}/confluence/WEB-INF/packages/synchrony-standalone.jar"
 
 AWS_EC2_PRIVATE_IP="{{ atl_local_ipv4 }}"
-_RUNJAVA="{{ atl_product_installation_current }}/jre/bin/java"
+_RUNJAVA="{{ atl_synchrony_java_binary }}"
 
 SYNCHRONY_DATABASE_USERNAME="{{ atl_jdbc_user }}"
 SYNCHRONY_DATABASE_PASSWORD="{{ atl_jdbc_password }}"