diff --git a/scripts/runSonarQube.sh b/scripts/runSonarQube.sh
index a8346962ae..2847ad7007 100755
--- a/scripts/runSonarQube.sh
+++ b/scripts/runSonarQube.sh
@@ -13,35 +13,45 @@ requireCommand curl
 requireCommand docker
 requireCommand jq
 
+if ! command -v "sonar-report" &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "sonar-report is required. Please install it via https://github.com/soprasteria/sonar-report and then try again."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Check for install/updates at https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube
 
-sonar_port="9876"
-sonar_host="http://localhost:$sonar_port"
+container_name="sonarqube-benchmark"
+sonar_external_port="9876"
+sonar_internal_port="9000"
+sonar_host="http://localhost:$sonar_external_port"
 sonar_project="benchmark"
 sonar_user="admin"
 sonar_default_password="admin"
-sonar_password="PasswordWithNumb3rsAndSpecialCharacters!"
+sonar_password="P4ssword!!!!"
 
-echo "Creating temporary SonarQube instance"
+echo "Creating temporary SonarQube instance..."
 
-docker pull sonarqube
+#docker pull sonarqube
+#docker pull sonarsource/sonar-scanner-cli
 
 # start local sonarqube
-container_id=$(docker run --rm -d -e SONAR_ES_BOOTSTRAP_CHECKS_DISABLE=true -p "$sonar_port:9000" sonarqube)
+docker run --rm -d --name "$container_name" -e SONAR_ES_BOOTSTRAP_CHECKS_DISABLE=true -p "$sonar_external_port:$sonar_internal_port" sonarqube
 
-echo "Waiting for instance to come up"
+echo "Waiting for SonarQube to start..."
 
-# wait for container to come up
 while [[ "$(curl --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 5 --retry 60 --retry-delay 0 --retry-max-time 120 -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "$sonar_host")" != "200" ]]; do
-  sleep 3;
+  echo -n "."
+  sleep 3
 done
 
-# wait for sonarqube to be started
+echo "Waiting for SonarQube to become ready..."
+
 while [[ "$(curl --silent "$sonar_host/api/system/status" | jq -r '.status')" != "UP" ]]; do
-  sleep 3;
+  echo -n "."
+  sleep 3
 done
 
-echo "Setting up instance"
+echo "SonarQube ready. Setting up instance..."
 
 # change default password
 curl "$sonar_host/api/users/change_password" --silent -u "$sonar_user:$sonar_default_password" -X POST --data-raw "login=$sonar_user&password=$sonar_password&previousPassword=$sonar_default_password" -o /dev/null
@@ -52,17 +62,24 @@ curl "$sonar_host/api/projects/create" --silent -u "$sonar_user:$sonar_password"
 # create token
 sonar_token=$(curl "$sonar_host/api/user_tokens/generate" --silent -u "$sonar_user:$sonar_password" -X POST --data-raw "name=$(date)" | jq -r '.token')
 
-echo "Starting scan (might take some time!)"
+echo "Starting scan... (might take some time!)"
+
+container_ip=$(docker inspect "$container_name" | jq -r '.[0].NetworkSettings.Networks.bridge.IPAddress' )
+sonar_docker_host="http://$container_ip:$sonar_internal_port"
 
-# run scan (using net=host to be able to connect to localhost sonarqube)
-docker run --env SONAR_SCANNER_OPTS=-Xmx4g --net=host --rm -v ~/.m2:/root/.m2 -v "$(pwd)":"$(pwd)" -w "$(pwd)" sonarsource/sonar-scanner-cli \
-  -Dsonar.java.binaries="target" -Dsonar.projectKey="$sonar_project" -Dsonar.host.url="$sonar_host" -Dsonar.login="$sonar_token" \
-  -Dsonar.sources="src" -Dsonar.exclusions="results/**,scorecard/**,scripts/**,tools/**,VMs/**"
+docker run --env SONAR_SCANNER_OPTS=-Xmx4g --rm -v ~/.m2:/root/.m2 -v "$(pwd)":"$(pwd)" -w "$(pwd)" sonarsource/sonar-scanner-cli \
+  -Dsonar.java.binaries="target" \
+  -Dsonar.projectKey="$sonar_project" \
+  -Dsonar.host.url="$sonar_docker_host" \
+  -Dsonar.login="$sonar_token" \
+  -Dsonar.sources="src" \
+  -Dsonar.exclusions="results/**,scorecard/**,scripts/**,tools/**,VMs/**"
 
-echo "Waiting for SonarQube CE to finish task"
+echo "Waiting for SonarQube CE to finish task..."
 
 while [[ "$(curl --silent -u "$sonar_token:" "$sonar_host/api/ce/component?component=$sonar_project" | jq -r '.current.status')" != "SUCCESS" ]]; do
-  sleep 3;
+  echo -n "."
+  sleep 3
 done
 
 echo "Generating report..."
@@ -71,44 +88,9 @@ benchmark_version=$(scripts/getBenchmarkVersion.sh)
 sonarqube_version=$(curl --silent -u "$sonar_token:" "$sonar_host/api/server/version")
 result_file="results/Benchmark_$benchmark_version-sonarqube-v$sonarqube_version.json"
 
-# SonarQube does not provide a download option so we've to create the result file manually :(
-
-result='{"issues":[], "hotspots": []}'
-rules='[]'
-
-# sonarqube does not allow us to grab more than 10k issues, but most of them are information exposure which is not even
-# considered by benchmark so let's just get all relevant rules and receive results for only those rules
-
-rules_count=$(curl --silent -u "$sonar_token:" "$sonar_host/api/rules/search?p=1&ps=1" | jq -r '.total')
-page=1
-
-while (((page - 1) * 500 < rules_count)); do
-  rules=$(echo "$rules" | jq ". += $(curl --silent -u "$sonar_token:" "$sonar_host/api/rules/search?p=$page&ps=500" | jq '.rules | map( .key ) | map( select(. | contains("java:") ) )')")
-  page=$((page+1))
-done
-
-rules=$(echo "$rules" | jq '. | join(",")' | sed 's/java:S1989,//')
-
-issues_count=$(curl --silent -u "$sonar_token:" "$sonar_host/api/issues/search?p=1&ps=1&types=VULNERABILITY&componentKeys=$sonar_project&rules=$rules" | jq -r '.paging.total')
-page=1
-
-while (((page - 1) * 500 < issues_count)); do
-  issues_page=$(curl --silent -u "$sonar_token:" "$sonar_host/api/issues/search?types=VULNERABILITY&p=$page&ps=500&componentKeys=$sonar_project&rules=$rules" | jq '.issues')
-
-  result=$(echo "$result" | jq ".issues += $issues_page")
-  page=$((page+1))
-done
-
-hotspot_count=$(curl --silent -u "$sonar_token:" "$sonar_host/api/hotspots/search?projectKey=benchmark&p=1&ps=1" | jq -r '.paging.total')
-page=1
-
-while (((page - 1) * 500 < hotspot_count)); do
-  result=$(echo "$result" | jq ".hotspots += $(curl --silent -u "$sonar_token:" "$sonar_host/api/hotspots/search?projectKey=$sonar_project&p=$page&ps=500" | jq '.hotspots')")
-  page=$((page+1))
-done
-
-echo "$result" > "$result_file"
+sonar-report --sonarurl "$sonar_host" --sonarcomponent="$sonar_project" --sonarusername "$sonar_user" --sonarpassword 'P4ssword!!!!' --allbugs --no-rules-in-report --save-report-json "$result_file"
 
-echo "Shutting down SonarQube"
+echo "Result file written to $result_file"
+echo "Shutting down SonarQube..."
 
-docker stop "$container_id"
+docker stop "$container_name"