diff --git a/bin/lein.bat b/bin/lein.bat
index a9b6004d6..02e1f425b 100644
--- a/bin/lein.bat
+++ b/bin/lein.bat
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ if "%1" == "trampoline" goto RUN_TRAMPOLINE else goto RUN_NORMAL
 :RUN_TRAMPOLINE
 set "TRAMPOLINE_FILE=%TEMP%\lein-trampoline-%RANDOM%.bat"
 
-%JAVA_CMD% -client %JVM_OPTS% -Xbootclasspath/a:"%CLOJURE_JAR%" ^
+%JAVA_CMD% -client %LEIN_JVM_OPTS% -Xbootclasspath/a:"%CLOJURE_JAR%" ^
  -Dleiningen.original.pwd="%ORIGINAL_PWD%" ^
  -Dleiningen.trampoline-file="%TRAMPOLINE_FILE%" ^
  -cp %CLASSPATH% %JLINE% clojure.main -e "(use 'leiningen.core)(-main)" NUL %*
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ del "%TRAMPOLINE_FILE%"
 goto EOF
 
 :RUN_NORMAL
-%JAVA_CMD% -client %JVM_OPTS% -Xbootclasspath/a:"%CLOJURE_JAR%" ^
+%JAVA_CMD% -client %LEIN_JVM_OPTS% -Xbootclasspath/a:"%CLOJURE_JAR%" ^
  -Dleiningen.original.pwd="%ORIGINAL_PWD%" ^
  -cp %CLASSPATH% %JLINE% clojure.main -e "(use 'leiningen.core)(-main)" NUL %*