diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/tasks/main.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/tasks/main.yml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d6a27c5a..bab044b9
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-kibana/tasks/main.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     - not build_from_sources
 
 - name: Kibana optimization (can take a while)
-  shell: /usr/share/kibana/node/bin/node {{ node_options }} /usr/share/kibana/src/cli --optimize
+  shell: /usr/share/kibana/node/bin/node {{ node_options }} /usr/share/kibana/src/cli --optimize -c {{ kibana_conf_path }}/kibana.yml
   args:
     executable: /bin/bash
   become: yes