diff --git a/robocode.sh b/robocode.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2001-2017 Mathew A. Nelson and Robocode contributors
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://robocode.sourceforge.net/license/epl-v10.html
+#
+
+wd=`pwd`
+cd "${0%/*}/resources/robocode"
+pwd
+java -Xss515m -DNOSECURITY=true -Xmx512M -cp libs/robocode.jar -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions "--add-opens=java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.jar=ALL-UNNAMED" "--add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED" "--add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt=ALL-UNNAMED" robocode.Robocode $*
+cd "${wd}"