diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.yml b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.yml
index d3f2da2ced53838a32ec3a419794cf35376920d4..cdeebb0810e65861eb0acd8faa55b6eff74ab029 100644
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ services:
     image: ${IMAGE_TAG:-edeliverytest}/${IMAGE_SMP_TOMCAT_MYSQL}:${SMP_VERSION}
     hostname: eulogin.protected.smp.local
     environment:
-# example to start it with JDK 8
+# example to start it with JDK 8 and JPDA enabled for debugging!
 #      - JDK_VERSION=8
+#      - JPDA_ADDRESS=5005
       - SMP_INIT_PROPERTIES=smp.passwordPolicy.expired.forceChange=false
         ||smp.automation.authentication.external.tls.SSLClientCert.enabled=true
         ||smp.cluster.enabled=false
diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/Dockerfile b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/Dockerfile
index 198fa0b95f8bbf1073696d5f22a3492bc83550b1..1e73cf94ee9fd848420616ee45f07644d036464d 100755
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/Dockerfile
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ENV SMP_HOME=/opt/smp  \
     LANG=en_US.utf8  \
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/apr/lib \
    # set debug
-    JPDA_ADDRESS="5005" \
+    JPDA_ADDRESS="*:5005" \
     JPDA_TRANSPORT="dt_socket"
 
 # set tomcat and java home environment variables
diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/README.md b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/README.md
index 03641f192377abe221cd412f7987d45e74890a25..1ebdff087cbe090bf0e7dc1d803c78c304dfad77 100755
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/README.md
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ be used in production environment.
 The image is shipped with jdk 8 and 11. By default the jdk 11 is used, but it can be changed by setting the environment 
 variable JDK_VERSION=8 to start the container with JAVA_HOME pointing to jdk 8.
 
+NOTE : that the jdk 11 JDPA_ADDRESS is by default "*:5005". To make it work with jdk 8, the JDPA_ADDRESS should be changed to "5005".
+
 # Image build
 
     docker build -t smp .
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ variable JDK_VERSION=8 to start the container with JAVA_HOME pointing to jdk 8.
 
 example:
 
-    docker run --name smp --rm -it -p 8180:8080 -p 3316:3306 -e JDK_VERSION=8  edelivery-docker.devops.tech.ec.europa.eu/edeliverytest/smp-sml-tomcat-mysql:5.0-SNAPSHOT
+    docker run --name smp --rm -it -p 8180:8080 -p 3316:3306 -e JDK_VERSION=8 -e JDPA_ADDRESS=5005 edelivery-docker.devops.tech.ec.europa.eu/edeliverytest/smp-sml-tomcat-mysql:5.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 ## SMP (param: -p 8180:8080 )
 url: http://localhost:8180/smp