diff --git a/hugegraph-dist/README.md b/hugegraph-dist/README.md
index 068bd67590..94493aa928 100644
--- a/hugegraph-dist/README.md
+++ b/hugegraph-dist/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ If you want to pre-load some data or graphs in container, you can set the env `P
 
 If you want to customize the pre-loaded data, please mount the the groovy scripts (not necessary).
 
+
+
 1. Using docker run
 
     Use `docker run -itd --name=graph -p 18080:8080 -e PRELOAD=true -v /yourscript:/hugegraph/scripts/example.groovy hugegraph/hugegraph` to start hugegraph server.
@@ -46,4 +48,8 @@ If you want to customize the pre-loaded data, please mount the the groovy script
           - /path/to/yourscript:/hugegraph/scripts/example.groovy
         ports:
           - 18080:8080
-    ```
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+    ```
+
+3. Using start-hugegraph.sh
+
+    If you deploy HugeGraph server without docker, you can also pass arguments using `-p`, like this: `bin/start-hugegraph.sh -p true`.
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diff --git a/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/static/bin/start-hugegraph.sh b/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/static/bin/start-hugegraph.sh
index 1c0110a8b3..d02066141a 100644
--- a/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/static/bin/start-hugegraph.sh
+++ b/hugegraph-dist/src/assembly/static/bin/start-hugegraph.sh
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ GC_OPTION=""
 USER_OPTION=""
 SERVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_S=30
 
-while getopts "d:g:m:s:j:t:v" arg; do
+while getopts "d:g:m:p:s:j:t:v" arg; do
     case ${arg} in
         d) DAEMON="$OPTARG" ;;
         g) GC_OPTION="$OPTARG" ;;
         m) OPEN_MONITOR="$OPTARG" ;;
+        p) PRELOAD="$OPTARG" ;;
         s) OPEN_SECURITY_CHECK="$OPTARG" ;;
         j) USER_OPTION="$OPTARG" ;;
         t) SERVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_S="$OPTARG" ;;