diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 94436051f4..aa97630352 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Run the tool from source code
 
 Run the tool from release
 ```shell
-java -jar app-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-all.jar offset --bootstrap.servers 192.168.50.178:19993
+./docker/start_kafka_tool.sh offset --bootstrap.servers 192.168.50.178:19993
 ```
 
 ### Offset Explorer Configurations
@@ -253,17 +253,17 @@ Run the tool from source code
 Run the tool from release
 ```shell
 # fetch every Mbeans from specific JMX server.
-java -jar app-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-all.jar metrics --jmx.server 192.168.50.178:1099
+./docker/start_kafka_tool.sh metrics --jmx.server 192.168.50.178:1099
 
 # fetch any Mbean that its object name contains property "type=Memory".
-java -jar app-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-all.jar metrics --jmx.server 192.168.50.178:1099 --property type=Memory
+./docker/start_kafka_tool.sh metrics --jmx.server 192.168.50.178:1099 --property type=Memory
 
 # fetch any Mbean that belongs to "kafka.network" domain name,
 # and it's object name contains two properties "request=Metadata" and "name=LocalTimeMs".
-java -jar app-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-all.jar metrics --jmx.server 192.168.50.178:1099 --domain kafka.network --property request=Metadata --property name=LocalTimeMs
+./docker/start_kafka_tool.sh metrics --jmx.server 192.168.50.178:1099 --domain kafka.network --property request=Metadata --property name=LocalTimeMs
 
 # list all Mbeans' object name on specific JMX server.
-java -jar app-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-all.jar metrics --jmx.server 192.168.50.178:1099 --view-object-name-list
+./docker/start_kafka_tool.sh metrics --jmx.server 192.168.50.178:1099 --view-object-name-list
 ```
 
 ### Metric Explorer Configurations
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 654fd43080..6aa56e20d3 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     // Apply the application plugin to add support for building a CLI application in Java.
     id 'application'
-    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.1.0'
     id 'maven-publish'
 }
 
@@ -41,8 +40,8 @@ dependencies {
 
 application {
     // Define the main class for the application.
-    mainClass = 'org.astraea.App'
-    applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ["-server", "-XX:+UseG1GC", "-Djava.awt.headless=true", "-Xms4G", "-Xmx4G"]
+    mainClass = 'org.astraea.app.App'
+    applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ["-server", "-XX:+UseG1GC", "-Djava.awt.headless=true"]
 }
 
 java {
diff --git a/docker/start_kafka_tool.sh b/docker/start_kafka_tool.sh
index 1678b132d7..e13612d17d 100755
--- a/docker/start_kafka_tool.sh
+++ b/docker/start_kafka_tool.sh
@@ -26,13 +26,7 @@ function showHelp() {
 
 function generateDockerfile() {
   echo "# this dockerfile is generated dynamically
-FROM ubuntu:22.04 AS build
-
-# Do not ask for confirmations when running apt-get, etc.
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
-
-# install tools
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jdk git curl
+FROM ghcr.io/skiptests/astraea/deps AS build
 
 # clone repo
 WORKDIR /tmp
@@ -43,7 +37,7 @@ WORKDIR /tmp/astraea
 RUN git checkout $VERSION
 RUN ./gradlew clean build -x test --no-daemon
 RUN mkdir /opt/astraea
-RUN cp \$(find ./app/build/libs/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name app-*-all.jar) /opt/astraea/app.jar
+RUN tar -xvf \$(find ./app/build/distributions/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name app-*.tar) -C /opt/astraea/ --strip-components=1
 
 FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
@@ -99,10 +93,11 @@ function runContainer() {
 
   docker run --rm --init \
     $background \
+    -e JAVA_OPTS="$JMX_OPTS $HEAP_OPTS" \
     -p $JMX_PORT:$JMX_PORT \
     $need_to_bind_web \
     "$IMAGE_NAME" \
-    /bin/bash -c "java $JMX_OPTS $HEAP_OPTS -jar /opt/astraea/app.jar $args"
+    /opt/astraea/bin/app $args
 }
 
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