diff --git a/openstreetmap-tiles-update-expire b/openstreetmap-tiles-update-expire
index dea6e9e..6958f64 100644
--- a/openstreetmap-tiles-update-expire
+++ b/openstreetmap-tiles-update-expire
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ OSM2PGSQL_BIN=osm2pgsql
 TRIM_BIN=/home/$ACCOUNT/src/regional/trim_osc.py
 
 DBNAME=gis
-OSM2PGSQL_OPTIONS="-d $DBNAME -G --hstore --tag-transform-script /home/renderer/src/openstreetmap-carto/openstreetmap-carto.lua -C 2048 --number-processes ${THREADS:-4} -S /home/renderer/src/openstreetmap-carto/openstreetmap-carto.style"
+OSM2PGSQL_OPTIONS="-d $DBNAME -G --hstore  ${OSM2PGSQL_EXTRA_ARGS} --tag-transform-script /home/renderer/src/openstreetmap-carto/openstreetmap-carto.lua -C 2048 --number-processes ${THREADS:-4} -S /home/renderer/src/openstreetmap-carto/openstreetmap-carto.style"
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # When using trim_osc.py we can define either a bounding box (such as this