diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b87e096..15858a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ The following environment variables are supported. You can pass environment vari
 |`SUMO_ACCESS_KEY_FILE`              |Passes a bound file path containing Access Key.|
 |`SUMO_INSTALLATION_TOKEN_FILE`      |Passes a bound file path containing the Installation Token.|
 |`SUMO_CLOBBER`                      |When true, if there is an existing collector with the same name, that collector will be deleted.<br><br>Default: false|
+|`SUMO_COLLECTOR_CATEGORY`           |Specify collector Category.|
 |`SUMO_COLLECTOR_EPHEMERAL`          |When true, the collector will be deleted after it goes offline for 12 hours. <br><br>Default: true.|
 |`SUMO_COLLECTOR_FIELDS`             |Optional comma separated list of key=value fields to be added to the collector e.g. `_budget=Dev_20,cluster=k8s.dev`. Does nothing if `SUMO_GENERATE_USER_PROPERTIES` is set to “false”.|
 |`SUMO_COLLECTOR_NAME`               |Configures the name of the collector. The default is set dynamically to the value in `/etc/hostname`.|
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index a69a1a1..bf041a8 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ generate_user_properties_file() {
         ["SUMO_JAVA_MEMORY_INIT"]="wrapper.java.initmemory"
         ["SUMO_JAVA_MEMORY_MAX"]="wrapper.java.maxmemory"
         ["SUMO_COLLECTOR_FIELDS"]="fields"
+        ["SUMO_COLLECTOR_CATEGORY"]="category"
     )
 
     USER_PROPERTIES=""