diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-action.yml b/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
index 552b3ad..e1f3c55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./
         with:
           postgresql_version: 15
+          jvm_options: |
+            dataverse.api.signature-secret=eikaizieb2Oghaex
+            dataverse.pid.datacite.rest-api-url=https://api.datacite.org
           create-dv: true
       - name: Check Dataverse Setup
         run: |
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 2b47de7..eb71941 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ inputs:
   solr_version:
     description: "Override the Solr version to use"
     required: false
+  jvm_options:
+    description: "Line separated key-value pairs of JVM options to be set before startup. Example: dataverse.spi.exporters.directory=/..."
+    required: false
   create-dv:
     description: "Whether or not to create an example Dataverse"
     required: true
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ runs:
       run: |
         docker pull -q ${{ inputs.image_dataverse }}:${{ inputs.image_tag }}
         docker pull -q ${{ inputs.image_configbaker }}:${{ inputs.image_tag }}
-    - name: "Prepare environment variables"
+    - name: "Prepare environment"
       shell: bash
       run: |
         PG_VERSION="${{ inputs.postgresql_version }}"
@@ -55,6 +58,16 @@ runs:
         echo "DATAVERSE_IMAGE=${{ inputs.image_dataverse }}:${{ inputs.image_tag }}" | tee -a "${GITHUB_ENV}"
         echo "DATAVERSE_DB_USER=dataverse" | tee -a "${GITHUB_ENV}"
         echo "DATAVERSE_DB_PASSWORD=secret" | tee -a "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+        
+        echo "CONFIG_DIR=${RUNNER_TEMP}/dv/conf" | tee -a "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+        mkdir -p "${RUNNER_TEMP}/dv/conf"
+        while IFS= read -r line; do
+          echo "$line"
+          FILENAME="${RUNNER_TEMP}/dv/conf/$(echo "$line" | cut -f1 -d=)"
+          echo "$FILENAME"
+          echo "$line" | cut -f2- -d= > "$FILENAME"
+        done < <(printf '%s\n' "${{ inputs.jvm_options }}")
+        ls -l "${RUNNER_TEMP}/dv/conf"
     - name: "Start Dataverse service in background"
       shell: bash
       run: |
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 746e965..aea9800 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ services:
       - solr
     volumes:
       - ${RUNNER_TEMP}/dv/data:/dv
+      - ${CONFIG_DIR}:/secrets
     tmpfs:
       - /dumps:mode=770,size=2052M,uid=1000,gid=1000
       - /tmp:mode=770,size=2052M,uid=1000,gid=1000