diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b3496da..44002da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       run: cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
 
   integration-test:
-    runs-on: ["self-hosted", "linux", "x64", "16xlarge+gpu"]
+    runs-on: ["self-hosted", "linux", "x64", "12xlarge+amd"]
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     steps:
diff --git a/src/paths.rs b/src/paths.rs
index 46f6a54..541d1d3 100644
--- a/src/paths.rs
+++ b/src/paths.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-/// Returns the path to the foc-devnet home directory, e.g., ~/.foc-devnet
+use tracing::info;
+
+/// Returns the path to the foc-devnet home directory.
+/// First checks for $FOC_DEVNET_BASEDIR environment variable.
+/// If not set, defaults to ~/.foc-devnet
 pub fn foc_devnet_home() -> PathBuf {
-    dirs::home_dir()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("/tmp"))
-        .join(".foc-devnet")
+    if let Ok(base_dir) = std::env::var("FOC_DEVNET_BASEDIR") {
+        info!("Using FOC_DEVNET_BASEDIR from environment: {}", base_dir);
+        PathBuf::from(base_dir)
+    } else {
+        dirs::home_dir()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("/tmp"))
+            .join(".foc-devnet")
+    }
 }
 
 /// Returns the path to the foc-devnet logs directory, e.g., ~/.foc-devnet/logs