diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e1bd0c775..4cfc8336b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ services:
       - "8551:8551"
       - "30303:30303"
     volumes:
-      - "sequencer_geth_data:/db"
-      - "${PWD}/build/jwt-secret.txt:/config/jwt-secret.txt"
-      - "${PWD}/genesis_l2.json:/genesis.json"
+      - "sequencer_geth_data:${GETH_DATA_DIR}"
+      - "${PWD}/build/jwt-secret.txt:${JWT_SECRET_PATH}"
+      - "${PWD}/genesis_l2.json:${JWT_SECRET_PATH}"
+    environment:
+      - GETH_DATA_DIR=/db
+      - GENESIS_FILE_PATH=/genesis.json
+      - JWT_SECRET_PATH=/jwt-secret.txt
     entrypoint: # pass the L2 specific flags by overriding the entry-point and adding extra arguments
       - "/bin/sh"
       - "/entrypoint.sh"
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 39fa95180..c88ecca35 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-GETH_DATA_DIR=/db
+GETH_DATA_DIR="${GETH_DATA_DIR:-/db}"
 GETH_CHAINDATA_DIR="$GETH_DATA_DIR/geth/chaindata"
 GENESIS_FILE_PATH="${GENESIS_FILE_PATH:-/genesis.json}"
+JWT_SECRET_PATH="${JWT_SECRET_PATH:-/jwt-secret.txt}"
 DEFAULE_MINER_ETHERBASE="0x0e87cd091e091562F25CB1cf4641065dA2C049F5"
 
 if [[ ! -e "$GETH_CHAINDATA_DIR" ]]; then
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ COMMAND="geth \
 --authrpc.addr="0.0.0.0" \
 --authrpc.port="8551" \
 --authrpc.vhosts="*" \
---authrpc.jwtsecret=/config/jwt-secret.txt \
+--authrpc.jwtsecret=$JWT_SECRET_PATH \
 --gcmode=archive \
 --mine \
 --miner.etherbase=$MINER_ETHERBASE $optional_bootnodes"