diff --git a/fixtures/.rustscan_scripts.toml b/fixtures/.rustscan_scripts.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f5c6e026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/.rustscan_scripts.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+tags = ["core_approved", "example"]
+ports = ["80", "443", "8080"]
+developer = ["example", "https://example.org"]
+directory = "fixtures/.rustscan_scripts" 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/scripts/mod.rs b/src/scripts/mod.rs
index 410fd21a1..e21b427ee 100644
--- a/src/scripts/mod.rs
+++ b/src/scripts/mod.rs
@@ -108,17 +108,21 @@ pub fn init_scripts(scripts: &ScriptsRequired) -> Result<Vec<ScriptFile>> {
             scripts_to_run.push(default_script);
         }
         ScriptsRequired::Custom => {
-            let scripts_dir_base =
-                dirs::home_dir().ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Could not infer scripts path."))?;
-            let script_paths = find_scripts(scripts_dir_base)?;
+            let script_config = ScriptConfig::read_config()?;
+            debug!("Script config \n{:?}", script_config);
+
+            let script_dir_base = if let Some(config_directory) = &script_config.directory {
+                PathBuf::from(config_directory)
+            } else {
+                dirs::home_dir().ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Could not infer scripts path."))?
+            };
+
+            let script_paths = find_scripts(script_dir_base)?;
             debug!("Scripts paths \n{:?}", script_paths);
 
             let parsed_scripts = parse_scripts(script_paths);
             debug!("Scripts parsed \n{:?}", parsed_scripts);
 
-            let script_config = ScriptConfig::read_config()?;
-            debug!("Script config \n{:?}", script_config);
-
             // Only Scripts that contain all the tags found in ScriptConfig will be selected.
             if let Some(config_hashset) = script_config.tags {
                 for script in parsed_scripts {
@@ -316,8 +320,7 @@ fn execute_script(script: &str) -> Result<String> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn find_scripts(mut path: PathBuf) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
-    path.push(".rustscan_scripts");
+pub fn find_scripts(path: PathBuf) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
     if path.is_dir() {
         debug!("Scripts folder found {}", &path.display());
         let mut files_vec: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
@@ -382,6 +385,7 @@ pub struct ScriptConfig {
     pub tags: Option<Vec<String>>,
     pub ports: Option<Vec<String>>,
     pub developer: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    pub directory: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(tarpaulin_include))]
@@ -400,7 +404,7 @@ impl ScriptConfig {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{find_scripts, parse_scripts, Script, ScriptFile};
+    use super::*;
 
     // Function for testing only, it inserts static values into ip and open_ports
     // Doesn't use impl in case it's implemented in the super module at some point
@@ -418,7 +422,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn find_and_parse_scripts() {
-        let scripts = find_scripts("fixtures/".into()).unwrap();
+        let scripts = find_scripts("fixtures/.rustscan_scripts".into()).unwrap();
         let scripts = parse_scripts(scripts);
         assert_eq!(scripts.len(), 4);
     }
@@ -515,4 +519,49 @@ mod tests {
         // output has a newline at the end by default, .trim() trims it
         assert_eq!(output.trim(), "Total args passed to fixtures/.rustscan_scripts/test_script.pl : 2\nArg # 1 : 127.0.0.1\nArg # 2 : 80,8080");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_custom_directory_config() {
+        // Create test config
+        let config_str = r#"
+            tags = ["core_approved", "example"]
+            directory = "fixtures/.rustscan_scripts"
+        "#;
+
+        let config: ScriptConfig = toml::from_str(config_str).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            config.directory,
+            Some("fixtures/.rustscan_scripts".to_string())
+        );
+
+        // Test that the directory is actually used
+        let script_dir_base = PathBuf::from(config.directory.unwrap());
+        let scripts = find_scripts(script_dir_base).unwrap();
+
+        // Verify we found the test script
+        assert!(scripts.iter().any(|p| p
+            .file_name()
+            .and_then(|f| f.to_str())
+            .map(|s| s == "test_script.txt")
+            .unwrap_or(false)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_default_directory_fallback() {
+        let config_str = r#"
+            tags = ["core_approved", "example"]
+        "#;
+
+        let config: ScriptConfig = toml::from_str(config_str).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.directory, None);
+
+        // Test fallback to home directory
+        let script_dir_base = if let Some(config_directory) = &config.directory {
+            PathBuf::from(config_directory)
+        } else {
+            dirs::home_dir().unwrap()
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(script_dir_base, dirs::home_dir().unwrap());
+    }
 }