diff --git a/src/ansys/fluent/core/__init__.py b/src/ansys/fluent/core/__init__.py
index ffeb645257d..e1366d1e508 100644
--- a/src/ansys/fluent/core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ansys/fluent/core/__init__.py
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ def version_info() -> str:
 )
 EXAMPLES_PATH = os.path.join(USER_DATA_PATH, "examples")
 
+CONTAINER_MOUNT_PATH = None
+
 # Set this to False to stop automatically inferring and setting REMOTING_SERVER_ADDRESS
 INFER_REMOTING_IP = True
 
diff --git a/src/ansys/fluent/core/launcher/fluent_container.py b/src/ansys/fluent/core/launcher/fluent_container.py
index 26fddea6c82..0aa913ec3d2 100644
--- a/src/ansys/fluent/core/launcher/fluent_container.py
+++ b/src/ansys/fluent/core/launcher/fluent_container.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def configure_container_dict(
         if file_transfer_service:
             host_mount_path = pyfluent.USER_DATA_PATH
         else:
-            host_mount_path = pyfluent.EXAMPLES_PATH
+            host_mount_path = pyfluent.CONTAINER_MOUNT_PATH or os.getcwd()
     elif "volumes" in container_dict:
         logger.warning(
             "'volumes' keyword specified in 'container_dict', but "
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ def configure_container_dict(
         host_mount_path = volumes_string.replace(":" + container_mount_path, "")
         logger.debug(f"host_mount_path: {host_mount_path}")
         logger.debug(f"container_mount_path: {container_mount_path}")
+    logger.warning(
+        f"Starting Fluent container mounted to {host_mount_path}, with this path available as {container_mount_path} for the Fluent session running inside the container."
+    )
 
     if "ports" not in container_dict:
         if not port:
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 57d09bcb9a0..bb2f730530d 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from packaging.version import Version
 import pytest
 
+import ansys.fluent.core as pyfluent
 from ansys.fluent.core.utils.fluent_version import FluentVersion
 
 _fluent_release_version = FluentVersion.current_release().value
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ def run_before_each_test(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, request: pytest.FixtureRequest
 ) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setenv("PYFLUENT_TEST_NAME", request.node.name)
+    pyfluent.CONTAINER_MOUNT_PATH = pyfluent.EXAMPLES_PATH
 
 
 class Helpers:
diff --git a/tests/test_launcher.py b/tests/test_launcher.py
index f048b78d514..5b7f4b06664 100644
--- a/tests/test_launcher.py
+++ b/tests/test_launcher.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import platform
 
@@ -448,3 +449,14 @@ def get_processor_count(solver):
     # https://github.com/ansys/pyfluent/issues/2624
     # with pyfluent.launch_fluent(additional_arguments="-t2") as solver:
     #     assert get_processor_count(solver) == 2
+
+
+def test_container_warning_for_host_mount_path(caplog):
+    container_dict = {
+        "host_mount_path": os.getcwd(),
+        "container_mount_path": "/mnt/pyfluent/tests",
+    }
+    if check_docker_support():
+        solver = pyfluent.launch_fluent(container_dict=container_dict)
+        assert container_dict["host_mount_path"] in caplog.text
+        assert container_dict["container_mount_path"] in caplog.text