diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b029d74a..97aa1b3f4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.sql.gz
 .netbox
+.initializers
 docker-compose.override.yml
diff --git a/docker-compose.test.yml b/docker-compose.test.yml
index 534a025ca..9420617a9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.test.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.test.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
     user: '101'
     volumes:
     - ./startup_scripts:/opt/netbox/startup_scripts:z,ro
-    - ./initializers:/opt/netbox/initializers:z,ro
+    - ./${INITIALIZERS_DIR-initializers}:/opt/netbox/initializers:z,ro
     - ./configuration:/etc/netbox/config:z,ro
     - ./reports:/etc/netbox/reports:z,ro
     - ./scripts:/etc/netbox/scripts:z,ro
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 627eef1c3..6684f7cd8 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -10,24 +10,31 @@ export IMAGE="${IMAGE-netboxcommunity/netbox:latest}"
 # The docker compose command to use
 doco="docker-compose -f docker-compose.test.yml"
 
-test_netbox_unit_tests() {
-  echo "⏱ Running Netbox Unit Tests"
-  $doco run --rm netbox ./manage.py test
-}
+INITIALIZERS_DIR=".initializers"
 
-test_initializers() {
-  echo "🏗 Testing Initializers"
+test_setup() {
+  echo "🏗 Setup up test environment"
+  if [ -d "${INITIALIZERS_DIR}" ]; then
+    rm -rf "${INITIALIZERS_DIR}"
+  fi
 
-  mkdir initializers_test
+  mkdir "${INITIALIZERS_DIR}"
   (
     cd initializers
     for script in *.yml; do
-      sed -E 's/^# //' "${script}" > "../initializers_test/${script}"
+      sed -E 's/^# //' "${script}" > "../${INITIALIZERS_DIR}/${script}"
     done
   )
-  mv initializers initializers_original
-  mv initializers_test initializers
+}
 
+test_netbox_unit_tests() {
+  echo "⏱ Running Netbox Unit Tests"
+  $doco run --rm netbox ./manage.py test
+}
+
+test_initializers() {
+  echo "🏭 Testing Initializers"
+  export INITIALIZERS_DIR
   $doco run --rm netbox ./manage.py check
 }
 
@@ -35,9 +42,8 @@ test_cleanup() {
   echo "💣 Cleaning Up"
   $doco down -v
 
-  if [ -d initializers_original ]; then
-    rm -rf initializers
-    mv initializers_original initializers
+  if [ -d "${INITIALIZERS_DIR}" ]; then
+    rm -rf "${INITIALIZERS_DIR}"
   fi
 }
 
@@ -45,6 +51,7 @@ echo "🐳🐳🐳 Start testing '${IMAGE}'"
 
 # Make sure the cleanup script is executed
 trap test_cleanup EXIT ERR
+test_setup
 
 test_netbox_unit_tests
 test_initializers