diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45e704a..98a7909 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ jobs:
     git-crypt export-key ./tmp-key && cat ./tmp-key | base64 | pbcopy && rm ./tmp-key
     ```
 
+### Run Directory
+
+You can run the git-crypt unlock command from a different directory besides GITHUB_WORKSPACE by setting a RUN_DIR env var.
+
 ### Running tests
 
 ```shell script
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index b83baac..2142779 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 set -eu
 
+if [ -n "${RUN_DIR:-}" ]; then 
+    cd ${RUN_DIR}
+    echo "Running git-crypt command from ${RUN_DIR}"
+fi
+
 echo "$GIT_CRYPT_KEY" | base64  -d > ./git-crypt-key
 
 git-crypt unlock ./git-crypt-key