diff --git a/import-stx b/import-stx
index eec54961..1cc66f4a 100755
--- a/import-stx
+++ b/import-stx
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ fi
 
 export PRJDIR=$(pwd)
 export PATH=$PRJDIR/stx/bin:$PATH
-export MINIKUBENAME=minikube-$USER-upstream
+export MINIKUBENAME=${MINIKUBENAME:-minikube-$USER-upstream}
 export KUBECONFIG=$MINIKUBE_HOME/.kube/config
+export STX_BUILD_HOME="${STX_BUILD_HOME:-/localdisk/$USER}"
diff --git a/stx-init-env b/stx-init-env
index 924e1109..ccda50a2 100755
--- a/stx-init-env
+++ b/stx-init-env
@@ -49,32 +49,16 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
-VolumePath=$1
-
-if [ x"$VolumePath"==x"" ]; then
-
-    VolumePath="/localdisk/$USER"
-
-    if [ ! -d "$VolumePath" ]; then
-        echo "Warning: The directory $VolumePath doesn't exist, please create it with the command:"
-        echo ""
-        echo "  mkdir -p $VolumePath"
-        echo ""
-        echo "or User the command 'source stx-init-env Your/Path' to redefine the shared volume"
-        return 1
-    fi
-else
-    if [ ! -d "$VolumePath" ]; then
-        echo "Warning: The directory $VolumePath doesn't exist, please create it with the command:"
-        echo ""
-        echo "  mkdir -p $VolumePath"
-        echo ""
-        echo "Then execute this script again!"
-        return 1
-    fi
+if [ ! -d "$STX_BUILD_HOME" ]; then
+    echo "Warning: The directory $STX_BUILD_HOME doesn't exist, please create it with the command:"
+    echo ""
+    echo "  mkdir -p $STX_BUILD_HOME"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Then execute this script again!"
+    return 1
 fi
 
-$MINIKUBE start --driver=docker -p $MINIKUBENAME --mount=true --mount-string="$VolumePath:/workspace"
+$MINIKUBE start --driver=docker -p $MINIKUBENAME --mount=true --mount-string="$STX_BUILD_HOME:/workspace"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     return 1
 fi