diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 4ea4461b..3ca9dd3d 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG="${ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG}"  # Boolean to see even more info
 # Default Vars #
 ################
 DEFAULT_VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE='true'                  # Default value for validate all files
-DEFAULT_WORKSPACE='/tmp/lint'                         # Default workspace if running locally
+DEFAULT_WORKSPACE="${DEFAULT_WORKSPACE:-/tmp/lint}"   # Default workspace if running locally
 DEFAULT_ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ansible" # Default Ansible Directory
 DEFAULT_RUN_LOCAL='false'                             # Default value for debugging locally
 DEFAULT_TEST_CASE_RUN='false'                         # Flag to tell code to run only test cases