diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index abfd1ff..f60b815 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ inputs:
   github_package_registry_token:
     description: "Github package registry token to install dependencies outside of npm"
     default: ""
+  directory:
+    description: "directory in which to execute sam command."
+    default: "./"
 runs:
   using: "docker"
   image: "./Dockerfile"
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 1b48168..7fb6b30 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -67,9 +67,24 @@ ${output}
 	fi
 }
 
+function gotoDirectory(){
+	if [ -z "${INPUT_DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	if [ ! -d "${INPUT_DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+		echo "Directory ${INPUT_DIRECTORY} does not exists."
+		exit 127
+	fi
+
+	echo "cd ${INPUT_DIRECTORY}"
+	cd $INPUT_DIRECTORY
+}
+
 function main(){
 	parseInputs
 	installAwsSam
+	gotoDirectory
 	runSam
 }