diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 569b970..33dccaa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,10 +25,30 @@ controlled through environment variables.
       - PROMTAIL_LABEL_HOST=localbeach-${BEACH_PROJECT_NAME}
 ```
 
+## Testing with docker run
+
+Create a directory "test" on your local machine. Within that directory 
+create a file "test.log".
+
+Then run Promtail with `docker run`:
+
+```bash
+docker run -v $(pwd)/logs:/logs \
+  -e PROMTAIL_SCRAPE_PATH=/logs/test.log \
+  -e PROMTAIL_CLIENT_URL=https://logs-prod-us-central1.grafana.net/loki/api/v1/push \
+  -e PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME=loki-username \
+  -e PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD=loki-password \
+  -e PROMTAIL_LABEL_JOB=test-job \ 
+  flownative/promtail
+```
+
+In a separate terminal, add test content to the log file, for example with 
+`echo "some test" >> logs/test.log`.
+
 ### Environment variables
 
 | Variable Name                | Type   | Default                                  | Description                                                         |
-| ---------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+|------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | PROMTAIL_CLIENT_URL          | string | http://loki_loki_1:3100/loki/api/v1/push | URL pointing to the Loki push endpoint                              |
 | PROMTAIL_LABEL_HOST          | string | $(hostname)                              | Value of the label "host" which is added to all log entries         |
 | PROMTAIL_LABEL_JOB           | string | promtail                                 | Value of the label "job" which is added to all log entries          |
@@ -37,6 +57,7 @@ controlled through environment variables.
 | PROMTAIL_CLIENT_TENANT_ID    | string |                                          | An optional tenant id to sent as the `X-Scope-OrgID`-header         |
 | PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME | string |                                          | Username to use for basic auth, if required by Loki                 |
 | PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD | string |                                          | Password to use for basic auth, if required by Loki                 |
+| PROMTAIL_SCRAPE_PATH         | string | /application/Data/Logs/*.log             | Path leading to log files to be scraped; supports glob syntax       |
 
 ## Security aspects
 
diff --git a/root-files/entrypoint.sh b/root-files/entrypoint.sh
index d599b09..9ffbf43 100755
--- a/root-files/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/root-files/entrypoint.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ banner_flownative Promtail
 eval "$(promtail_env)"
 eval "$(supervisor_env)"
 
-# promtail_initialize
+promtail_initialize
 
 supervisor_initialize
 supervisor_start
diff --git a/root-files/opt/flownative/lib/promtail.sh b/root-files/opt/flownative/lib/promtail.sh
index d5487a5..4e5f278 100755
--- a/root-files/opt/flownative/lib/promtail.sh
+++ b/root-files/opt/flownative/lib/promtail.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export PROMTAIL_LABEL_PROJECT="${PROMTAIL_LABEL_PROJECT:-}"
 export PROMTAIL_CLIENT_TENANT_ID="${PROMTAIL_CLIENT_TENANT_ID:-}"
 export PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME="${PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME:-}"
 export PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD="${PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD:-}"
+export PROMTAIL_SCRAPE_PATH=${PROMTAIL_SCRAPE_PATH:-/application/Data/Logs/*.log}
 
 export PATH="${PATH}:${PROMTAIL_BASE_PATH}/bin"
 EOF
@@ -45,4 +46,20 @@ EOF
 #
 promtail_initialize() {
     info "Promtail: Initializing ..."
+
+    info "Will scrape logs found at ${PROMTAIL_SCRAPE_PATH}"
+
+    path=$(dirname ${PROMTAIL_SCRAPE_PATH})
+    if [ ! -d  $path ]; then
+      warn "$path does not exist"
+    fi
+
+    info "Logs will be sent to ${PROMTAIL_CLIENT_URL}"
+
+    if [[ $PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME != "" && $PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD != "" ]]; then
+        info "Will authenticate with username ${PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME} and a given password"
+    fi
+    if [[ $PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME != "" && $PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD == "" ]]; then
+        warn "Authentication is configured to use username ${PROMTAIL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME} but no password was specified!"
+    fi
 }
diff --git a/root-files/opt/flownative/promtail/etc/config.yaml b/root-files/opt/flownative/promtail/etc/config.yaml
index 87d5916..990cd85 100644
--- a/root-files/opt/flownative/promtail/etc/config.yaml
+++ b/root-files/opt/flownative/promtail/etc/config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ scrape_configs:
           organization: ${PROMTAIL_LABEL_ORGANIZATION}
           project: ${PROMTAIL_LABEL_PROJECT}
           host: ${PROMTAIL_LABEL_HOST}
-          __path__: /application/Data/Logs/*.log
+          __path__: ${PROMTAIL_SCRAPE_PATH}
 
 server:
   disable: true