diff --git a/src/Kernel.php b/src/Kernel.php
index 3abc9813..9348cdaf 100644
--- a/src/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/Kernel.php
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ final class Kernel
     private const array BOOTSTRAPPERS = [
         Bootstrappers\BootOverrides::class,
         Bootstrappers\BootPhpUnitConfiguration::class,
-        Plugins\Tia\Bootstrapper::class,
         Bootstrappers\BootSubscribers::class,
         Bootstrappers\BootFiles::class,
+        Plugins\Tia\Bootstrapper::class,
         Bootstrappers\BootView::class,
         Bootstrappers\BootKernelDump::class,
         Bootstrappers\BootExcludeList::class,
diff --git a/src/Plugins/Tia/Configuration.php b/src/Plugins/Tia/Configuration.php
index 72b6cf8d..af35f9a3 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Tia/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Plugins/Tia/Configuration.php
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ use Pest\Support\Container;
  */
 final class Configuration
 {
+    /**
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function directory(string $directory): self
+    {
+        Storage::useDirectory($directory);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return $this
      */
diff --git a/src/Plugins/Tia/Storage.php b/src/Plugins/Tia/Storage.php
index e7deeb6f..e0674314 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Tia/Storage.php
+++ b/src/Plugins/Tia/Storage.php
@@ -9,8 +9,17 @@ namespace Pest\Plugins\Tia;
  */
 final class Storage
 {
+    private static ?string $directory = null;
+
     public static function tempDir(string $projectRoot): string
     {
+        if (self::$directory !== null) {
+            $isAbsolute = str_starts_with(self::$directory, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)
+                || preg_match('/^[a-z]:[\\\\\/]/i', self::$directory) === 1;
+
+            return $isAbsolute ? self::$directory : $projectRoot.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.self::$directory;
+        }
+
         $home = self::homeDir();
 
         if ($home === null) {
@@ -25,6 +34,11 @@ final class Storage
             .DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.self::projectKey($projectRoot);
     }
 
+    public static function useDirectory(?string $directory): void
+    {
+        self::$directory = $directory;
+    }
+
     public static function purge(string $projectRoot): void
     {
         $dir = self::tempDir($projectRoot);
diff --git a/tests/.snapshots/success.txt b/tests/.snapshots/success.txt
index c6bc6212..d0798c20 100644
--- a/tests/.snapshots/success.txt
+++ b/tests/.snapshots/success.txt
@@ -1936,6 +1936,10 @@
   ✓ it records assertions against the same per-dataset key
   ✓ it leaves a test without a dataset keyed by class and method
 
+   PASS  Tests\Unit\Plugins\Tia\Storage
+  ✓ it uses a project-relative configured directory
+  ✓ it uses an absolute configured directory
+
    PASS  Tests\Unit\Plugins\Tia\TableExtractor
   ✓ fromSql() → it extracts tables from plain DML
   ✓ fromSql() → it extracts tables from joins
@@ -2221,4 +2225,4 @@
   ✓ pass with dataset with ('my-datas-set-value')
   ✓ within describe → pass with dataset with ('my-datas-set-value')
 
-  Tests:    2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 2 notices, 40 todos, 35 skipped, 1570 passed (3410 assertions)
\ No newline at end of file
+  Tests:    2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 2 notices, 40 todos, 35 skipped, 1572 passed (3413 assertions)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Plugins/Tia/Storage.php b/tests/Unit/Plugins/Tia/Storage.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f164348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Plugins/Tia/Storage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Pest\Plugins\Tia\Bootstrapper;
+use Pest\Plugins\Tia\Configuration;
+use Pest\Plugins\Tia\Contracts\State;
+use Pest\Plugins\Tia\FileState;
+use Pest\Plugins\Tia\Storage;
+use Pest\Support\Container;
+use Pest\TestSuite;
+
+afterEach(function (): void {
+    Storage::useDirectory(null);
+});
+
+it('uses a project-relative configured directory', function (): void {
+    $container = new Container;
+    $testSuite = new TestSuite(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'tests');
+    $container->add(TestSuite::class, $testSuite);
+
+    (new Configuration)->directory('.pest/tia');
+    new Bootstrapper($container)->boot();
+
+    $state = $container->get(State::class);
+
+    if (! $state instanceof FileState) {
+        throw new RuntimeException('Expected the TIA state to use file storage.');
+    }
+
+    expect(Storage::tempDir('/project'))->toBe('/project'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'.pest/tia')
+        ->and($state->pathFor('graph.json'))->toBe($testSuite->rootPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'.pest/tia/graph.json');
+});
+
+it('uses an absolute configured directory', function (): void {
+    (new Configuration)->directory('/tmp/pest-tia');
+
+    expect(Storage::tempDir('/project'))->toBe('/tmp/pest-tia');
+});
diff --git a/tests/Visual/Parallel.php b/tests/Visual/Parallel.php
index 6bb90a0a..ad9f0706 100644
--- a/tests/Visual/Parallel.php
+++ b/tests/Visual/Parallel.php
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ test('parallel', function () use ($run): void {
         $file = file_get_contents(__FILE__);
         $file = preg_replace(
             '/\$expected = \'.*?\';/',
-            "\$expected = '2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 3 notices, 40 todos, 27 skipped, 1552 passed (3355 assertions)';",
+            "\$expected = '2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 3 notices, 40 todos, 27 skipped, 1554 passed (3358 assertions)';",
             $file,
         );
         file_put_contents(__FILE__, $file);
     }
 
-    $expected = '2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 3 notices, 40 todos, 27 skipped, 1552 passed (3355 assertions)';
+    $expected = '2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 3 notices, 40 todos, 27 skipped, 1554 passed (3358 assertions)';
 
     expect($output)
         ->toContain("Tests:    {$expected}")