diff --git a/cmd/chantools/fakechanbackup.go b/cmd/chantools/fakechanbackup.go
index cd00d78..1e94b9b 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/fakechanbackup.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/fakechanbackup.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ chantools fakechanbackup --from_channel_graph lncli_describegraph.json \
 			"LN channel graph in the JSON format that the "+
 			"'lncli describegraph' returns",
 	)
-	multiFileName := fmt.Sprintf("results/fake-%s.backup",
+	multiFileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/fake-%s.backup", ResultsDir,
 		time.Now().Format("2006-01-02-15-04-05"))
 	cc.cmd.Flags().StringVar(
 		&cc.MultiFile, "multi_file", multiFileName, "the fake channel "+
diff --git a/cmd/chantools/filterbackup.go b/cmd/chantools/filterbackup.go
index 36ad340..33e7b94 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/filterbackup.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/filterbackup.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func filterChannelBackup(multiFile *chanbackup.MultiFile, ring keychain.KeyRing,
 	}
 	multi.StaticBackups = keep
 
-	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("results/backup-filtered-%s.backup",
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/backup-filtered-%s.backup", ResultsDir,
 		time.Now().Format("2006-01-02-15-04-05"))
 	log.Infof("Writing result to %s", fileName)
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(fileName, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
diff --git a/cmd/chantools/fixoldbackup.go b/cmd/chantools/fixoldbackup.go
index a3a6d7d..1d2b017 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/fixoldbackup.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/fixoldbackup.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func fixOldChannelBackup(multiFile *chanbackup.MultiFile,
 	}
 
 	log.Infof("Fixed shachain root of %d channels.", fixedChannels)
-	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("results/backup-fixed-%s.backup",
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/backup-fixed-%s.backup", ResultsDir,
 		time.Now().Format("2006-01-02-15-04-05"))
 	log.Infof("Writing result to %s", fileName)
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(fileName, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
diff --git a/cmd/chantools/forceclose.go b/cmd/chantools/forceclose.go
index 0742819..a002b5c 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/forceclose.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/forceclose.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func forceCloseChannels(apiURL string, extendedKey *hdkeychain.ExtendedKey,
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("results/forceclose-%s.json",
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/forceclose-%s.json", ResultsDir,
 		time.Now().Format("2006-01-02-15-04-05"))
 	log.Infof("Writing result to %s", fileName)
 	return os.WriteFile(fileName, summaryBytes, 0644)
diff --git a/cmd/chantools/genimportscript.go b/cmd/chantools/genimportscript.go
index 8db3215..b2eaee8 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/genimportscript.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/genimportscript.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (c *genImportScriptCommand) Execute(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 
 	writer := os.Stdout
 	if !c.Stdout {
-		fileName := fmt.Sprintf("results/genimportscript-%s.txt",
+		fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/genimportscript-%s.txt", ResultsDir,
 			time.Now().Format("2006-01-02-15-04-05"))
 		log.Infof("Writing import script with format '%s' to %s",
 			c.Format, fileName)
diff --git a/cmd/chantools/rescueclosed.go b/cmd/chantools/rescueclosed.go
index c0e3b56..f4ae827 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/rescueclosed.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/rescueclosed.go
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ outer:
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("results/rescueclosed-%s.json",
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/rescueclosed-%s.json", ResultsDir,
 		time.Now().Format("2006-01-02-15-04-05"))
 	log.Infof("Writing result to %s", fileName)
 	return os.WriteFile(fileName, summaryBytes, 0644)
diff --git a/cmd/chantools/root.go b/cmd/chantools/root.go
index 8f4d739..a0cc83d 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/root.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/root.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -47,10 +48,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	Testnet   bool
-	Regtest   bool
-	Signet    bool
-	NoLogFile bool
+	Testnet    bool
+	Regtest    bool
+	Signet     bool
+	NoLogFile  bool
+	ResultsDir string
 
 	log btclog.Logger
 
@@ -106,6 +108,10 @@ func main() {
 			"will be created. This is useful for testing purposes "+
 			"where we don't want to create a log file.",
 	)
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(
+		&ResultsDir, "resultsdir", "./results", "Directory where "+
+			"results should be stored",
+	)
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(
 		newChanBackupCommand(),
@@ -351,7 +357,7 @@ func setupLogging() {
 				MaxLogFiles:    3,
 				MaxLogFileSize: 10,
 			},
-			"./results/chantools.log",
+			filepath.Join(ResultsDir, "chantools.log"),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
diff --git a/cmd/chantools/summary.go b/cmd/chantools/summary.go
index d631fd3..5d131e7 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/summary.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/summary.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func summarizeChannels(apiURL string,
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("results/summary-%s.json",
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/summary-%s.json", ResultsDir,
 		time.Now().Format("2006-01-02-15-04-05"))
 	log.Infof("Writing result to %s", fileName)
 	return os.WriteFile(fileName, summaryBytes, 0644)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func summarizeAncientChannels(apiURL string,
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("results/summary-ancient-%s.json",
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/summary-ancient-%s.json", ResultsDir,
 		time.Now().Format("2006-01-02-15-04-05"))
 	log.Infof("Writing result to %s", fileName)
 	return os.WriteFile(fileName, summaryBytes, 0644)
diff --git a/cmd/chantools/triggerforceclose.go b/cmd/chantools/triggerforceclose.go
index 74d9c36..c7dacb4 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/triggerforceclose.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/triggerforceclose.go
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ func (c *triggerForceCloseCommand) Execute(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		peersBytes := []byte(strings.Join(pubKeys, "\n"))
 		outputsBytes := []byte(strings.Join(outputs, "\n"))
 
-		fileName := fmt.Sprintf("results/forceclose-peers-%s.txt",
-			time.Now().Format("2006-01-02"))
+		fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/forceclose-peers-%s.txt",
+			ResultsDir, time.Now().Format("2006-01-02"))
 		log.Infof("Writing peers to %s", fileName)
 		err = os.WriteFile(fileName, peersBytes, 0644)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ func (c *triggerForceCloseCommand) Execute(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 				err)
 		}
 
-		fileName = fmt.Sprintf("results/forceclose-addresses-%s.txt",
-			time.Now().Format("2006-01-02"))
+		fileName = fmt.Sprintf("%s/forceclose-addresses-%s.txt",
+			ResultsDir, time.Now().Format("2006-01-02"))
 		log.Infof("Writing addresses to %s", fileName)
 		return os.WriteFile(fileName, outputsBytes, 0644)
 
diff --git a/cmd/chantools/zombierecovery_findmatches.go b/cmd/chantools/zombierecovery_findmatches.go
index 0256873..03f0ee6 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/zombierecovery_findmatches.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/zombierecovery_findmatches.go
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func (c *zombieRecoveryFindMatchesCommand) Execute(_ *cobra.Command,
 			Node1:   node1,
 		}
 
-		folder := "results/match-" + node1
+		folder := fmt.Sprintf("%s/match-%s", ResultsDir, node1)
 		today := time.Now().Format("2006-01-02")
 		for node2, match := range node1map {
 			err = os.MkdirAll(folder, 0755)
diff --git a/cmd/chantools/zombierecovery_preparekeys.go b/cmd/chantools/zombierecovery_preparekeys.go
index 191448a..9c73e24 100644
--- a/cmd/chantools/zombierecovery_preparekeys.go
+++ b/cmd/chantools/zombierecovery_preparekeys.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func (c *zombieRecoveryPrepareKeysCommand) Execute(_ *cobra.Command,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("results/preparedkeys-%s-%s.json",
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%s/preparedkeys-%s-%s.json", ResultsDir,
 		time.Now().Format("2006-01-02"), pubKeyStr)
 	log.Infof("Writing result to %s", fileName)
 	return os.WriteFile(fileName, matchBytes, 0644)