diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 893b44f..c33b603 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ This tool is able to override the following attributes:
 | Service Name | --service-name | `junit2otlp` | Overrides OpenTelemetry's service name. If the `OTEL_SERVICE_NAME` environment variable is set, it will take precedence over any other value. |
 | Service Version | --service-version | Empty | Overrides OpenTelemetry's service version. If the `OTEL_SERVICE_VERSION` environment variable is set, it will take precedence over any other value. |
 | Trace Name | --trace-name | `junit2otlp` | Overrides OpenTelemetry's trace name. |
+| Properties Allowed | --properties-allowed | All | Comma separated list of properties to be allowed in the jUnit report. |
 
 For using this tool in a distributed tracing scenario, where there is a parent trace in which the test reports traces should be attached, it's important to set the `TRACEPARENT` environment variable, so that the traces and spans generated by this tool are located under the right parent trace. Please read more on this [here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/issues/740).
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4b5159d..c50bff5 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/joshdk/go-junit"
@@ -30,8 +32,12 @@ var repositoryPathFlag string
 var serviceNameFlag string
 var serviceVersionFlag string
 var traceNameFlag string
+var propertiesAllowedString string
+
+const propertiesAllowAll = "all"
 
 var runtimeAttributes []attribute.KeyValue
+var propsAllowed []string
 
 func init() {
 	flag.IntVar(&batchSizeFlag, "batch-size", defaultMaxBatchSize, "Maximum export batch size allowed when creating a BatchSpanProcessor")
@@ -39,12 +45,21 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&serviceNameFlag, "service-name", "", "OpenTelemetry Service Name to be used when sending traces and metrics for the jUnit report")
 	flag.StringVar(&serviceVersionFlag, "service-version", "", "OpenTelemetry Service Version to be used when sending traces and metrics for the jUnit report")
 	flag.StringVar(&traceNameFlag, "trace-name", Junit2otlp, "OpenTelemetry Trace Name to be used when sending traces and metrics for the jUnit report")
+	flag.StringVar(&propertiesAllowedString, "properties-allowed", propertiesAllowAll, "Comma separated list of properties to be allowed in the jUnit report")
 
-	// initialise runtime keys
+	// initialize runtime keys
 	runtimeAttributes = []attribute.KeyValue{
 		semconv.HostArchKey.String(runtime.GOARCH),
 		semconv.OSNameKey.String(runtime.GOOS),
 	}
+
+	propsAllowed = []string{}
+	if propertiesAllowedString != "" {
+		allowed := strings.Split(propertiesAllowedString, ",")
+		for _, prop := range allowed {
+			propsAllowed = append(propsAllowed, strings.TrimSpace(prop))
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func createIntCounter(meter metric.Meter, name string, description string) metric.Int64Counter {
@@ -202,6 +217,13 @@ func initTracerProvider(ctx context.Context, res *resource.Resource) (*sdktrace.
 func propsToLabels(props map[string]string) []attribute.KeyValue {
 	attributes := []attribute.KeyValue{}
 	for k, v := range props {
+		// if propertiesAllowedString is not "all" (default) and the key is not in the
+		// allowed list, skip it
+		if propertiesAllowedString != propertiesAllowAll &&
+			len(propsAllowed) > 0 && !slices.Contains(propsAllowed, k) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		attributes = append(attributes, attribute.Key(k).String(v))
 	}
 
@@ -224,6 +246,10 @@ func (pr *PipeReader) Read() ([]byte, error) {
 		var buf []byte
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
 
+		// 64KB initial buffer, 1MB max buffer size
+		// was seeing large failure messages causing parsing to fail
+		scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 64*1024), 1024*1024)
+
 		for scanner.Scan() {
 			buf = append(buf, scanner.Bytes()...)
 		}
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index c2f4ba7..34f9671 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/network"
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/wait"
@@ -177,6 +176,7 @@ func setupRuntimeDependencies(t *testing.T) (context.Context, string, testcontai
 					ContainerFilePath: "/tmp/tests.json",
 				},
 			},
+			WaitingFor: wait.ForListeningPort("4317/tcp"),
 		},
 		Started: true,
 	})
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@ func setupRuntimeDependencies(t *testing.T) (context.Context, string, testcontai
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	collectorPort, err := otelCollector.MappedPort(ctx, "4317/tcp")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("could not get mapped port for otel-collector: %v", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	t.Setenv(exporterEndpointKey, "http://localhost:"+collectorPort.Port())
 	t.Setenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_SPAN_INSECURE", "true")