diff --git a/sdk-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/SdkTestingIntegrationTest.java b/sdk-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/SdkTestingIntegrationTest.java
index b08c70ec..aa2ad3b9 100644
--- a/sdk-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/SdkTestingIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/sdk-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/SdkTestingIntegrationTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 @SpringBootTest(
     classes = Greeter.class,
     properties = {"greetingPrefix=Something something "})
-@RestateTest(restateContainerImage = "ghcr.io/restatedev/restate:main")
+@RestateTest(containerImage = "ghcr.io/restatedev/restate:main")
 public class SdkTestingIntegrationTest {
 
   @Autowired @BindService private Greeter greeter;
diff --git a/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/ManualRestateRunner.java b/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/ManualRestateRunner.java
index 7b6194ac..60dfe37a 100644
--- a/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/ManualRestateRunner.java
+++ b/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/ManualRestateRunner.java
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ public class ManualRestateRunner
     this.runtimeContainer
         // We expose these ports only to enable port checks
         .withExposedPorts(RESTATE_INGRESS_ENDPOINT_PORT, RESTATE_ADMIN_ENDPOINT_PORT)
+        // Let's have a high logging level by default to avoid spamming too much, it can be
+        // overriden by the user
+        .withEnv("RUST_LOG", "warn")
         .withEnv(additionalEnv)
         // These envs should not be overriden by additionalEnv
         .withEnv("RESTATE_META__REST_ADDRESS", "0.0.0.0:" + RESTATE_ADMIN_ENDPOINT_PORT)
@@ -70,11 +73,19 @@ public class ManualRestateRunner
             "RESTATE_WORKER__INGRESS__BIND_ADDRESS", "0.0.0.0:" + RESTATE_INGRESS_ENDPOINT_PORT)
         .withNetworkAliases(RESTATE_RUNTIME)
         // Configure wait strategy on health paths
-        .setWaitStrategy(
+        .waitingFor(
             new WaitAllStrategy()
                 .withStrategy(Wait.forHttp("/health").forPort(RESTATE_ADMIN_ENDPOINT_PORT))
                 .withStrategy(
-                    Wait.forHttp("/restate/health").forPort(RESTATE_INGRESS_ENDPOINT_PORT)));
+                    Wait.forHttp("/restate/health").forPort(RESTATE_INGRESS_ENDPOINT_PORT)))
+        .withLogConsumer(
+            outputFrame -> {
+              switch (outputFrame.getType()) {
+                case STDOUT, STDERR ->
+                    LOG.debug("[restate] {}", outputFrame.getUtf8StringWithoutLineEnding());
+                case END -> LOG.debug("[restate] END");
+              }
+            });
 
     if (configFile != null) {
       this.runtimeContainer.withCopyToContainer(Transferable.of(configFile), "/config.yaml");
diff --git a/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/RestateExtension.java b/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/RestateExtension.java
index e1a8a80a..13a7a66e 100644
--- a/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/RestateExtension.java
+++ b/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/RestateExtension.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 package dev.restate.sdk.testing;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.*;
 import org.junit.platform.commons.support.AnnotationSupport;
 
@@ -74,7 +75,19 @@ private RestateRunner initializeRestateRunner(ExtensionContext extensionContext)
     // Build runner discovering services to bind
     var runnerBuilder = RestateRunnerBuilder.create();
     servicesToBind.forEach(runnerBuilder::bind);
-    runnerBuilder.withRestateContainerImage(testAnnotation.restateContainerImage());
+    runnerBuilder.withRestateContainerImage(testAnnotation.containerImage());
+    if (testAnnotation.environment() != null) {
+      for (String env : testAnnotation.environment()) {
+        String[] splitEnv = env.split(Pattern.quote("="), 2);
+        if (splitEnv.length != 2) {
+          throw new IllegalStateException(
+              "Environment variables should be passed in the form of NAME=VALUE. Found an invalid env: '"
+                  + env
+                  + "'");
+        }
+        runnerBuilder.withAdditionalEnv(splitEnv[0], splitEnv[1]);
+      }
+    }
     return runnerBuilder.buildRunner();
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/RestateTest.java b/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/RestateTest.java
index 0f13f761..667cf633 100644
--- a/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/RestateTest.java
+++ b/sdk-testing/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/RestateTest.java
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
  * href="https://java.testcontainers.org/">Testcontainers</a>, and register the services.
  *
  * <p>This extension is scoped per test class, meaning that the restate runner will be shared among
- * test methods. Because of the aforementioned issue, the extension sets the {@link TestInstance}
- * {@link TestInstance.Lifecycle#PER_CLASS} automatically.
+ * test methods. Because of this behaviour, the extension sets the {@link TestInstance} as {@link
+ * TestInstance.Lifecycle#PER_CLASS} automatically.
  *
  * <p>Use the annotations {@link RestateClient}, {@link RestateURL} and {@link RestateAdminClient}
  * to interact with the deployed environment:
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@
 @TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
 public @interface RestateTest {
 
+  /**
+   * Environment variables in form {@literal key=value} that should be added to the deployed Restate
+   * container.
+   *
+   * @return the environment variables to add
+   */
+  String[] environment() default {};
+
   /** Restate container image to use */
-  String restateContainerImage() default "docker.io/restatedev/restate:latest";
+  String containerImage() default "docker.io/restatedev/restate:latest";
 }
diff --git a/sdk-testing/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/CounterTest.java b/sdk-testing/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/CounterTest.java
index d1d182b1..59016588 100644
--- a/sdk-testing/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/CounterTest.java
+++ b/sdk-testing/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/testing/CounterTest.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
 
-@RestateTest(restateContainerImage = "ghcr.io/restatedev/restate:main")
+@RestateTest(containerImage = "ghcr.io/restatedev/restate:main")
 class CounterTest {
 
   @BindService private final Counter counter = new Counter();