diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 3bd669f..b8401b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ jobs:
       - id: badge-generator
         uses: ./
         with:
-          dir: '.'
-          since: '2000-01-01'
+          dir: .
+          since: 2000-01-01
+          output_dir: ./output
+          filename: hits.svg
 
       - name: Deploy to image-data branch
         uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3.9.3
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2778ff..59b5c61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 GitHub action to generate Hits-of-Code badge with hoc calculated metric.
 
 **hoc** - is a command line tool to calculate Hits-of-Code metric in a source code repository (at the moment it supports Git 2+ and Subversion 1.7+). 
+
  You can read more about Hits-of-Code metric in this blog post: [Hits-of-Code Instead of SLoC](http://www.yegor256.com/2014/11/14/hits-of-code.html).
 
 [**hoc** project page](https://github.com/yegor256/hoc/tree/master)
@@ -21,12 +22,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - id: badge-generator
-        uses: ./                  # write the action name instead
+        uses: ./                     # write the action name instead
         with:
-          before: '2024-03-03'    # default value - now day
-          dir: '.'                # default value - include all files
-          exclude: 'vendor/**'    # no default value 
-          since: '2000-01-01'     # default value - '2000-01-01'
+          before: 2024-03-03'        # default value - now day
+          dir: .                     # default value - include all files
+          exclude: vendor/**         # no default value 
+          since: 2000-01-01          # default value - '2000-01-01'
+          output_dir: ./output       # default value - './output'
+          filename: hoc-badge.svg    # default value - 'hoc-badge.svg'
 ```
 
-The badge will be generated in ./output/hits.svg file. Use whatever tool you prefer to upload it somewhere.
\ No newline at end of file
+The badge will be generated into file ./output/hoc-badge.svg by default.
+
+Use whatever tool you prefer to upload it somewhere.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 230be06..1d6897e 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Set the start date of hoc (YYYY-MM-DD). Default: 2000-01-01'
     required: false
     default: '2000-01-01'
+  output_dir:
+    description: 'Output directory. Default: ./output'
+    required: false
+    default: './output'
+  filename:
+    description: 'Output filename. Default: hoc-badge.svg'
+    required: false
+    default: 'hoc-badge.svg'
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -29,10 +38,13 @@ runs:
         gem install hoc
         pip install anybadge
         mkdir ./output
-        $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/generate-badge.sh $BEFORE $DIR $EXCLUDE $SINCE
+        $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/generate-badge.sh $BEFORE $DIR $EXCLUDE $SINCE $OUTPUT_DIR $FILENAME
       shell: bash
       env:
         BEFORE:   ${{ inputs.before }}
         DIR:      ${{ inputs.dir }}
         EXCLUDE:  ${{ inputs.exclude }}
         SINCE:    ${{ inputs.since }}
+        OUTPUT_DIR:    ${{ inputs.output_dir }}
+        FILENAME:    ${{ inputs.filename }}
+
diff --git a/generate-badge.sh b/generate-badge.sh
index 907ebee..75cb271 100755
--- a/generate-badge.sh
+++ b/generate-badge.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if [ "$1" == '[]' ]; then Before="$(date +%F)"; else Before=$1; fi
-if [ "$2" == '[]' ]; then Dir='.'; else Dir=$2; fi
-if [ "$3" == '[]' ]; then Exclude=[]; else Exclude=$3; fi
-if [ "$4" == '[]' ]; then Since='2000-01-01'; else Since=$4; fi
+Dir=$2
+Exclude=$3
+Since=$4
+OutDir=$5
+Filename=$6
 
-Count=$(hoc -d "$Dir" -e "$Exclude" -s "$Since" -b "$Before" -f 'int' )
+Count=$(hoc -d "$Dir" -e "$Exclude" -s "$Since" -b "$Before" -f "int")
 echo "Hits of code: $Count"
 
-anybadge -l "Hits of Code" -v "$Count" -f ./output/hits.svg -c royalblue
+anybadge -l "Hits of Code" -v "$Count" -f "$OutDir/$Filename" -c royalblue