diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
index 268de50340cbf..20e62d76b6f44 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class OpenSearchNode implements TestClusterConfiguration {
     private static final TimeUnit NODE_UP_TIMEOUT_UNIT = TimeUnit.MINUTES;
     private static final int ADDITIONAL_CONFIG_TIMEOUT = 15;
     private static final TimeUnit ADDITIONAL_CONFIG_TIMEOUT_UNIT = TimeUnit.SECONDS;
-    private static final List<String> OVERRIDABLE_SETTINGS = Arrays.asList("path.repo", "discovery.seed_providers", "discovery.seed_hosts");
+    private static final List<String> OVERRIDABLE_SETTINGS = Arrays.asList("path.repo", "path.data", "discovery.seed_providers", "discovery.seed_hosts");
 
     private static final int TAIL_LOG_MESSAGES_COUNT = 40;
     private static final List<String> MESSAGES_WE_DONT_CARE_ABOUT = Arrays.asList(
diff --git a/gradle/run.gradle b/gradle/run.gradle
index 34651f1d94964..880415694a341 100644
--- a/gradle/run.gradle
+++ b/gradle/run.gradle
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ testClusters {
         plugin('plugins:'.concat(p))
       }
     }
+
+    // DEBUG SETTINGS - NO COM
+    setting 'node.search.cache.size', '100b'
+    setting 'node.roles', '[data,ingest,cluster_manager,search]'
+    setting 'path.repo', '/home/carrofin/DEBUG/STORES/SNAPS'
+    setting 'path.data', '/home/carrofin/DEBUG/STORES/DATA'
   }
 }