diff --git a/utils/stc/bin/stc-launcher b/utils/stc/bin/stc-launcher
index 3ef661e..0d56017 100755
--- a/utils/stc/bin/stc-launcher
+++ b/utils/stc/bin/stc-launcher
@@ -2,4 +2,18 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #   System Test Coordinator process launcher
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+env=$1 && shift
+cwd=$1 && shift
+
+if [ $env != "-" ]; then
+    [ ! -f $env ] && echo "$env file not found" && exit 1
+    source $env
+fi
+
+if [ $cwd != "-" ]; then
+    [ ! -d $cwd ] && echo "$cwd directory not found" && exit 1
+    cd $cwd
+fi
+
 "$@" 2>&1