diff --git a/__tests__/docker/install.test.itg.ts b/__tests__/docker/install.test.itg.ts
index f25a547..7313b67 100644
--- a/__tests__/docker/install.test.itg.ts
+++ b/__tests__/docker/install.test.itg.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ describe('install', () => {
     jest.resetModules();
     process.env = {
       ...originalEnv,
-      SIGN_QEMU_BINARY: '1'
+      SIGN_QEMU_BINARY: '1',
+      COLIMA_START_ARGS: '--cpu 4 --memory 8 --disk 32 --dns 1.1.1.1 --dns 8.8.8.8 --dns-host example.com=1.2.3.4'
     };
   });
   afterEach(() => {
diff --git a/src/docker/assets.ts b/src/docker/assets.ts
index 75f1ff5..dc8d923 100644
--- a/src/docker/assets.ts
+++ b/src/docker/assets.ts
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ provision:
     script: |
       mkdir -p /tmp/docker-bins
       cd /tmp/docker-bins
-      wget -qO- "https://download.docker.com/linux/static/{{dockerChannel}}/{{hostArch}}/docker-{{dockerVersion}}.tgz" | tar xvz --strip 1
+      wget -qO- "https://download.docker.com/linux/static/{{dockerBinChannel}}/{{dockerBinArch}}/docker-{{dockerBinVersion}}.tgz" | tar xvz --strip 1
       mv -f /tmp/docker-bins/* /usr/bin/
 
 # Modify ~/.ssh/config automatically to include a SSH config for the virtual machine.
diff --git a/src/docker/install.ts b/src/docker/install.ts
index 03c0d3a..512b6d5 100644
--- a/src/docker/install.ts
+++ b/src/docker/install.ts
@@ -141,15 +141,15 @@ export class Install {
     }
 
     await core.group('Creating colima config', async () => {
-      let daemonConfig = yaml.dump({docker: {}});
+      let colimaDaemonConfig = {};
       if (this.daemonConfig) {
-        daemonConfig = yaml.dump(yaml.load(JSON.stringify({docker: JSON.parse(this.daemonConfig)})));
+        colimaDaemonConfig = JSON.parse(this.daemonConfig);
       }
       const colimaCfg = handlebars.compile(colimaYamlData)({
-        hostArch: Install.platformArch(),
-        dockerVersion: this._version,
-        dockerChannel: this.channel,
-        daemonConfig: daemonConfig
+        daemonConfig: yaml.dump(yaml.load(JSON.stringify({docker: colimaDaemonConfig}))),
+        dockerBinVersion: this._version,
+        dockerBinChannel: this.channel,
+        dockerBinArch: Install.platformArch()
       });
       core.info(`Writing colima config to ${path.join(colimaDir, 'colima.yaml')}`);
       fs.writeFileSync(path.join(colimaDir, 'colima.yaml'), colimaCfg);
@@ -180,8 +180,12 @@ export class Install {
     };
 
     await core.group('Starting colima', async () => {
+      const colimaStartArgs = ['start', '--very-verbose'];
+      if (process.env.COLIMA_START_ARGS) {
+        colimaStartArgs.push(process.env.COLIMA_START_ARGS);
+      }
       try {
-        await Exec.exec('colima', ['start', '--very-verbose'], {env: envs});
+        await Exec.exec(`colima ${colimaStartArgs.join(' ')}`, [], {env: envs});
       } catch (e) {
         const haStderrLog = path.join(os.homedir(), '.lima', 'colima', 'ha.stderr.log');
         if (fs.existsSync(haStderrLog)) {