diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp b/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp
index 3f66512e83..ec1d62ec3f 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp
@@ -925,6 +925,9 @@ void setSgctDelegateFunctions() {
 
         return currentWindow->swapGroupFrameNumber();
     };
+    sgctDelegate.setScreenshotFolder = [](std::string path) {
+        Settings::instance().setCapturePath(std::move(path));
+    };
 }
 
 void checkCommandLineForSettings(int& argc, char** argv, bool& hasSGCT, bool& hasProfile,
diff --git a/include/openspace/engine/windowdelegate.h b/include/openspace/engine/windowdelegate.h
index 0fd27ba589..b5b978c8dc 100644
--- a/include/openspace/engine/windowdelegate.h
+++ b/include/openspace/engine/windowdelegate.h
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ struct WindowDelegate {
     Frustum (*frustumMode)() = []() { return Frustum::Mono; };
 
     uint64_t (*swapGroupFrameNumber)() = []() { return uint64_t(0); };
+
+    void (*setScreenshotFolder)(std::string) = [](std::string) {};
 };
 
 } // namespace openspace
diff --git a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
index 61442d56c8..edb6de88f3 100644
--- a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
@@ -1522,6 +1522,13 @@ scripting::LuaLibrary OpenSpaceEngine::luaLibrary() {
                 "",
                 "Remove all registered virtual properties"
             },
+            {
+                "setScreenshotFolder",
+                &luascriptfunctions::setScreenshotFolder,
+                {},
+                "string",
+                "Sets the folder used for storing screenshots or session recording frames"
+            },
             {
                 "addTag",
                 &luascriptfunctions::addTag,
diff --git a/src/engine/openspaceengine_lua.inl b/src/engine/openspaceengine_lua.inl
index f92dad961b..e9e647296c 100644
--- a/src/engine/openspaceengine_lua.inl
+++ b/src/engine/openspaceengine_lua.inl
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <openspace/properties/triggerproperty.h>
 #include <openspace/rendering/renderengine.h>
 #include <openspace/scene/scenegraphnode.h>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 namespace openspace::luascriptfunctions {
 
@@ -182,6 +183,27 @@ int removeAllVirtualProperties(lua_State* L) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+int setScreenshotFolder(lua_State* L) {
+    ghoul::lua::checkArgumentsAndThrow(L, 1, "lua::setScreenshotFolder");
+
+    std::string arg = ghoul::lua::value<std::string>(L);
+    lua_pop(L, 0);
+
+    std::string folder = FileSys.absolutePath(arg);
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(folder)) {
+        std::filesystem::create_directory(folder);
+    }
+
+    FileSys.registerPathToken(
+        "${SCREENSHOTS}",
+        folder,
+        ghoul::filesystem::FileSystem::Override::Yes
+    );
+
+    global::windowDelegate->setScreenshotFolder(folder);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * \ingroup LuaScripts
  * addTag()