diff --git a/src/main/java/org/fairdatapoint/config/BootstrapConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/fairdatapoint/config/BootstrapConfig.java
index 9c8eab99..8ea83bce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/fairdatapoint/config/BootstrapConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/fairdatapoint/config/BootstrapConfig.java
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
 
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.fairdatapoint.config.properties.BootstrapProperties;
 import org.fairdatapoint.database.db.repository.FixtureHistoryRepository;
 import org.fairdatapoint.entity.bootstrap.FixtureHistory;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -63,30 +62,30 @@
 @Slf4j
 public class BootstrapConfig {
     private final ResourcePatternResolver resourceResolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();
+    private final BootstrapProperties bootstrap;
     private final FixtureHistoryRepository fixtureHistoryRepository;
-    private final boolean bootstrapEnabled;
-    private final Path dbFixturesPath;
     private final List<Resource> resources = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    public BootstrapConfig(
-            FixtureHistoryRepository fixtureHistoryRepository,
-            @Value("${bootstrap.enabled:false}") boolean bootstrapEnabled,
-            @Value("${bootstrap.db-fixtures-dir}") String dbFixturesDir
-    ) {
-        this.bootstrapEnabled = bootstrapEnabled;
-        this.dbFixturesPath = Path.of(dbFixturesDir);
+    public BootstrapConfig(BootstrapProperties bootstrapProperties, FixtureHistoryRepository fixtureHistoryRepository) {
+        this.bootstrap = bootstrapProperties;
         this.fixtureHistoryRepository = fixtureHistoryRepository;
     }
 
     @Bean
     public Jackson2RepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean repositoryPopulator() {
         final Jackson2RepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean factory = new Jackson2RepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean();
-        if (bootstrapEnabled) {
+        if (this.bootstrap.isEnabled()) {
             log.info("Bootstrap repository populator enabled");
             try {
                 // collect fixture resources
-                final Path fixturesPath = dbFixturesPath.resolve("*.json");
-                resources.addAll(List.of(resourceResolver.getResources("file:" + fixturesPath)));
+                log.info("Looking for db fixtures in the following directories: {}",
+                        String.join(", ", this.bootstrap.getDbFixturesDirs()));
+                for (String fixturesDir : this.bootstrap.getDbFixturesDirs()) {
+                    // Path.of() removes trailing slashes, so it is safe to concatenate "/*.json".
+                    // Note that Path.of(fixturesDir).resolve("*.json") could work on unix but fails on windows.
+                    final String locationPattern = "file:" + Path.of(fixturesDir) + "/*.json";
+                    resources.addAll(List.of(resourceResolver.getResources(locationPattern)));
+                }
                 // remove resources that have been applied already
                 final List<String> appliedFixtures = fixtureHistoryRepository.findAll().stream()
                         .map(FixtureHistory::getFilename).toList();
@@ -127,5 +126,4 @@ public void onApplicationEvent(@NotNull RepositoriesPopulatedEvent event) {
             }
         }
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/fairdatapoint/config/properties/BootstrapProperties.java b/src/main/java/org/fairdatapoint/config/properties/BootstrapProperties.java
index efe2d084..a7dd4810 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/fairdatapoint/config/properties/BootstrapProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/fairdatapoint/config/properties/BootstrapProperties.java
@@ -28,13 +28,16 @@
 import lombok.Setter;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @AllArgsConstructor
 @Getter
 @Setter
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "bootstrap")
 public class BootstrapProperties {
+    // boolean defaults to false
     private boolean enabled;
     // directories relative to project root
-    private String dbFixturesDir;
+    private List<String> dbFixturesDirs;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-development.yml b/src/main/resources/application-development.yml
index 171b6470..0a3be3bc 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-development.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-development.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,3 @@ spring:
     locations: classpath:db/migration
     fail-on-missing-locations: true
     clean-disabled: false
-
-bootstrap:
-  enabled: true
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 7e3d89ec..c58e969c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -113,4 +113,6 @@ server:
   forward-headers-strategy: framework
 
 bootstrap:
-  db-fixtures-dir: "fixtures"
+  enabled: true
+  db-fixtures-dirs:
+    - "fixtures"
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/fairdatapoint/database/db/repository/bootstrap/FixtureHistoryRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/fairdatapoint/database/db/repository/bootstrap/FixtureHistoryRepositoryTests.java
index 08b16056..7bfc3a58 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/fairdatapoint/database/db/repository/bootstrap/FixtureHistoryRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/fairdatapoint/database/db/repository/bootstrap/FixtureHistoryRepositoryTests.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.AutoConfigureTestEntityManager;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 
 @AutoConfigureTestEntityManager
 @Transactional
+@TestPropertySource(properties = "bootstrap.enabled=false")
 public class FixtureHistoryRepositoryTests extends BaseIntegrationTest {
     @Autowired
     FixtureHistoryRepository repository;