diff --git a/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/_helpers.tpl b/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/_helpers.tpl
index 076ba02..28a779d 100644
--- a/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/_helpers.tpl
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ matchLabels:
 labels:
   app: nvidia-dcgm-exporter
   app.kubernetes.io/name: nvidia-container-toolkit
+annotations:
+  checksum/hostpath-init-configmap: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/status-exporter/hostpath-init-configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{- define "fake-gpu-operator.status-exporter.common.podTemplate.spec" -}}
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ containers:
     - containerPort: 9400
       name: http
   volumeMounts:
-    - mountPath: /runai/proc
-      name: runai-proc-directory
+    - mountPath: /runai
+      name: runai-data
 restartPolicy: Always
 schedulerName: default-scheduler
 serviceAccount: status-exporter
@@ -54,8 +56,11 @@ tolerations:
 imagePullSecrets:
   - name: gcr-secret
 volumes:
-  - name: runai-proc-directory
+  - name: runai-data
     hostPath:
-      path: /var/lib/runai/proc
+      path: /var/lib/runai
       type: DirectoryOrCreate
+  - name: hostpath-init-script
+    configMap:
+      name: hostpath-init
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/clusterrole.yaml b/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/clusterrole.yaml
index f11a061..34f913d 100644
--- a/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ rules:
 {{- if .Values.environment.openshift }}
   - apiGroups:
     - security.openshift.io
-    resourceNames:
-    - hostaccess
     resources:
     - securitycontextconstraints
+    resourceNames:
+    # Required for chmod and chcon to runai host directory
+    - privileged
     verbs:
     - use
-{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/daemonset.yaml b/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/daemonset.yaml
index 916f6b6..d98419e 100644
--- a/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/daemonset.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,18 @@ spec:
       {{- include "fake-gpu-operator.status-exporter.common.podTemplate.metadata" . | nindent 6 }}
     spec:
       {{- include "fake-gpu-operator.status-exporter.common.podTemplate.spec" . | nindent 6 }}
+      initContainers:
+      - name: hostpath-init
+        image: "ubuntu:24.04"
+        command: ["/bin/bash", "/hostpath-init/init.sh"]
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: runai-data
+          mountPath: /runai
+        - name: hostpath-init-script
+          mountPath: /hostpath-init
+        securityContext:
+          seccompProfile:
+            type: RuntimeDefault
+          privileged: true
       nodeSelector:
-        nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.dcgm-exporter: "true"
\ No newline at end of file
+        nvidia.com/gpu.deploy.dcgm-exporter: "true"
diff --git a/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/hostpath-init-configmap.yaml b/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/hostpath-init-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acebeda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/fake-gpu-operator/templates/status-exporter/hostpath-init-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+    name: hostpath-init
+data:
+    init.sh: |
+        #!/bin/bash
+
+        set -e
+
+        RUNAI_DIR=/runai
+
+        # Allow containers to read/write to RUNAI_DIR
+        chmod 777 $RUNAI_DIR
+        chcon -Rt svirt_sandbox_file_t $RUNAI_DIR
+
diff --git a/internal/status-exporter/export/fs/exporter.go b/internal/status-exporter/export/fs/exporter.go
index ae280de..d2bcb01 100644
--- a/internal/status-exporter/export/fs/exporter.go
+++ b/internal/status-exporter/export/fs/exporter.go
@@ -40,8 +40,14 @@ func (e *FsExporter) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 }
 
 func (e *FsExporter) export(nodeTopology *topology.NodeTopology) {
-	if err := os.RemoveAll("/runai/proc/pod"); err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Failed deleting runai/proc/pod directory: %s", err.Error())
+	exportPods(nodeTopology)
+	exportEvents()
+}
+
+func exportPods(nodeTopology *topology.NodeTopology) {
+	podProcDir := "/runai/proc/pod"
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(podProcDir); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed deleting %s directory: %s", podProcDir, err.Error())
 	}
 
 	for gpuIdx, gpu := range nodeTopology.Gpus {
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ func (e *FsExporter) export(nodeTopology *topology.NodeTopology) {
 		for podUuid, gpuUsageStatus := range gpu.Status.PodGpuUsageStatus {
 			log.Printf("Exporting pod %s gpu stats to filesystem", podUuid)
 
-			path := fmt.Sprintf("/runai/proc/pod/%s/metrics/gpu/%d", podUuid, gpuIdx)
+			path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/metrics/gpu/%d", podProcDir, podUuid, gpuIdx)
 			if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("Failed creating directory for pod %s: %s", podUuid, err.Error())
 			}
@@ -69,6 +75,15 @@ func (e *FsExporter) export(nodeTopology *topology.NodeTopology) {
 	}
 }
 
+func exportEvents() {
+	// For now, only creating the directory without exporting any events.
+	// In the future, we might want to export events to the filesystem as well.
+	eventsDir := "/runai/proc/events"
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(eventsDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed creating directory for events: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
 func writeFile(path string, content []byte) error {
 	if err := os.WriteFile(path, content, 0644); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed writing file %s: %w", path, err)