diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/ShibbolethUiApplication.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/ShibbolethUiApplication.java
index 2c241cf8e..db1779592 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/ShibbolethUiApplication.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/ShibbolethUiApplication.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
 import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.core.env.PropertyResolver;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaAuditing;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableScheduling;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
@@ -40,12 +42,22 @@ public static class MetadataResolversResourceIdEmitter {
         @Value("${idp.home}")
         String idpHome;
 
+        @Autowired
+        PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
+
+        @Autowired
+        PropertyResolver propertyResolver;
+
         @EventListener
         void showMetadataResolversResourceIds(ApplicationStartedEvent e) {
             metadataResolverRepository.findAll()
                     .forEach(it -> System.out.println(String.format("MetadataResolver [%s: %s]", it.getName(), it.getResourceId())));
 
             System.out.println("IDP HOME: " + idpHome);
+            String rawValue = "%{idp.home}/metadata/file.xml";
+            boolean hasToken = rawValue.contains("%{idp.home}");
+            String resolvedIdpHome = propertyResolver.resolvePlaceholders("${idp.home}");
+            String fullyResolvedDir = rawValue.replace("%{idp.home}", resolvedIdpHome);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/IdpHomeValueSettingEnvironmentPostProcessor.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/IdpHomeValueSettingEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
index 74b35f362..814a797c2 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/IdpHomeValueSettingEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/IdpHomeValueSettingEnvironmentPostProcessor.java
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
- * Spring Boot Environment Post Processor setting the value for idp.home property to an abstract temp directory.
+ * Spring Boot Environment Post Processor setting the value for idp.home property to an abstract temp directory
+ * if no IDP_HOME environment variable has been set already.
  *
  * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
  */
@@ -47,7 +48,11 @@ public void postProcessEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment, SpringAp
 
         Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>(1);
         try {
-            map.put(IDP_HOME_PROP, Files.createTempDirectory(null).toAbsolutePath().toString());
+            Path tempDir = Files.createTempDirectory(String.format("%s.%s.", "shibui", IDP_HOME_PROP));
+            String tempDirName = tempDir.toAbsolutePath().toString();
+            Path tempMetadataSubDir = Paths.get(tempDirName, METADATA_DIR);
+            Files.createDirectories(tempMetadataSubDir);
+            map.put(IDP_HOME_PROP, tempDirName);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             LOGGER.error(e.getMessage());
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesReplacer.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesReplacer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10887e97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesReplacer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.resolvers;
+
+/**
+ * An SPI to resolve and convert data for different types of {@link MetadataResolver}s from possible provided '%{}' placeholders
+ * <p>
+ * Typical usage is - multiple replacers for concrete type of resolvers are configured in Spring Application Context,
+ * aggregated by {@link MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesResolvingService} facade and then that facade is injected into upstream consumers of it
+ * such as REST controllers, etc.
+ *
+ * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
+ */
+public interface MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesReplacer<T extends MetadataResolver> {
+
+    boolean supports(T metadataResolver);
+
+    void replacePlaceholderValuesIfResolvableOrFail(T metadataResolver);
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesResolvingService.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesResolvingService.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7639cfde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesResolvingService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.resolvers;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A facade that aggregates {@link MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesReplacer}s available to call just one of them supporting the type of a given resolver.
+ * If no {@link MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesReplacer}s are configured, considers a noop.
+ *
+ * Uses chain-of-responsibility design pattern
+ *
+ * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
+ */
+public class MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesResolvingService<T extends MetadataResolver> {
+
+    private List<MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesReplacer<T>> replacers;
+
+    public MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesResolvingService(List<MetadataResolverPropertyPlaceholderValuesReplacer<T>> replacers) {
+        this.replacers = replacers != null ? replacers : new ArrayList<>();
+    }
+
+    public void replacePlacehoderValuesOrFail(T metadataResolver) {
+        this.replacers
+                .stream()
+                .filter(r -> r.supports(metadataResolver))
+                .findFirst()
+                .ifPresent(r -> r.replacePlaceholderValuesIfResolvableOrFail(metadataResolver));
+    }
+}