diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index aa9d895..275e764 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -196,9 +196,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Start a VM
         run: |
-          mkfifo vm.stdout
-          mkfifo vm.stdin
           qemu-system-x86_64 -name "Anaconda" -boot d -m 4096 -cpu qemu64 -display none -cdrom test.iso -smp 2 -drive file=disk.qcow2 -serial telnet:localhost:4321,server,nowait &
           timeout 1m bash -c "while ! (echo > /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/4321); do sleep 0.1; done"
-          nc localhost 4321 > vm.stdout < vm.stdin &
-          timeout 30m tail -f vm.stdout
+          (nc localhost 4321 | tee vm.stdout) &
+          timeout 30m bash -c "while ! (grep 'login:' vm.stdout); do sleep 1; done"