diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 275e764..9b63b63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -194,9 +194,19 @@ jobs:
           -end
           EOF
 
-      - name: Start a VM
+      - name: Install the test VM
         run: |
-          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 &
+          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 &; QEMU_PID=$!
+          echo "PID: $QEMU_PID"
+          timeout 1m bash -c "while ! (echo > /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/4321); do sleep 0.1; done"
+          (nc localhost 4321 | tee vm.stdout) &
+          timeout 30m wait $QEMU_PID
+
+      - name: Start the test VM
+        run: |
+          qemu-system-x86_64 -name "Anaconda" -boot c -m 4096 -cpu qemu64 -display none -smp 2 -drive file=disk.qcow2 -serial telnet:localhost:4321,server,nowait &; export QEMU_PID=$!
+          echo "PID: $QEMU_PID"
           timeout 1m bash -c "while ! (echo > /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/4321); do sleep 0.1; done"
           (nc localhost 4321 | tee vm.stdout) &
           timeout 30m bash -c "while ! (grep 'login:' vm.stdout); do sleep 1; done"
+          echo "VM ready for tests"
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