diff --git a/.github/workflows/qemu.yml b/.github/workflows/qemu.yml
index 545aebbc..b595a955 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qemu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qemu.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
             mirror-state
           key: cache-${{ hashFiles('steps/*/sources') }}
       - name: Run bootstrap
-        run: sudo ./rootfs.py --qemu --update-checksums --external-sources --cores 2 --mirror file://${PWD}/mirror
+        run: sudo ./rootfs.py --qemu --update-checksums --external-sources --cores 2 --mirror file://${PWD}/mirror; cat output
       - name: Remount package disk
         if: always()
         run: >
diff --git a/rootfs.py b/rootfs.py
index 5dde3c8b..109e1ec5 100755
--- a/rootfs.py
+++ b/rootfs.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ print(shutil.which('chroot'))
                 '-nic', 'user,ipv6=off,model=e1000'
             ]
         if not args.interactive:
-            arg_list += ['-no-reboot', '-nographic']
+            arg_list += ['-no-reboot', '-nographic', '-serial', 'file:output']
         run(args.qemu_cmd, *arg_list, cleanup=cleanup)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":