diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a1d4df..b5f3481 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ node_modules/
 build-javascript
 cache/
 artifacts/
-secrets/
\ No newline at end of file
+secrets/
+tmp.ext4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/qemu.ts b/qemu.ts
index fefae01..7eec185 100644
--- a/qemu.ts
+++ b/qemu.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { execFile } from "./helpers/better-api.js";
+import { canAccess, execFile } from "./helpers/better-api.js";
 import { sudoChownToRunningUser } from "./helpers/sudo.js";
 
 export async function runQemu(
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ export async function runQemu(
   await sudoChownToRunningUser(squashfs);
   const tmp = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "define-alpine-qemu-"));
   try {
-    const disk = path.join(tmp, "tmp.ext4");
-    await execFile("fallocate", ["--length", "1G", disk]);
-    await execFile("mkfs.ext4", ["-F", disk]);
+    // const disk = path.join(tmp, "tmp.ext4");
+    const disk = "tmp.ext4";
+    if (!(await canAccess(disk))) {
+      await execFile("fallocate", ["--length", "1G", disk]);
+      await execFile("mkfs.ext4", ["-F", disk]);
+    }
 
     let kernelAppend = [
       "root=/dev/sda",
@@ -69,5 +72,5 @@ await runQemu(
     initramfs: "artifacts/kernel/initramfs",
     vmlinuz: "artifacts/kernel/vmlinuz",
   },
-  { graphic: true }
+  { graphic: true, noShutdown: true }
 );