diff --git a/aarch64-unit-tests/run_emu.sh b/aarch64-unit-tests/run_emu.sh
index 3975587..33f678c 100755
--- a/aarch64-unit-tests/run_emu.sh
+++ b/aarch64-unit-tests/run_emu.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
    -M virt \
    -machine virtualization=true -machine virt,gic-version=3  \
    -cpu "${CPU}" \
-   -nographic \
+   -nographic -nodefaults -serial stdio \
    -smp 2 \
    -m 512 \
    -kernel "${LINUX_KERNEL}" \