diff --git a/internal/cmd/commands.go b/internal/cmd/commands.go
index 31b9895..ba7fa7c 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/commands.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/commands.go
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ Sends a generic event payload with the configuration found in the scanned direct
 
 			img := utils.ReadCMDLineArg("cos-img/filename=")
 			if len(img) == 0 {
-				log.Logger.Fatal().Msg("Could not get the image name from cmdline (i.e. cos-img/filename=/cOS/active.img)")
+				if c.Bool("dry-run") {
+					img = []string{"fake"}
+				} else {
+					log.Logger.Fatal().Msg("Could not get the image name from cmdline (i.e. cos-img/filename=/cOS/active.img)")
+				}
 			}
 			log.Debug().Strs("TargetImage", img).Msg("Target image")
 			g := herd.DAG()
diff --git a/pkg/mount/mount.go b/pkg/mount/mount.go
index a10989e..da91345 100644
--- a/pkg/mount/mount.go
+++ b/pkg/mount/mount.go
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ func (s *State) RunStageOp(stage string) func(context.Context) error {
 					return err
 				}
 			}
+			if _, err := os.Stat("/oem"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				err = os.Symlink("/sysroot/oem", "/oem")
+				if err != nil {
+					s.Logger.Err(err).Msg("creating symlink")
+					return err
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		cmd := fmt.Sprintf("elemental run-stage %s", stage)