diff --git a/dracut/28immucore/module-setup.sh b/dracut/28immucore/module-setup.sh
index 2eebe41..5c95daf 100755
--- a/dracut/28immucore/module-setup.sh
+++ b/dracut/28immucore/module-setup.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ check() {
 
 # called by dracut 
 depends() {
-    echo rootfs-block dm fs-lib
+    echo rootfs-block dm fs-lib lvm
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ install() {
     inst_multiple kcrypt partprobe sync udevadm parted mkfs.ext2 mkfs.ext3 mkfs.ext4 mkfs.vfat mkfs.fat blkid e2fsck resize2fs mount umount sgdisk rsync
     # missing mkfs.xfs xfs_growfs in image?
     inst_script "${moddir}/generator.sh" "${systemdutildir}/system-generators/immucore-generator"
+    # SERVICES FOR SYSTEMD-BASED SYSTEMS
     inst_simple "${moddir}/immucore.service" "${systemdsystemunitdir}/immucore.service"
     mkdir -p "${initdir}/${systemdsystemunitdir}/initrd.target.requires"
     ln_r "../immucore.service" "${systemdsystemunitdir}/initrd.target.requires/immucore.service"
+    # END SYSTEMD SERVICES
 
     dracut_need_initqueue
 }
diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index b988873..ef60b89 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const (
 	OpUkiBaseMounts       = "uki-base-mounts"
 	OpUkiKernelModules    = "uki-kernel-modules"
 	OpWaitForSysroot      = "wait-for-sysroot"
+	OpLvmActivate         = "lvm-activation"
 	PersistentStateTarget = "/usr/local/.state"
 	LogDir                = "/run/immucore"
 	LinuxFs               = "ext4"
diff --git a/internal/utils/mounts.go b/internal/utils/mounts.go
index cf37212..8756ef2 100644
--- a/internal/utils/mounts.go
+++ b/internal/utils/mounts.go
@@ -262,3 +262,18 @@ func GetOemLabel() string {
 	}
 	return runtime.OEM.FilesystemLabel
 }
+
+func ActivateLVM() error {
+	// Remove the /etc/lvm/lvm.conf file
+	// Otherwise, it has a default locking setting which activates the volumes on readonly
+	// This would be the same as passing rd.lvm.conf=0 in cmdline but rather do it here than add an extra option to cmdline
+	_, _ = CommandWithPath("rm /etc/lvm/lvm.conf")
+	out, err := CommandWithPath("lvm vgchange --refresh --sysinit")
+	Log.Debug().Str("out", out).Msg("vgchange")
+	if err != nil {
+		Log.Err(err).Msg("vgchange")
+	}
+
+	_, _ = CommandWithPath("udevadm --trigger")
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/mount/dag_normal_boot.go b/pkg/mount/dag_normal_boot.go
index 34d9487..661823d 100644
--- a/pkg/mount/dag_normal_boot.go
+++ b/pkg/mount/dag_normal_boot.go
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import (
 func (s *State) RegisterNormalBoot(g *herd.Graph) error {
 	var err error
 
-	// TODO: add hooks, fstab (might have missed some), systemd compat, fsck
+	s.LogIfError(s.LVMActivation(g), "lvm activation")
+
 	// Maybe LogIfErrorAndPanic ? If no sentinel, a lot of config files are not going to run
 	if err = s.LogIfErrorAndReturn(s.WriteSentinelDagStep(g), "write sentinel"); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ func (s *State) RegisterNormalBoot(g *herd.Graph) error {
 	s.LogIfError(s.MountRootDagStep(g), "running mount root stage")
 
 	// Mount COS_OEM (After root as it mounts under s.Rootdir/oem)
-	s.LogIfError(s.MountOemDagStep(g, cnst.OpMountRoot), "oem mount")
+	s.LogIfError(s.MountOemDagStep(g, cnst.OpMountRoot, cnst.OpLvmActivate), "oem mount")
 
 	// Run yip stage rootfs. Requires root+oem+sentinel to be mounted
 	s.LogIfError(s.RootfsStageDagStep(g, herd.WithDeps(cnst.OpMountRoot, cnst.OpMountOEM, cnst.OpSentinel)), "running rootfs stage")
diff --git a/pkg/mount/dag_steps.go b/pkg/mount/dag_steps.go
index 1e31577..acf91c2 100644
--- a/pkg/mount/dag_steps.go
+++ b/pkg/mount/dag_steps.go
@@ -586,3 +586,10 @@ func (s *State) WaitForSysrootDagStep(g *herd.Graph) error {
 			}
 		}))
 }
+
+// LvmActivation will try to activate lvm volumes/groups on the system.
+func (s *State) LVMActivation(g *herd.Graph) error {
+	return g.Add(cnst.OpLvmActivate, herd.WithCallback(func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		return internalUtils.ActivateLVM()
+	}))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/mount/state.go b/pkg/mount/state.go
index b02220e..ab03b0d 100644
--- a/pkg/mount/state.go
+++ b/pkg/mount/state.go
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ func (s *State) RunStageOp(stage string) func(context.Context) error {
 
 // MountOP creates and executes a mount operation.
 func (s *State) MountOP(what, where, t string, options []string, timeout time.Duration) func(context.Context) error {
+
 	l := internalUtils.Log.With().Str("what", what).Str("where", where).Str("type", t).Strs("options", options).Logger().Level(zerolog.InfoLevel)
 	// Not sure why this defaults to debuglevel when creating a sublogger, so make sure we set it properly
 	debug := len(internalUtils.ReadCMDLineArg("rd.immucore.debug")) > 0
@@ -133,6 +134,12 @@ func (s *State) MountOP(what, where, t string, options []string, timeout time.Du
 		for {
 			select {
 			default:
+				// check fs type just-in-time before running the OP
+				fsType := internalUtils.DiskFSType(what)
+				// If not empty and it does not match
+				if fsType != "" && t != fsType {
+					t = fsType
+				}
 				err := internalUtils.CreateIfNotExists(where)
 				if err != nil {
 					l.Err(err).Msg("Creating dir")
diff --git a/pkg/mount/state_test.go b/pkg/mount/state_test.go
index c5094b3..6d042e3 100644
--- a/pkg/mount/state_test.go
+++ b/pkg/mount/state_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func checkLiveCDDag(dag [][]herd.GraphEntry, actualDag string) {
 func checkDag(dag [][]herd.GraphEntry, actualDag string) {
 	Expect(len(dag)).To(Equal(12), actualDag)
 	Expect(len(dag[0])).To(Equal(1), actualDag)
-	Expect(len(dag[1])).To(Equal(3), actualDag)
+	Expect(len(dag[1])).To(Equal(4), actualDag)
 	Expect(len(dag[2])).To(Equal(1), actualDag)
 	Expect(len(dag[3])).To(Equal(1), actualDag)
 	Expect(len(dag[4])).To(Equal(1), actualDag)
@@ -103,16 +103,25 @@ func checkDag(dag [][]herd.GraphEntry, actualDag string) {
 		Equal(cnst.OpMountTmpfs),
 		Equal(cnst.OpSentinel),
 		Equal(cnst.OpMountState),
+		Equal(cnst.OpLvmActivate),
 	), actualDag)
 	Expect(dag[1][1].Name).To(Or(
 		Equal(cnst.OpMountTmpfs),
 		Equal(cnst.OpSentinel),
 		Equal(cnst.OpMountState),
+		Equal(cnst.OpLvmActivate),
 	), actualDag)
 	Expect(dag[1][2].Name).To(Or(
 		Equal(cnst.OpMountTmpfs),
 		Equal(cnst.OpSentinel),
 		Equal(cnst.OpMountState),
+		Equal(cnst.OpLvmActivate),
+	), actualDag)
+	Expect(dag[1][3].Name).To(Or(
+		Equal(cnst.OpMountTmpfs),
+		Equal(cnst.OpSentinel),
+		Equal(cnst.OpMountState),
+		Equal(cnst.OpLvmActivate),
 	), actualDag)
 	Expect(dag[2][0].Name).To(Equal(cnst.OpDiscoverState), actualDag)
 	Expect(dag[3][0].Name).To(Equal(cnst.OpMountRoot), actualDag)