diff --git a/scripts/create-installed b/scripts/create-installed
index cff9dc70..4a25a6c7 100755
--- a/scripts/create-installed
+++ b/scripts/create-installed
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ EOF
 
 rm -f build/{success,hd.img}
 qemu-img create -f qcow2 build/hd.img 8G
-qemu-system-${QEMUARCH} -serial stdio \
+qemu-system-${QEMUARCH} -serial mon:stdio \
     -enable-kvm \
     -drive if=virtio,file=build/hd.img \
     -boot d -cdrom ./dist/artifacts/rancheros.iso \
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ qemu-system-${QEMUARCH} -serial stdio \
 
 mkdir -p state
 cp build/hd.img state/hd.img
-echo "------------------------ RancherOS installed to hd.img."
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "------------------------ RancherOS installed to hd.img."