diff --git a/scripts/run b/scripts/run
index 50f28d40..175d268f 100755
--- a/scripts/run
+++ b/scripts/run
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ if [ "$UNAME" == "Darwin" ] && [ -x $(which xhyve) ]; then
         -U a01fb25c-3a19-4759-a47a-2e353e51807d \
         -f kexec,${KERNEL},${INITRD_TEST},"earlyprintk=serial acpi=off elevator=noop ${KERNEL_ARGS}"
 
-elif ["$UNAME" == "Linux"] && [ -x $(which qemu-system-x86_64) ]; then
+elif [ "$UNAME" == "Linux" ] && [ -x $(which qemu-system-x86_64) ]; then
     exec qemu-system-x86_64 -serial stdio \
         -kernel ${KERNEL} \
         -initrd ${INITRD_TEST} \
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ elif ["$UNAME" == "Linux"] && [ -x $(which qemu-system-x86_64) ]; then
         -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=conf,mount_tag=config-2 \
         -append "${KERNEL_ARGS}" \
         -serial mon:telnet:localhost:4444,server,nowait \
+        -nographic \
         ${QEMU_ARGS} "${@}"
 else
     exit 42
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi