diff --git a/apps/default.nix b/apps/default.nix
index dc235e1..d453a7d 100644
--- a/apps/default.nix
+++ b/apps/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rec {
     type = "app";
     program = "${drv}/bin/nova-image";
     function = attrs: bootDesc:
-      nixpkgs.runCommand "nova-iso" attrs
+      nixpkgs.runCommand "image.elf" attrs
       ''XDG_CACHE_HOME=$TMPDIR ${drv}/bin/nova-image "${bootDesc}" > $out'';
   };
 
diff --git a/tests/driver-nova.nix b/tests/driver-nova.nix
index 4622a4e..7d06b65 100644
--- a/tests/driver-nova.nix
+++ b/tests/driver-nova.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ let
         MANIFEST = manifest;
       } // env;
 
-      iso = apps.nova-iso.function env'
+      image = apps.nova-image.function env'
         "${./driver-nova-config.dhall} ${testConfig}";
 
       baseSetup = ''
@@ -93,17 +93,14 @@ let
           spawn ${hostPkgs.qemu_test}/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
             -machine q35 -serial mon:stdio -nographic \
             -m size=${toString qemuMem} \
-            -cdrom ${iso}
+            -kernel "${testPkgs.bender}" \
+            -initrd "${testPkgs.NOVA}/hypervisor-x86_64 arg=iommu novpid serial,${image}"
           wait_for_output $wait_for_re $timeout_value $spawn_id
         }
 
         # TODO: not in TCL
         global env
         set out $env(out)
-
-        set fd [open "$out/nix-support/hydra-build-products" w]
-        puts $fd "file iso ${iso}"
-        close $fd
       '';
 
       driver = with hostPkgs;
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@ let
       test = passMeta (runTests driver);
 
     in test // {
-      inherit driver iso test manifest;
+      inherit driver image test manifest;
 
       config = hostPkgs.runCommand (name + ".dhall") env' ''
         export XDG_CACHE_HOME=''${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
@@ -137,17 +134,18 @@ let
           "(${./driver-nova-config.dhall} ${testConfig})" > $out
       '';
 
+      iso = apps.nova-iso.function env'
+          "(${./driver-nova-config.dhall} ${testConfig})";
+
       xml = hostPkgs.runCommand (name + ".config") env' ''
         export XDG_CACHE_HOME=''${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
         ${apps.render-init.program} \
           "(${./driver-nova-config.dhall} ${testConfig}).config" > $out'';
 
       sotest = hostPkgs.runCommand "nova-${name}-sotest" env' ''
-        export XDG_CACHE_HOME=''${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
-        ${apps.nova-image.program} \
-          "${./driver-nova-config.dhall} ${testConfig}" > image.elf
         cp "${testPkgs.bender}" bender
         cp "${testPkgs.NOVA}/hypervisor-x86_64" hypervisor
+        cp ${image} image.elf
         mkdir -p $out/nix-support
         ${hostPkgs.zip}/bin/zip "$out/binaries.zip" \
           bender hypervisor image.elf
@@ -169,6 +167,6 @@ in {
         isNova = true;
       };
       pkgs = testPkgs;
-      inherit depot;
+      inherit depot hostPkgs;
     } // args));
 }