diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0204477f..703445a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run api tests
         run: cargo test -p bootloader_api
       - name: Run integration tests
-        run: cargo test
+        run: cargo test -- --test-threads 1
 
       # test feature gates (only on one OS is enough)
       - name: Test with only UEFI feature
diff --git a/tests/runner/src/lib.rs b/tests/runner/src/lib.rs
index f9491493..ad6ac614 100644
--- a/tests/runner/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/runner/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{io::Write, path::Path, process::Command};
+use std::{io::Read, path::Path, process::Command};
 
 const QEMU_ARGS: &[&str] = &[
     "-device",
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const QEMU_ARGS: &[&str] = &[
     "none",
     "--no-reboot",
 ];
+const SEPARATOR: &str = "\n____________________________________\n";
 
 pub fn run_test_kernel(kernel_binary_path: &str) {
     run_test_kernel_with_ramdisk(kernel_binary_path, None)
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn run_test_kernel_with_ramdisk(kernel_binary_path: &str, ramdisk_path: Opti
 
         // create a TFTP folder with the kernel executable and UEFI bootloader for
         // UEFI PXE booting
-        let tftp_path = kernel_path.with_extension(".tftp");
+        let tftp_path = kernel_path.with_extension("tftp");
         uefi_builder.create_pxe_tftp_folder(&tftp_path).unwrap();
 
         run_test_kernel_on_uefi(&gpt_path);
@@ -54,73 +55,83 @@ pub fn run_test_kernel_with_ramdisk(kernel_binary_path: &str, ramdisk_path: Opti
 
 #[cfg(feature = "uefi")]
 pub fn run_test_kernel_on_uefi(out_gpt_path: &Path) {
-    let mut run_cmd = Command::new("qemu-system-x86_64");
-    run_cmd
-        .arg("-drive")
-        .arg(format!("format=raw,file={}", out_gpt_path.display()));
-    run_cmd.args(QEMU_ARGS);
-    run_cmd.arg("-bios").arg(ovmf_prebuilt::ovmf_pure_efi());
-
-    let child_output = run_cmd.output().unwrap();
-    strip_ansi_escapes::Writer::new(std::io::stderr())
-        .write_all(&child_output.stderr)
-        .unwrap();
-    strip_ansi_escapes::Writer::new(std::io::stderr())
-        .write_all(&child_output.stdout)
-        .unwrap();
-
-    match child_output.status.code() {
-        Some(33) => {}                     // success
-        Some(35) => panic!("Test failed"), // success
-        other => panic!("Test failed with unexpected exit code `{:?}`", other),
-    }
+    let ovmf_pure_efi = ovmf_prebuilt::ovmf_pure_efi();
+    let args = [
+        "-bios",
+        ovmf_pure_efi.to_str().unwrap(),
+        "-drive",
+        &format!("format=raw,file={}", out_gpt_path.display()),
+    ];
+    run_qemu(args);
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "bios")]
 pub fn run_test_kernel_on_bios(out_mbr_path: &Path) {
-    let mut run_cmd = Command::new("qemu-system-x86_64");
-    run_cmd
-        .arg("-drive")
-        .arg(format!("format=raw,file={}", out_mbr_path.display()));
-    run_cmd.args(QEMU_ARGS);
-
-    let child_output = run_cmd.output().unwrap();
-    strip_ansi_escapes::Writer::new(std::io::stderr())
-        .write_all(&child_output.stderr)
-        .unwrap();
-    strip_ansi_escapes::Writer::new(std::io::stderr())
-        .write_all(&child_output.stdout)
-        .unwrap();
-
-    match child_output.status.code() {
-        Some(33) => {}                     // success
-        Some(35) => panic!("Test failed"), // success
-        other => panic!("Test failed with unexpected exit code `{:?}`", other),
-    }
+    let args = [
+        "-drive",
+        &(format!("format=raw,file={}", out_mbr_path.display())),
+    ];
+    run_qemu(args);
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "uefi")]
 pub fn run_test_kernel_on_uefi_pxe(out_tftp_path: &Path) {
+    let ovmf_pure_efi = ovmf_prebuilt::ovmf_pure_efi();
+    let args = [
+        "-netdev",
+        &format!(
+            "user,id=net0,net=192.168.17.0/24,tftp={},bootfile=bootloader,id=net0",
+            out_tftp_path.display()
+        ),
+        "-device",
+        "virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0",
+        "-bios",
+        ovmf_pure_efi.to_str().unwrap(),
+    ];
+    run_qemu(args);
+}
+
+fn run_qemu<'a, A>(args: A)
+where
+    A: IntoIterator<Item = &'a str>,
+{
+    use std::process::Stdio;
+
     let mut run_cmd = Command::new("qemu-system-x86_64");
-    run_cmd.arg("-netdev").arg(format!(
-        "user,id=net0,net=192.168.17.0/24,tftp={},bootfile=bootloader,id=net0",
-        out_tftp_path.display()
-    ));
-    run_cmd.arg("-device").arg("virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0");
+    run_cmd.args(args);
     run_cmd.args(QEMU_ARGS);
-    run_cmd.arg("-bios").arg(ovmf_prebuilt::ovmf_pure_efi());
-
-    let child_output = run_cmd.output().unwrap();
-    strip_ansi_escapes::Writer::new(std::io::stderr())
-        .write_all(&child_output.stderr)
-        .unwrap();
-    strip_ansi_escapes::Writer::new(std::io::stderr())
-        .write_all(&child_output.stdout)
-        .unwrap();
-
-    match child_output.status.code() {
-        Some(33) => {} // success
-        Some(35) => panic!("Test failed"),
-        other => panic!("Test failed with unexpected exit code `{:?}`", other),
+    let run_cmd_str = format!("{run_cmd:?}");
+
+    run_cmd.stdout(Stdio::piped());
+    run_cmd.stderr(Stdio::piped());
+
+    let mut child = run_cmd.spawn().unwrap();
+
+    let child_stdout = child.stdout.take().unwrap();
+    let mut child_stderr = child.stderr.take().unwrap();
+
+    let copy_stdout = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let print_cmd = format!("\nRunning {run_cmd_str}\n\n").into_bytes();
+        let mut output = print_cmd.chain(child_stdout).chain(SEPARATOR.as_bytes());
+        std::io::copy(
+            &mut output,
+            &mut strip_ansi_escapes::Writer::new(std::io::stdout()),
+        )
+    });
+    let copy_stderr = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        std::io::copy(
+            &mut child_stderr,
+            &mut strip_ansi_escapes::Writer::new(std::io::stderr()),
+        )
+    });
+
+    let exit_status = child.wait().unwrap();
+    match exit_status.code() {
+        Some(33) => {}                     // success
+        Some(35) => panic!("Test failed"), // success
+        other => panic!("Test failed with unexpected exit code `{other:?}`"),
     }
+
+    copy_stdout.join().unwrap().unwrap();
+    copy_stderr.join().unwrap().unwrap();
 }