diff --git a/distros/almalinux/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/almalinux/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 83de82e..235dc15 100644
--- a/distros/almalinux/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/almalinux/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ boot_command = [
   "<up>e<wait>",
   "<down><down><end><wait>",
   " inst.text inst.ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg",
+  " console=ttyS0 inst.notmux",
   "<leftCtrlOn>x<leftCtrlOff>"
 ]
 cd_files = [ "distros/almalinux/9/disc/*" ]
diff --git a/distros/alpine/3.19.0/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/alpine/3.19.0/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 47936c3..894f4fd 100644
--- a/distros/alpine/3.19.0/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/alpine/3.19.0/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ boot_command = [
 ]
 http_directory = "distros/alpine/3.19.0/http/"
 boot_wait      = "20s"
-shutdown_command = "sudo poweroff"
\ No newline at end of file
+shutdown_command = "sudo poweroff"
diff --git a/distros/archlinux/rolling/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/archlinux/rolling/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 395cab1..60f9fdb 100644
--- a/distros/archlinux/rolling/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/archlinux/rolling/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ iso = {
   checksum = "52aea58f88c9a80afe64f0536da868251ef4878de5a5e0227fcada9f132bd7ab"
 }
 boot_command = [
-  "e<down><down><down><end> net.ifnames=0 biosdevnames=0<f10>",
+  "e<down><down><down><end> net.ifnames=0 biosdevnames=0 console=ttyS0<f10>",
   "<wait60>", # Wait for system to come up?
   "curl -o /tmp/install.sh http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/install.sh<enter>",
   "<wait5>",
diff --git a/distros/centos-stream/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh b/distros/centos-stream/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh
index f0fa813..2e5c192 100755
--- a/distros/centos-stream/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh
+++ b/distros/centos-stream/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ boot_command = [
   "<up>e<wait>",
   "<down><down><end><wait>",
   " inst.text inst.ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg",
+  " inst.notmux console=ttyS0",
   "<leftCtrlOn>x<leftCtrlOff>"
 ]
 cd_files = [ "distros/centos-stream/9/disc/*" ]
diff --git a/distros/centos/7/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/centos/7/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index b553bb1..1926391 100644
--- a/distros/centos/7/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/centos/7/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ boot_command = [
   "<up>e<wait>",
   "<down><down><end><wait>",
   " inst.ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg<wait>",
+  " inst.notmux console=ttyS0",
   "<leftCtrlOn>x<leftCtrlOff>"
 ]
 cd_files = ["distros/centos/7/disc/*"]
diff --git a/distros/debian/10/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/debian/10/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 7a1aeb1..94d2556 100644
--- a/distros/debian/10/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/debian/10/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ boot_command = [
  "debconf/frontend=noninteractive ",
  "hostname={{.Name}} ",
  "domain=vagrant ",
+ "console=ttyS0 ",
  "<f10>"
 ]
 http_directory = "distros/debian/10/http/"
diff --git a/distros/debian/11/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/debian/11/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 795b6cb..e93396e 100644
--- a/distros/debian/11/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/debian/11/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ boot_command = [
  "debconf/frontend=noninteractive ",
  "hostname={{.Name}} ",
  "domain=vagrant ",
+ "console=ttyS0 ",
  "<f10>"
 ]
 http_directory = "distros/debian/11/http/"
diff --git a/distros/debian/12/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/debian/12/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index d65e049..3278968 100644
--- a/distros/debian/12/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/debian/12/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ boot_command = [
  "debconf/frontend=noninteractive ",
  "hostname={{.Name}} ",
  "domain=vagrant ",
+ "console=ttyS0 ",
  "<f10>"
 ]
 http_directory = "distros/debian/12/http/"
diff --git a/distros/fedora/39/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/fedora/39/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 2a25ab1..6c3821c 100644
--- a/distros/fedora/39/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/fedora/39/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ iso = {
 }
 boot_command = [
   "<up>e<down><down><end> ",
-  "net.ifnames=0 biosdevnames=0 inst.ks=cdrom:/amd64-ks.cfg console=tty0<f10>"
+  "net.ifnames=0 biosdevnames=0 inst.ks=cdrom:/amd64-ks.cfg inst.notmux console=ttyS0<f10>"
 ]
 cd_files = [
   "distros/fedora/39/*.cfg"
diff --git a/distros/fedora/40/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/fedora/40/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index cde6fce..76fd884 100644
--- a/distros/fedora/40/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/fedora/40/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ iso = {
 }
 boot_command = [
   "<up>e<down><down><end> ",
-  "net.ifnames=0 biosdevnames=0 inst.ks=cdrom:/amd64-ks.cfg console=tty0<f10>"
+  "net.ifnames=0 biosdevnames=0 inst.ks=cdrom:/amd64-ks.cfg inst.notmux console=ttyS0<f10>"
 ]
 cd_files = [
   "distros/fedora/40/*.cfg"
diff --git a/distros/fedora/rawhide/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh b/distros/fedora/rawhide/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh
index fccdaab..fa06d83 100755
--- a/distros/fedora/rawhide/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh
+++ b/distros/fedora/rawhide/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ iso = {
 }
 boot_command = [
   "<up>e<down><down><end><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
-  "net.ifnames=0 biosdevnames=0 inst.ks=cdrom:/amd64-ks.cfg console=tty0 console=ttyS0<f10>"
+  "net.ifnames=0 biosdevnames=0 inst.ks=cdrom:/amd64-ks.cfg inst.notmux console=ttyS0<f10>"
 ]
 cd_files = [
 	"distros/fedora/rawhide/*.cfg"
diff --git a/distros/opensuse/15.5/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/opensuse/15.5/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 8b80ad3..ce2b718 100644
--- a/distros/opensuse/15.5/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/opensuse/15.5/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ boot_command = [
   "<down><down><down><down><end><wait>",
   "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
   " autoyast=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/autoinst.xml textmode=1<wait>",
+  " console=ttyS0",
   "<leftCtrlOn>x<leftCtrlOff>"
 ]
 http_directory = "distros/opensuse/15.5/http/"
diff --git a/distros/opensuse/15.6/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/opensuse/15.6/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 64a74be..8e158a1 100644
--- a/distros/opensuse/15.6/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/opensuse/15.6/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ boot_command = [
   "<down><down><down><down><end><wait>",
   "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
   " autoyast=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/autoinst.xml textmode=1<wait>",
+  " console=ttyS0",
   "<leftCtrlOn>x<leftCtrlOff>"
 ]
 http_directory = "distros/opensuse/15.6/http/"
diff --git a/distros/opensuse/tumbleweed/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh b/distros/opensuse/tumbleweed/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh
index 191c91b..9a6fe9c 100755
--- a/distros/opensuse/tumbleweed/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh
+++ b/distros/opensuse/tumbleweed/amd64.pkrvars.hcl.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ boot_command = [
   "e<wait>",
   "<down><down><down><down><end><wait>",
   " autoyast=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/autoinst.xml textmode=1<wait>",
+  " console=ttyS0",
   "<leftCtrlOn>x<leftCtrlOff>"
 ]
 http_directory = "distros/opensuse/tumbleweed/http/"
diff --git a/distros/rockylinux/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/rockylinux/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index be8f547..12da5e9 100644
--- a/distros/rockylinux/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/rockylinux/9/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ boot_command = [
   "<up>e<wait>",
   "<down><down><end><wait>",
   " inst.text inst.ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg",
+  " inst.notmux console=ttyS0",
   "<leftCtrlOn>x<leftCtrlOff>"
 ]
 cd_files = [ "distros/rockylinux/9/disc/*" ]
diff --git a/distros/ubuntu/20.04/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/ubuntu/20.04/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 5c49cad..a95048e 100644
--- a/distros/ubuntu/20.04/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/ubuntu/20.04/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ iso = {
 boot_wait = "3s"
 boot_command = [
   "e<wait><down><down><down><end><bs><bs><bs>",
-  "console=tty0 ",
+  "console=ttyS0 ",
   "fsck.mode=skip ",
   "locale=en_US ",
   "auto=true ",
diff --git a/distros/ubuntu/22.04/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/ubuntu/22.04/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 96f325b..51baf9b 100644
--- a/distros/ubuntu/22.04/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/ubuntu/22.04/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ iso = {
 }
 boot_command = [
   "e<down><down><down><end><bs><bs><bs>",
-  "console=tty0 ",
+  "console=ttyS0 ",
   "fsck.mode=skip ",
   "locale=en_US ",
   "auto=true ",
diff --git a/distros/ubuntu/23.10/amd64.pkrvars.hcl b/distros/ubuntu/23.10/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
index 3c8832a..59d3759 100644
--- a/distros/ubuntu/23.10/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/distros/ubuntu/23.10/amd64.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ iso = {
 }
 boot_command = [
   "e<down><down><down><end><bs><bs><bs>",
-  "console=tty0 ",
+  "console=ttyS0 ",
   "fsck.mode=skip ",
   "locale=en_US ",
   "auto=true ",
diff --git a/sources/qemu.pkr.hcl b/sources/qemu.pkr.hcl
index ffcfaa9..d1b82ee 100644
--- a/sources/qemu.pkr.hcl
+++ b/sources/qemu.pkr.hcl
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ source "qemu" "amd64" {
   efi_firmware_vars   = "${var.efi_dir}OVMF_VARS.fd"
 
   qemuargs = [
-    ["-chardev", "stdio,id=char0,logfile=serial-output-qemu-${var.arch}-${var.distro}-${var.version},signal=off"],
+    #["-chardev", "stdio,id=char0,logfile=serial-output-qemu-${var.arch}-${var.distro}-${var.version},signal=off"],
     ["-chardev", "socket,path=${local.name}.qga.sock,server=on,wait=off,id=qga0"],
     ["-device", "virtio-serial"],
     ["-device", "virtserialport,chardev=qga0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0"],
+    ["-serial", "stdio"]
   ]
   accelerator = var.qemu_accelerator