diff --git a/image/mkosi.conf.d/mkosi.conf b/image/mkosi.conf.d/mkosi.conf
index 66a100598..56f8e4efa 100644
--- a/image/mkosi.conf.d/mkosi.conf
+++ b/image/mkosi.conf.d/mkosi.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Release=37
 Format=gpt_squashfs
 ManifestFormat=json,changelog
 Bootable=yes
-KernelCommandLine=mitigations=auto,nosmt preempt=full loglevel=8
+KernelCommandLine=mitigations=auto,nosmt preempt=full rd.shell=0 rd.emergency=reboot loglevel=8
 WithUnifiedKernelImages=yes
 Verity=yes
 CompressFs=zstd