diff --git a/demo/lib/distro.bash b/demo/lib/distro.bash
index 305199d91..63c318731 100644
--- a/demo/lib/distro.bash
+++ b/demo/lib/distro.bash
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ debian-install-crio-pre() {
 debian-install-k8s() {
     local _k8s=$k8s
     debian-refresh-pkg-db
-    debian-install-pkg apt-transport-https curl
+    debian-install-pkg gpg apt-transport-https curl
 
     if [[ -z "$k8s" ]] || [[ "$k8s" == "latest" ]]; then
         vm-command "curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/latest | grep tag_name | sed -e 's/.*v\([0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\).*/\1/g'"
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ debian-env-file-dir() {
     echo "/etc/default"
 }
 
+debian-sid-govm-env() {
+    echo "DISABLE_VGA=N"
+}
+
 ###########################################################################
 
 #
diff --git a/demo/lib/host.bash b/demo/lib/host.bash
index ddc2ba4a2..5f1f0622c 100644
--- a/demo/lib/host.bash
+++ b/demo/lib/host.bash
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ host-wait-vm-ssh-server() {
 host-wait-cloud-init() {
     retries=60
     retries_left=$retries
-    while ! $SSH -o ConnectTimeout=2 ${VM_SSH_USER}@${VM_IP} sudo cloud-init status --wait 2>/dev/null; do
+    while true; do
+        $SSH -o ConnectTimeout=2 ${VM_SSH_USER}@${VM_IP} sudo cloud-init status --wait 2>/dev/null
+        [ "$?" -eq 0 -o "$?" -eq 2 ] && break
+
         if [ "$retries" == "$retries_left" ]; then
             echo -n "Waiting for VM cloud-init to finish..."
         fi