diff --git a/base/etc/startup.d/98_qemu_login.sh b/base/etc/startup.d/98_qemu_login.sh
index 76119f81..9973e772 100755
--- a/base/etc/startup.d/98_qemu_login.sh
+++ b/base/etc/startup.d/98_qemu_login.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+if qemu-fwcfg -q opt/org.toaruos.forceuser then true else exit 0
+
 export-cmd QEMU_USER qemu-fwcfg opt/org.toaruos.forceuser
-
-if empty? "$QEMU_USER" then true else /bin/getty -a "$QEMU_USER"
-if empty? "$QEMU_USER" then true else reboot
+/bin/getty -a "$QEMU_USER"
+reboot