diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 5e20924e..dbef4e54 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ---
 kind: pipeline
-type: docker
+type: exec
 name: Check
+node:
+  hosttype: baremetal
 
 steps:
   - name: "Check"
-    image: docker.nix-community.org/nixpkgs/nix-flakes:latest
     when:
       event:
         - pull_request
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ steps:
 kind: pipeline
 type: exec
 name: Tests
+node:
+  hosttype: baremetal
 
 steps:
   - name: "Tests"
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ steps:
       - 'echo DEBUG: Using NIX_FLAGS: $NIX_FLAGS'
       - nix $$NIX_FLAGS build ".#checks.x86_64-linux.customTestFor-PubSolarOS-firstTest"
       - nix-store --read-log result
+      - if [ ! -e /dev/kvm ]; then exit 1; fi
       - nix $$NIX_FLAGS flake check
       - nix $$NIX_FLAGS develop --command echo OK
 
@@ -50,7 +54,6 @@ steps:
       - cd tritonshell
       - nix develop --command mput -p -f ../result/foot_wayland_info.png ~~/public/$${TARGET_DIR}/foot_wayland_info.png
       - nix develop --command mput -p -f ../result/test-wayland.out ~~/public/$${TARGET_DIR}/test-wayland.out
-
 trigger:
   ref:
     - refs/tags/v*
diff --git a/tests/first-test.nix b/tests/first-test.nix
index 251779a1..27abb5ee 100644
--- a/tests/first-test.nix
+++ b/tests/first-test.nix
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 
     # Need to switch to a different GPU driver than the default one (-vga std) so that Sway can launch:
     virtualisation.qemu.options = [ "-vga none -device virtio-gpu-pci" ];
-    virtualisation.cores = 4;
-    virtualisation.memorySize = 2048;
+    virtualisation.cores = 2;
+    virtualisation.memorySize = 512;
   };
 
   enableOCR = true;