diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis
index 28dfdb79..7af33603 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ if ! grep console= /proc/cmdline >& /dev/null; then
     echo $autocons > /tmp/01-autocons.devnode
     if [ ! -z "$autocons" ]; then
         echo "Using $(cat /tmp/01-autocons.conf)"
-        tmux a <> $autocons >&0 2>&1 &
-        TERM=linux tmux a <> /dev/tty1 >&0 2>&1 &
+        (while :; do tmux a <> $autocons >&0 2>&1; done) &
+        (while :; do TERM=linux tmux a <> /dev/tty1 >&0 2>&1; done) &
     else
-        tmux a <> /dev/console >&0 2>&1 &
+        (while :; do tmux a <> /dev/console >&0 2>&1; done) &
     fi
 else
-    tmux a <> /dev/console >&0 2>&1 &
-    TERM=linux tmux a <> /dev/tty1 >&0 2>&1 &
+    (while :; do tmux a <> /dev/console >&0 2>&1; done) &
+    (while :; do TERM=linux tmux a <> /dev/tty1 >&0 2>&1; done) &
 fi
 echo -n "udevd: "
 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd --daemon