diff --git a/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/shell/AbstractShell.java b/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/shell/AbstractShell.java
index 757c5f31..e63ecf98 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/shell/AbstractShell.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/shell/AbstractShell.java
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public boolean connect(){
                 return false;
             }
             if(getHost().isShell()){
-                shConnecting("unset PROMPT_COMMAND; export PS1='" + PROMPT + "'; set +o history; export HISTCONTROL=\"ignoreboth\"");
+                shConnecting("unset PROMPT_COMMAND; export PS1='" + PROMPT + "'; set +o history; export HISTCONTROL=\"ignoreboth\"; unset PS0;");
             }
             if(setupCommand !=null && !setupCommand.trim().isEmpty()){
                 shConnecting(setupCommand);
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/stream/MultiStream.java b/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/stream/MultiStream.java
index 63980405..60e51385 100755
--- a/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/stream/MultiStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/stream/MultiStream.java
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ public class MultiStream extends OutputStream{
 
     final static XLogger logger = XLoggerFactory.getXLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
 
-
+    public static String printByteCharacters(String input){
+        return printByteCharacters(input.getBytes(),0,input.getBytes().length);
+    }
     public static String printByteCharacters(byte b[], int off, int len){
         String spaces = "                                                                   ";
         StringBuilder bytes = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/LocalTest.java b/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/LocalTest.java
index 701622ef..02222fdd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/LocalTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/LocalTest.java
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ public void local_container_download_file(){
             new SecretFilter(),
             false
         );
+        assertTrue("shell should be open",shell.isOpen());
+        assertTrue("shell should be ready",shell.isReady());
         String response = shell.shSync("echo 'foo' > /tmp/foo.txt");
         response = shell.shSync("ls -al /tmp/foo.txt");
         File toRead = null;
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/RunTest.java b/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/RunTest.java
index 51e492af..4594b530 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/RunTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/RunTest.java
@@ -75,6 +75,43 @@ public void append(LogEvent event) {
            "    - hello-world"
    );
 
+   @Test
+   public void test_stuck_fedora40(){
+      Parser parser = Parser.getInstance();
+      RunConfigBuilder builder = getBuilder();
+      builder.loadYaml(parser.loadFile("signal",stream(
+              """
+               scripts:
+                 start-script:
+                   - log: "Running script"
+                   - sh: echo "Hello World!"
+                   - log: "Finished script"
+               
+               hosts:
+                 target-host: ${{HOST}}
+               
+               roles:
+                 db:
+                   hosts:
+                     - target-host
+                   setup-scripts:
+                     - start-script
+               
+               states:
+                 HOST: LOCAL
+               """
+
+      )));
+      RunConfig config = builder.buildConfig(parser);
+      assertFalse("runConfig errors:\n" + config.getErrorStrings().stream().collect(Collectors.joining("\n")), config.hasErrors());
+
+      Dispatcher dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
+      Run doit = new Run(tmpDir.toString(), config, dispatcher);
+      doit.run();
+
+      State state = config.getState();
+   }
+
    @Test(timeout = 40_000)
    public void waitfor_never_signaled(){
       Parser parser = Parser.getInstance();
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/shell/LocalShellTest.java b/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/shell/LocalShellTest.java
index ae8548a1..6ece8a95 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/shell/LocalShellTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/hyperfoil/tools/qdup/shell/LocalShellTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,26 @@ public void sh_without_connect(){
             fail("should not throw exception: "+e.getMessage());
         }
     }
+    @Test
+    public void sh_rsync(){
+        Host host = new Host();
+        AbstractShell shell = new LocalShell(
+                host,
+                "",
+                new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(2),
+                new SecretFilter(),
+                false
+        );
+        boolean connected = shell.connect();
+        if(!connected){
+            fail("failed to connect shell");
+        }
+        assertTrue("shell should be open",shell.isOpen());
+        assertTrue("shell should be ready",shell.isReady());
+
+        String exec = shell.shSync("rsync");
+        assertFalse("rsync should be found by the local shell",exec.contains("command not found"));
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void sh_createFile(){