diff --git a/test/integration/adoption.test.ts b/test/integration/adoption.test.ts
index 67c1442..33ba582 100644
--- a/test/integration/adoption.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/adoption.test.ts
@@ -490,7 +490,9 @@ before(async () => {
       catalogSource: forgeUrl("mesh-catalog"), catalogRef: "lab",
       sdkSource: forgeUrl("mesh-sdk"), sdkRef: "lab",
       site: "hosting",
-      hostService: false,
+      // The service, so a machine that reboots comes back holding itself (the bed reboots one).
+      // F0 asks for a dry run on a machine that must stay fresh, and passes false for itself.
+      hostService: true,
       ...(binary ? { hostBinary: binary } : {}),
       log: (m) => console.log(m),
       ...o,
@@ -508,7 +510,7 @@ before(async () => {
     // container runtime and the host binary. A converged genesis there must not be refused. Asked
     // as a dry run: the question is the preflight's, and a real raise would make it a second mesh.
     await step("F0", ["P0"], async () => {
-      const ran = await genesisOn(JOINER, { flags: ["--dry-run"], attempts: 1, verify: false });
+      const ran = await genesisOn(JOINER, { flags: ["--dry-run"], attempts: 1, verify: false, hostService: false });
       assert.doesNotMatch(ran.said, /this machine is in use/,
         `a converged genesis refused a fresh machine as in use:\n${ran.said}`);
       assert.match(ran.said, /in use\s+no: no container runs and nothing listens beyond ssh/,