diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
index e7341a2..91a1b15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-name: qemu-minimal-smoke-test
+name: smoke-tests
 
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
 
 jobs:
-  ubuntu-smoke-test:
-    name: ubuntu-smoke-test
+
+  ubuntu-latest-x86:
+    name: ubuntu-latest-x86
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Check out code using action/checkout
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y qemu-system-x86 cloud-image-utils
     - name: Generate an ssh key-pair for this test
       run: ssh-keygen -t rsa -q -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" -N ""
-    - name: Run a qemu-based ./gen-vm smoke-test
+    - name: Generate a x86_64 qemu-based ./gen-vm smoke-test
       run: ./gen-vm
       working-directory: qemu
       env:
@@ -23,3 +24,23 @@ jobs:
         KVM: none
         USERNAME: ubuntu
         PASS: password
+
+  ubuntu-latest-arm64:
+    name: ubuntu-latest-arm64
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Check out code using action/checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+    - name: Install a couple of packages via the apt package manager
+      run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y qemu-system-arm cloud-image-utils
+    - name: Generate an ssh key-pair for this test
+      run: ssh-keygen -t rsa -q -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa" -N ""
+    - name: Run a aarch64 qemu-based ./gen-vm smoke-test
+      run: ./gen-vm
+      working-directory: qemu
+      env:
+        VM_NAME: qemu-minimal-smoke-test-arm64
+        KVM: none
+        USERNAME: ubuntu
+        PASS: password
+        ARCH: arm64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spell-check.yml b/.github/workflows/spell-check.yml
index c13f681..f48c440 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spell-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spell-check.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: qemu-minimal-spell-check
+name: spell-check
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ on:
     - '.spellcheck.yaml'
 
 jobs:
-  ubuntu-spell-check:
-    name: ubuntu-spell-check
+  ubuntu-latest:
+    name: ubuntu-latest
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Check out code.
diff --git a/qemu/gen-vm b/qemu/gen-vm
index 5926183..006257e 100755
--- a/qemu/gen-vm
+++ b/qemu/gen-vm
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # ----------------
 #
 # Note that for Jammy you need the cloud-init as well as
-# cloud-image-utils  and for focal a good generic call would be:
+# cloud-image-utils  and for jammy a good generic call would be:
 #
 # RELEASE=jammy VM_NAME=stephen ./gen-vm
 #
diff --git a/qemu/run-vm b/qemu/run-vm
index 3ccc0ef..3b5c85f 100755
--- a/qemu/run-vm
+++ b/qemu/run-vm
@@ -14,20 +14,19 @@ IMAGES=${IMAGES:-../images}
 SSH_PORT=${SSH_PORT:-2222}
 KVM=${KVM:-enable}
 
-if [ ${ARCH} == "amd64" ]; then
-    QARCH="x86_64"
-elif [ ${ARCH} == "arm64" ]; then
-    QARCH="aarch64"
-else
-    echo "Error: No ARCH mapping exists for ${ARCH}! Exiting."; exit -1
-fi
-
 if [ ${KVM} == "enable" ]; then
     KVM=",accel=kvm"
 else
     KVM=""
 fi
 
+if [ ${FILESYSTEM} == "none" ]; then
+    FILESYSTEM_ARGS=""
+else
+    FILESYSTEM_ARGS="-virtfs local,id=hostfs,path=${FILESYSTEM},security_model=mapped,mount_tag=hostfs"
+fi
+
+
 if [ ${ARCH} == "amd64" ]; then
     QARCH="x86_64"
     QARCH_ARGS="-machine q35${KVM}"
@@ -42,8 +41,7 @@ qemu-system-${QARCH} \
    ${QARCH_ARGS} \
    -smp cpus=${VCPUS} \
    -m ${VMEM} \
+   ${FILESYSTEM_ARGS} \
    -nographic \
-   -drive if=virtio,format=qcow2,file=${IMAGES}/${VM_NAME}-backing.qcow2 \
+   -drive if=virtio,format=qcow2,file=${IMAGES}/${VM_NAME}.qcow2 \
    -nic user,id=user0,model=virtio-net-pci,hostfwd=tcp::${SSH_PORT}-:22
-
-