diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..979a0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: CI
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build:qemu-lagarto-ox:
+    runs-on: native
+    steps:
+      - uses: https://gitea.com/ScMi1/checkout@v1.4
+      - run: nix develop -L .#qemu-lagarto-ox --command ./boot.sh bench2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab04f57..8f07711 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ Then, simply run boot.sh to start the QEMU system.
 ```
 $ ./boot.sh
 ```
+To execute the RISC-V benchmark suite on boot stage 2, run boot.sh with the bench2 option.
+
+```
+$ ./boot.sh bench2
+```
+
+To open a debug shell on boot stage 2, run boot.sh with the debug2 option.
+
+```
+$ ./boot.sh debug2
+```
 
 ## Lagarto Hun
 
diff --git a/boot.sh b/boot.sh
index 887f721..fc2aedd 100755
--- a/boot.sh
+++ b/boot.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -ex
 
+QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS="$@"
+
 #export PATH=/nix/store/c5xwy0rllg4lcw61mh20glairjz7ibv4-qemu-8.0.4/bin/:$PATH
 
 CDIR=$(readlink -f "$PWD")
@@ -22,8 +24,6 @@ if [ -z "$TMPDIR" ] || [ -z "$USE_TMPDIR" ]; then
     TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d nix-vm.XXXXXXXXXX --tmpdir)
 fi
 
-
-
 # Create a directory for exchanging data with the VM.
 mkdir -p "$TMPDIR/xchg"
 
@@ -32,16 +32,15 @@ echo "Booting $system"
 
 cd "$TMPDIR"
 
-
 #QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS="boot.debug1devices"
 #QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS="boot.trace boot.debug1"
-QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS=bench2
+#QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS=bench2
 #QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS=debug2
 
 # Trap the CPU on compressed instructions?
 #TRAP_COMPRESSED="-cpu rv64,c=false"
 
-CUSTOM_BIOS="-bios $OPENSBI/share/opensbi/lp64/generic/firmware/fw_payload.bin"
+#CUSTOM_BIOS="-bios $OPENSBI/share/opensbi/lp64/generic/firmware/fw_payload.bin"
 #CUSTOM_BIOS="-bios $OPENSBI/share/opensbi/lp64/generic/firmware/fw_jump.elf"
 #CUSTOM_BIOS="-bios $CDIR/bios-nc.bin"
 #CUSTOM_BIOS="-bios $CDIR/bios.bin"
@@ -50,8 +49,9 @@ CUSTOM_BIOS="-bios $OPENSBI/share/opensbi/lp64/generic/firmware/fw_payload.bin"
 #DEBUG_CPU="-d cpu_reset"
 #DEBUG_CPU="-d in_asm,cpu,cpu_reset"
 
+run_qemu () {  
 
-exec qemu-system-riscv64 \
+  CMD='qemu-system-riscv64 \
     $DEBUG_GDB \
     $DEBUG_CPU \
     -name nixos-riscv \
@@ -70,30 +70,42 @@ exec qemu-system-riscv64 \
     -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 \
     -kernel $system/kernel \
     -initrd $system/initrd \
-    -append "$(cat $system/kernel-params) init=$system/init console=ttyS0,115200n8 loglevel=7 $QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS" \
-    $QEMU_OPTS \
-    "$@"
+    -device vhost-vsock-pci,id=vhost-vsock-pci0,guest-cid=123 \
+    -serial mon:stdio \
+    -append "$(cat $system/kernel-params) init=$system/init console=ttyS0 loglevel=7 $QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS" \
+    $QEMU_OPTS'
+
+  if [[ "$QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS" =~ bench2 ]]; then
+    eval "$CMD &"
+    echo "$!" > qemu.pid
+  else
+    eval "$CMD"
+  fi
+}
+
+if [[ "$QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS" =~ bench2 ]]; then
+  run_qemu | awk -f $CDIR/verify-bench2.awk
+else
+  run_qemu
+fi
+
+# QEMU OPTIONS GRAVEYARD
 
 #    -kernel $system/kernel \
 #    -initrd $system/initrd \
 #    -append "$(cat $system/kernel-params) init=$system/init regInfo=/nix/store/x3zpwfbk2wkiisxhgi7zwsfwbdfxk0w1-closure-info-riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu/registration console=ttyS0,115200n8 loglevel=7 $QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS" 
 
-
-
-
 #    -kernel ${NIXPKGS_QEMU_KERNEL_visionfive_nix:-/nix/store/8n5fakqq44nsmbcn0vdm3mzsvcq9ihbi-nixos-system-visionfive-nix-24.05.20240115.c3e128f/kernel} \
 #    -initrd /nix/store/96058frp51dn0xxfci4kyvzz0rvd5ngy-initrd-linux-riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-6.1.72/initrd \
 #    -append "$(cat /nix/store/8n5fakqq44nsmbcn0vdm3mzsvcq9ihbi-nixos-system-visionfive-nix-24.05.20240115.c3e128f/kernel-params) init=/nix/store/8n5fakqq44nsmbcn0vdm3mzsvcq9ihbi-nixos-system-visionfive-nix-24.05.20240115.c3e128f/init regInfo=/nix/store/bgqa92gznhcr9aryx6ac4ycx4s2385cr-closure-info-riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu/registration console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 $QEMU_KERNEL_PARAMS" \
 
-
 #    -drive "file=$NIX_DISK_IMAGE,if=virtio,id=hd0" \
 #    -hda "$NIX_DISK_IMAGE" \
 #-net nic,model=virtio,macaddr=16:da:11:b4:44:c9 -net user \
 #    -net nic,netdev=user.0,model=virtio -netdev user,id=user.0,"$QEMU_NET_OPTS" \
 #console=tty0
 #console=ttyS0,115200n8 
-#
-#    -fsdev local,id=fsdev1,path=/nix/store,security_model=none \
+
 #    -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=fsdev1,mount_tag=store,bus=pcie.1 \
 #
 #    -drive cache=writeback,file="$NIX_DISK_IMAGE",id=drive1,if=none,index=1,werror=report -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=drive1 \
diff --git a/lagarto-ox.nix b/lagarto-ox.nix
index 05bb98b..645891b 100644
--- a/lagarto-ox.nix
+++ b/lagarto-ox.nix
@@ -407,6 +407,16 @@
     };
 
     bench2 = final.writeShellScript "bench2" ''
+      #Tests if a benchmark exection was successful
+      function bench_test {
+        $@
+        local status=$?
+        if (( status != 0)); then
+          echo "BENCHMARK-ERROR-STATE"
+        fi
+        return $status
+      }
+
       echo --------BENCHMARKING PHASE---------
       # Performs minimal FS setup and runs the SPEC benchmark
       mkdir /tmp /bin /root
@@ -420,42 +430,41 @@
       #cat /tmp/spec/time.csv
       # hpc_benchmarks
       set -x
-      axpy-autovect 800 1000
-      axpy-cblas 800 1000
-      axpy-omp-simd 800 1000
-      axpy-scalar 800 1000
+  
+      bench_test "axpy-autovect 800 1000"
+      bench_test "axpy-cblas 800 1000"
+      bench_test "axpy-omp-simd 800 1000"
+      bench_test "axpy-scalar 800 1000"
 
-      gemm-autovect 256
-      gemm-omp-simd 256
-      gemm-scalar 256
+      bench_test "gemm-autovect 256"
+      bench_test "gemm-omp-simd 256"
+      bench_test "gemm-scalar 256"
 
-      somier-autovect 4 32
-      somier-omp-simd 4 32
-      somier-scalar 4 32
+      bench_test "somier-autovect 4 32"
+      bench_test "somier-omp-simd 4 32"
+      bench_test "somier-scalar 4 32"
 
-      lulesh2.0 -s 4
+      bench_test "lulesh2.0 -s 4"
 
-      jacobi2d_scalar_vanilla 16 2
+      bench_test "jacobi2d_scalar_vanilla 16 2"
 
-      hacckernels-autovectorisation 10
-      hacckernels-scalar 10
+      bench_test "hacckernels-scalar 10"
 
       # desktop_benchmarks
 
-      blackscholes_scalar 1 ${final.blackscholesInput} /dev/null
+      bench_test "blackscholes_scalar 1 ${final.blackscholesInput} /dev/null"
+    
+      bench_test "streamcluster_scalar 3 10 16 16 16 10 none output.txt 1"
 
-      streamcluster_scalar 3 10 16 16 16 10 none output.txt 1
- 
-      canneal_scalar 1 100 300 
-      canneal_vectorial_intrinsics
+      bench_test "pathfinder_serial.exe 64 64 output_64_64.txt"
+      bench_test "pathfinder_vector.exe 64 64 output_64_64.txt"
 
-      pathfinder_serial.exe 64 64 output_64_64.txt
-      pathfinder_vector.exe 64 64 output_64_64.txt
-
-      swaptions_scalar -ns 2 -sm 1024 -nt 1
+      bench_test "swaptions_scalar -ns 2 -sm 1024 -nt 1"
 
       # micro_benchmarks (NO WORKING BENCHMARKS FOR NOW...)
 
+      echo "BENCHMARK-SUCESS-STATE"
+
       # Give me a shell at the end
       bash -l
     '';
diff --git a/verify-bench2.awk b/verify-bench2.awk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..226b2a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/verify-bench2.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+BEGIN {
+    bench_success_flag = 0
+}
+
+function terminate_qemu() {
+    system("kill $(cat qemu.pid)");
+
+    if (bench_success_flag) {
+        print "Benchmark execution has finished successfully. \n"
+        exit 0;
+    } else {
+        print "Benchmark execution has been interrupted by an error. \n"
+        exit 1;
+    }
+}
+
+/^BENCHMARK-SUCESS-STATE/ { bench_success_flag = 1; terminate_qemu()}
+/^BENCHMARK-ERROR-STATE/ { bench_success_flag = 0; terminate_qemu()}
+    {print $0}
+