diff --git a/src/rt/ovni.c b/src/rt/ovni.c
index 3c85692..dd19833 100644
--- a/src/rt/ovni.c
+++ b/src/rt/ovni.c
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ ovni_add_cpu(int index, int phyid)
 	if (!rproc.ready)
 		die("process not yet initialized");
 
-	if (rproc.meta == NULL)
-		die("metadata not initialized");
+	if (!rthread.ready)
+		die("thread not yet initialized");
 
 	struct ovni_rcpu *cpu = malloc(sizeof(*cpu));
 	if (cpu == NULL)
diff --git a/test/emu/nosv/multiple-segment.c b/test/emu/nosv/multiple-segment.c
index 3285fcb..ea037c5 100644
--- a/test/emu/nosv/multiple-segment.c
+++ b/test/emu/nosv/multiple-segment.c
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ main(void)
 	int app = rank / N;
 
 	char loom[128];
-	if (snprintf(loom, 128, "loom.%04d", app) >= 128)
+	if (snprintf(loom, 128, "node0.%04d", app) >= 128)
 		die("snprintf failed");
 
 	ovni_proc_init(1 + app, loom, getpid());
+	ovni_thread_init(get_tid());
 	ovni_proc_set_rank(rank, nranks);
 
 	/* Leader of the segment, must emit CPUs */
@@ -39,13 +40,13 @@ main(void)
 		for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
 			cpus[i] = app * N + i;
 			ovni_add_cpu(i, cpus[i]);
+			info("adding cpu %d to rank %d", i, rank);
 		}
 	}
 
 	int nlooms = nranks / N;
 	int lcpu = rank % N;
 
-	ovni_thread_init(get_tid());
 	instr_require("ovni");
 	instr_nosv_init();
 	instr_thread_execute(lcpu, -1, 0);