diff --git a/ci/prow-rhcos.sh b/ci/prow-rhcos.sh
index 09bb0f835a..a19a3994e7 100755
--- a/ci/prow-rhcos.sh
+++ b/ci/prow-rhcos.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ esac
 export COSA_SKIP_OVERLAY=1
 # Create a temporary cosa workdir
 cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-cosa init --variant scos --transient -b "${RHCOS_BRANCH}" https://github.com/openshift/os
+cosa init --transient -b "${RHCOS_BRANCH}" https://github.com/openshift/os
 # Use a COSA specifc test entry point to focus on tests relevant for COSA
 exec src/config/ci/prow-entrypoint.sh rhcos-cosa-prow-pr-ci
diff --git a/mantle/cmd/kola/devshell.go b/mantle/cmd/kola/devshell.go
index b81b249b17..bc572a5e35 100644
--- a/mantle/cmd/kola/devshell.go
+++ b/mantle/cmd/kola/devshell.go
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func watchJournal(builder *platform.QemuBuilder, conf *conf.Conf, stateChan chan
 		},
 	}
 
-	r, err := builder.VirtioJournal(conf, "--system")
+	r, err := builder.VirtioJournal(conf, "-o json --system")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}