diff --git a/clanServices/monitoring/flake-module.nix b/clanServices/monitoring/flake-module.nix
index de23010cc..cf159aaf2 100644
--- a/clanServices/monitoring/flake-module.nix
+++ b/clanServices/monitoring/flake-module.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ in
   clan.modules.monitoring = module;
 
   perSystem =
-    { ... }:
+    { pkgs, ... }:
     {
       clan.nixosTests.monitoring = {
-        imports = [ ./tests/vm/default.nix ];
-
+        imports = [
+          (lib.modules.importApply ./tests/vm/default.nix {
+            inherit (self) packages;
+            inherit pkgs;
+          })
+        ];
         clan.modules.monitoring = module;
       };
     };
diff --git a/clanServices/monitoring/tests/vm/default.nix b/clanServices/monitoring/tests/vm/default.nix
index 5d2836e71..50e98547d 100644
--- a/clanServices/monitoring/tests/vm/default.nix
+++ b/clanServices/monitoring/tests/vm/default.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{ packages, pkgs, ... }:
 {
   name = "monitoring";
 
@@ -16,9 +17,27 @@
     };
   };
 
+  extraPythonPackages = _p: [
+    (pkgs.python3.pkgs.toPythonModule packages.${pkgs.system}.clan-cli)
+  ];
+
   testScript =
     { ... }:
     ''
+      import time
       start_all()
+      time.sleep(99999)
+      peer1.wait_for_unit("network-online.target")
+      peer1.wait_for_unit("telegraf.service")
+
+      from clan_lib.metrics.version import get_nixos_systems
+      from clan_lib.machines.machines import Machine as ClanMachine
+      from clan_lib.flake import Flake
+
+      # mymachine = ClanMachine("peer1", Flake("."))
+      # data = get_nixos_systems(mymachine, )
+      # assert data["current_system"] is not None
+
+      time.sleep(99999)
     '';
 }