diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/clan_uri.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/clan_uri.py
index d4c1be403..f592b96d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/clan_uri.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/clan_uri.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Import the urllib.parse, enum and dataclasses modules
 import dataclasses
 import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum, member
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -9,6 +10,19 @@ from typing import Self
 from .errors import ClanError
 
 
+def url_ok(url: str) -> None:
+    # Create a request object with the URL and the HEAD method
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, method="HEAD")
+    try:
+        # Open the URL and get the response object
+        res = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
+        # Return True if the status code is 200 (OK)
+        if not res.status_code == 200:
+            raise ClanError(f"URL has status code: {res.status_code}")
+    except urllib.error.URLError as ex:
+        raise ClanError(f"URL error: {ex}")
+
+
 # Define an enum with different members that have different values
 class ClanScheme(Enum):
     # Use the dataclass decorator to add fields and methods to the members
@@ -84,16 +98,24 @@ class ClanURI:
             case ("http" | "https", _, _, _, _, _):
                 self.scheme = ClanScheme.HTTP.value(self._components.geturl())  # type: ignore
             case ("file", "", path, "", "", "") | ("", "", path, "", "", ""):  # type: ignore
-                self.scheme = ClanScheme.FILE.value(Path(path))  # type: ignore
+                self.scheme = ClanScheme.FILE.value(Path(path))
             case _:
                 raise ClanError(f"Unsupported uri components: {comb}")
 
+    def check_exits(self) -> None:
+        match self.scheme:
+            case ClanScheme.FILE.value(path):
+                if not path.exists():
+                    raise ClanError(f"File does not exist: {path}")
+            case ClanScheme.HTTP.value(url):
+                return url_ok(url)
+
     def get_internal(self) -> str:
         match self.scheme:
             case ClanScheme.FILE.value(path):
-                return str(path)  # type: ignore
+                return str(path)
             case ClanScheme.HTTP.value(url):
-                return url  # type: ignore
+                return url
             case _:
                 raise ClanError(f"Unsupported uri components: {self.scheme}")
 
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/add.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/add.py
index de334314f..a2c0fabd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/add.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/add.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def list_history() -> list[HistoryEntry]:
 
 
 def add_history(uri: ClanURI) -> list[HistoryEntry]:
+    uri.check_exits()
     user_history_file().parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     logs = list_history()
     found = False
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/pyproject.toml b/pkgs/clan-cli/pyproject.toml
index 05ce0a0a6..cd6fc12b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ warn_redundant_casts = true
 disallow_untyped_calls = true
 disallow_untyped_defs = true
 no_implicit_optional = true
+disable_error_code = ["has-type"]
 exclude = "clan_cli.nixpkgs"
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/__init__.py b/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/__init__.py
index 8802affd1..25c75b085 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/__init__.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import argparse
 
-from .app import register_join_parser, register_overview_parser, show_overview
+from .app import (
+    register_join_parser,
+    register_overview_parser,
+    register_run_parser,
+    show_overview,
+)
 
 
 def main() -> None:
@@ -16,6 +21,8 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     register_overview_parser(subparser.add_parser("overview", help="overview screen"))
 
+    register_run_parser(subparser.add_parser("run", help="run a vm"))
+
     # Executed when no command is given
     parser.set_defaults(func=show_overview)
     args = parser.parse_args()
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/app.py b/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/app.py
index a1a787c00..aecf04af2 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/app.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/app.py
@@ -103,3 +103,37 @@ def show_overview(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
 
 def register_overview_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     parser.set_defaults(func=show_overview)
+
+
+# Define a function that writes to the memfd
+def dummy_f(msg: str) -> None:
+    import sys
+    import time
+
+    print(f"Receeived message {msg}")
+    c = 0
+    while True:  # Simulate a long running process
+        print(f"out: Hello from process c={c}", file=sys.stdout)
+        print(f"err: Hello from process c={c}", file=sys.stderr)
+        user = input("Enter to continue: \n")
+        if user == "q":
+            raise Exception("User quit")
+        print(f"User entered {user}", file=sys.stdout)
+        print(f"User entered {user}", file=sys.stderr)
+        time.sleep(1)  # Wait for 1 second
+        c += 1
+
+
+def show_run_vm(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    from .executor import spawn
+
+    log_path = Path(".").resolve()
+    proc = spawn(wait_stdin_con=True, log_path=log_path, func=dummy_f, msg="Hello")
+    input("Press enter to kill process: ")
+    proc.kill_group()
+
+
+def register_run_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
+    parser.set_defaults(func=show_run_vm)
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/executor.py b/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/executor.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c85ba0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/executor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import os
+import signal
+import sys
+import traceback
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import gi
+
+gi.require_version("GdkPixbuf", "2.0")
+
+import multiprocessing as mp
+from collections.abc import Callable
+
+OUT_FILE: Path | None = None
+IN_FILE: Path | None = None
+
+
+class MPProcess:
+    def __init__(
+        self, *, name: str, proc: mp.Process, out_file: Path, in_file: Path
+    ) -> None:
+        self.name = name
+        self.proc = proc
+        self.out_file = out_file
+        self.in_file = in_file
+
+    # Kill the new process and all its children by sending a SIGTERM signal to the process group
+    def kill_group(self) -> None:
+        pid = self.proc.pid
+        assert pid is not None
+        os.killpg(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+
+
+def _set_proc_name(name: str) -> None:
+    import ctypes
+
+    # Define the prctl function with the appropriate arguments and return type
+    libc = ctypes.CDLL("libc.so.6")
+    prctl = libc.prctl
+    prctl.argtypes = [
+        ctypes.c_int,
+        ctypes.c_char_p,
+        ctypes.c_ulong,
+        ctypes.c_ulong,
+        ctypes.c_ulong,
+    ]
+    prctl.restype = ctypes.c_int
+
+    # Set the process name to "my_process"
+    prctl(15, name.encode(), 0, 0, 0)
+
+
+def _signal_handler(signum: int, frame: Any) -> None:
+    signame = signal.strsignal(signum)
+    print("Signal received:", signame)
+
+    # Delete files
+    if OUT_FILE is not None:
+        OUT_FILE.unlink()
+    if IN_FILE is not None:
+        IN_FILE.unlink()
+
+    # Restore the default handler
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIG_DFL)
+
+    # Re-raise the signal
+    os.kill(os.getpid(), signum)
+
+
+def _init_proc(
+    func: Callable,
+    out_file: Path,
+    in_file: Path,
+    wait_stdin_connect: bool,
+    proc_name: str,
+    **kwargs: Any,
+) -> None:
+    # Set the global variables
+    global OUT_FILE, IN_FILE
+    OUT_FILE = out_file
+    IN_FILE = in_file
+
+    # Create a new process group
+    os.setsid()
+
+    # Open stdout and stderr
+    out_fd = os.open(str(out_file), flags=os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC)
+    os.dup2(out_fd, sys.stdout.fileno())
+    os.dup2(out_fd, sys.stderr.fileno())
+
+    # Print some information
+    pid = os.getpid()
+    gpid = os.getpgid(pid=pid)
+    print(f"Started new process pid={pid} gpid={gpid}")
+
+    # Register the signal handler for SIGINT
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, _signal_handler)
+
+    # Set the process name
+    _set_proc_name(proc_name)
+
+    # Open stdin
+    flags = None
+    if wait_stdin_connect:
+        print(f"Waiting for stdin connection on file {in_file}", file=sys.stderr)
+        flags = os.O_RDONLY
+    else:
+        flags = os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NONBLOCK
+    in_fd = os.open(str(in_file), flags=flags)
+    os.dup2(in_fd, sys.stdin.fileno())
+
+    # Execute the main function
+    print(f"Executing function {func.__name__} now", file=sys.stderr)
+    try:
+        func(**kwargs)
+    except Exception:
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        pid = os.getpid()
+        gpid = os.getpgid(pid=pid)
+        print(f"Killing process group pid={pid} gpid={gpid}")
+        os.killpg(gpid, signal.SIGTERM)
+
+
+def spawn(
+    *, wait_stdin_con: bool, log_path: Path, func: Callable, **kwargs: Any
+) -> MPProcess:
+    # Decouple the process from the parent
+    if mp.get_start_method(allow_none=True) is None:
+        mp.set_start_method(method="spawn")
+
+    # Set names
+    proc_name = f"MPExec:{func.__name__}"
+    out_file = log_path / "out.log"
+    in_file = log_path / "in.fifo"
+
+    # Create stdin fifo
+    if in_file.exists():
+        in_file.unlink()
+    os.mkfifo(in_file)
+
+    # Start the process
+    proc = mp.Process(
+        target=_init_proc,
+        args=(func, out_file, in_file, wait_stdin_con, proc_name),
+        name=proc_name,
+        kwargs=kwargs,
+    )
+    proc.start()
+
+    # Print some information
+    assert proc.pid is not None
+    print(f"Started process '{proc_name}'")
+    print(f"Arguments: {kwargs}")
+    if wait_stdin_con:
+        cmd = f"cat - > {in_file}"
+        print(f"Connect to stdin with : {cmd}")
+    cmd = f"tail -f {out_file}"
+    print(f"Connect to stdout with: {cmd}")
+
+    # Return the process
+    mp_proc = MPProcess(
+        name=proc_name,
+        proc=proc,
+        out_file=out_file,
+        in_file=in_file,
+    )
+    return mp_proc
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/models.py b/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/models.py
index 90967ce72..c1b726fda 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/models.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/models.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
 import gi
-from clan_cli import history, vms
+from clan_cli import history
 
 gi.require_version("GdkPixbuf", "2.0")
+
 from gi.repository import GdkPixbuf
 
 from clan_vm_manager import assets
@@ -46,11 +47,7 @@ class VMBase:
 
     def run(self) -> None:
         print(f"Running VM {self.name}")
-        import asyncio
-
-        # raise Exception("Cannot run VMs yet")
-        vm = asyncio.run(vms.run.inspect_vm(flake_url=self.url, flake_attr="defaultVM"))
-        vms.run.run_vm(vm)
+        # vm = vms.run.inspect_vm(flake_url=self.url, flake_attr="defaultVM")
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)