diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0e9d46..be2e07f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ result
 .direnv
 *.qcow2
 *.img
+desk-os-demo-efi-vars.fd
+
diff --git a/machines/demo/default.nix b/machines/demo/default.nix
index 12bb948..90a7508 100644
--- a/machines/demo/default.nix
+++ b/machines/demo/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   config = {
     virtualisation = {
       memorySize = 8192;
+      useBootLoader = true;
+      useEFIBoot = true;
       qemu.options = [
         "-enable-kvm"
         "-vga virtio"