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 00000000..d931b406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/executor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import os
+import signal
+import sys
+import traceback
+from typing import Any
+
+import gi
+
+gi.require_version("GdkPixbuf", "2.0")
+
+import multiprocessing as mp
+from collections.abc import Callable
+
+
+class MPProcess:
+    def __init__(
+        self, *, name: str, proc: mp.Process, out_file_name: str, in_file_name: str
+    ) -> None:
+        self.name = name
+        self.proc = proc
+        self.out_file_name = out_file_name
+        self.in_file_name = in_file_name
+
+    def kill_all(self) -> None:
+        pid = self.proc.pid
+        assert pid is not None
+
+        # Get the process group ID of the new process
+        new_pgid = os.getpgid(pid)
+        # Kill the new process and all its children by sending a SIGTERM signal to the process group
+        os.killpg(new_pgid, signal.SIGTERM)
+
+    # def get_all_output(self) -> str:
+    #     os.lseek(self.out_fd, 0, os.SEEK_SET)
+    #     return os.read(self.out_fd, 1024).decode("utf-8")
+
+    # def write_all_input(self, input_str: str) -> None:
+    #     os.lseek(self.in_fd, 0, os.SEEK_SET)
+    #     os.write(self.in_fd, input_str.encode("utf-8"))
+
+
+def init_proc(
+    func: Callable, out_file: str, in_file: str, wait_stdin_connect: bool, **kwargs: Any
+) -> None:
+    os.setsid()
+
+    out_fd = os.open(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())
+
+    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(in_file, flags=flags)
+    os.dup2(in_fd, sys.stdin.fileno())
+
+    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.SIGKILL)
+
+
+def spawn(*, wait_stdin_connect: bool, func: Callable, **kwargs: Any) -> MPProcess:
+    if mp.get_start_method(allow_none=True) is None:
+        print("Setting start method to spawn")
+        mp.set_start_method(method="spawn")
+    # rand_name = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    rand_name = "test"
+    proc_name = f"MPExecutor:{func.__name__}:{rand_name}"
+    out_file_name = f"{rand_name}_out.log"
+    in_file_name = f"{rand_name}_in.log"
+
+    if os.path.exists(in_file_name):
+        os.unlink(in_file_name)
+    os.mkfifo(in_file_name)
+
+    proc = mp.Process(
+        target=init_proc,
+        args=(func, out_file_name, in_file_name, wait_stdin_connect),
+        name=proc_name,
+        kwargs=kwargs,
+    )
+    proc.start()
+    assert proc.pid is not None
+    print(f"Started process '{proc_name}'. pid={proc.pid} gpid={os.getpgid(proc.pid)}")
+
+    mp_proc = MPProcess(
+        name=proc_name,
+        proc=proc,
+        out_file_name=out_file_name,
+        in_file_name=in_file_name,
+    )
+    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 90967ce7..e2a62aa0 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/models.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-vm-manager/clan_vm_manager/models.py
@@ -4,14 +4,33 @@ 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
 
 
+# Define a function that writes to the memfd
+def dummy_f() -> None:
+    import sys
+    import time
+
+    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
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class VMBase:
     icon: Path | GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf
@@ -46,11 +65,21 @@ class VMBase:
 
     def run(self) -> None:
         print(f"Running VM {self.name}")
-        import asyncio
+        # vm = vms.run.inspect_vm(flake_url=self.url, flake_attr="defaultVM")
+        import os
 
-        # 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)
+        from .executor import spawn
+
+        # proc = spawn(vms.run.run_vm, vm=vm)
+        proc = spawn(wait_stdin_connect=True, func=dummy_f)
+
+        pid = os.getpid()
+        gpid = os.getpgid(pid)
+        print(f"Main  pid={pid}  gpid={gpid}")
+        assert proc.proc.pid is not None
+        gpid = os.getpgid(proc.proc.pid)
+        print(f"Child pid={proc.proc.pid}  gpid={gpid}")
+        # os.killpg(gpid, signal.SIGKILL)
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)