diff --git a/scripts/minikube-setup.sh b/scripts/minikube-setup.sh
index 4328f87aa..4ea553b7a 100755
--- a/scripts/minikube-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/minikube-setup.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ sudo cp /tmp/cri-dockerd/packaging/systemd/* /etc/systemd/system
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 sudo systemctl enable cri-docker.service
 sudo systemctl enable --now cri-docker.socket
+sudo systemctl start cri-docker.socket
+sudo systemctl start cri-docker.service || systemctl status cri-docker.service
+sudo systemctl status cri-docker
 
 CRICTL_VERSION="v1.17.0"
 curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/$CRICTL_VERSION/crictl-${CRICTL_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz --output crictl-${CRICTL_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ cat /proc/cpuinfo
 
 # need to run minikube start as root since user doesn't have permissions to communicate with docker in minikube 1.26
 # See https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/none/#other 
-sudo minikube start --vm-driver=none --force || sudo minikube logs;
+sudo minikube start --vm-driver=none --force || sudo minikube logs && ;
 minikube status
 minikube addons enable registry
 kubectl cluster-info