diff --git a/wally-pipelined/linux-testgen/testvector-generation/gdbinit_qemulog b/wally-pipelined/linux-testgen/testvector-generation/gdbinit_qemulog
index ed36e8001..bb6e2115d 100755
--- a/wally-pipelined/linux-testgen/testvector-generation/gdbinit_qemulog
+++ b/wally-pipelined/linux-testgen/testvector-generation/gdbinit_qemulog
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ target extended-remote :1236
 file ../buildroot-image-output/vmlinux
 stepi 1000
 b do_idle
+ignore 1 2
 c
-c
-c
+# using 3 continues didn't work because the first breakpoint hit causes a pipe break error
 set confirm off
 kill
 q