diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 028790fd86..d4062cdd47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -59,16 +59,17 @@ jobs:
           cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
           cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache-new,mode=max
 
-      - name: Start nitro-testnode and wait for rpc to come up
+      - name: Start background nitro-testnode and wait for rpc to come up
         shell: bash
         run: |
           cd nitro-testnode
           ./test-node.bash --init --dev &
-          jobid=$!
-          cd ..
+      
+      - name: Wait for rpc to come up
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
           ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows/waitForNitro.sh
-          kill -s SIGKILL $jobid
-    
+  
       - name: Print WAVM module root
         id: module-root
         run: |