diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 300fea60..e7da657f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   merge_group:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [main]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/upgrade-test-scripts/start_agd.sh b/upgrade-test-scripts/start_agd.sh
index 5f620344..ecdd2092 100644
--- a/upgrade-test-scripts/start_agd.sh
+++ b/upgrade-test-scripts/start_agd.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ source ./env_setup.sh
 
 export SLOGFILE=slog.slog
 
-startAgd
+# don't use startAgd() because that backgrounds
+agd start --log_level warn "$@"