diff --git a/test/new-e2e/system-probe/test/micro-vm-init.sh b/test/new-e2e/system-probe/test/micro-vm-init.sh
index 0371bb874a164..b5c79ca6db769 100755
--- a/test/new-e2e/system-probe/test/micro-vm-init.sh
+++ b/test/new-e2e/system-probe/test/micro-vm-init.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 set -eEuxo pipefail
 
 runner_config=$@
-docker_dir=/kmt-dockers
+docker_dir=/kmt-dockers/src
+
+find "${docker_dir}" -type f
 
 ls -lahR $docker_dir
 
@@ -11,8 +13,10 @@ ls -lahR $docker_dir
 systemctl start docker
 ## Load docker images
 if [[ -d "${docker_dir}" ]]; then
-  find "${docker_dir}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec /bin/bash -c "echo loading image {} && docker import {}" \;
+  find "${docker_dir}" -name "*.tar*" -type f -exec /bin/bash -c "echo loading image {} && docker load -i {}" \;
 fi
+
+docker images
 # VM provisioning end !
 
 # Copy BTF files. This is a patch for different paths between agent 6 branch code and agent 7 KMT images