diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 83aeb9f1a..d3aa81373 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check
         run: |
           pushd build
-          ninja -v check-ia2
+          ninja -v check
           popd
   build-nginx:
     runs-on: self-hosted
diff --git a/libia2/include/permissive_mode.h b/libia2/include/permissive_mode.h
index 01ba60de8..6de9c117d 100644
--- a/libia2/include/permissive_mode.h
+++ b/libia2/include/permissive_mode.h
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static pthread_t logging_thread IA2_SHARED_DATA;
 typeof(IA2_IGNORE(pthread_create)) __real_pthread_create;
 
 // The constructor that installs the signal handlers
-__attribute__((constructor)) void install_permissive_mode_handler(void) {
+void install_permissive_mode_handler(void) {
   struct sigaction act = {
       .sa_sigaction = IA2_IGNORE(permissive_mode_trampoline),
       .sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO,
@@ -446,9 +446,15 @@ __attribute__((constructor)) void install_permissive_mode_handler(void) {
   // Create the logging thread
   __real_pthread_create(&logging_thread, NULL, IA2_IGNORE(log_mpk_violations),
                         NULL);
+}
+
+// The constructor that installs the signal handlers
+__attribute__((constructor)) void permissive_mode_init(void) {
   // When the process forks call this function again to reinstall these signal
   // handlers and call pthread_atfork again
   pthread_atfork(NULL, NULL, IA2_IGNORE(install_permissive_mode_handler));
+
+  install_permissive_mode_handler();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/rewriter/tests/sighandler/CMakeLists.txt b/rewriter/tests/sighandler/CMakeLists.txt
index a0d07c5b8..6e812efe8 100644
--- a/rewriter/tests/sighandler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rewriter/tests/sighandler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ define_test(
     NEEDS_LD_WRAP
     PKEY 1
     CRITERION_TEST
+    NOT_IN_CHECK_IA2
 )
 
 define_ia2_wrapper()