diff --git a/test/check-application b/test/check-application
index a82a06731..a8ebfa535 100755
--- a/test/check-application
+++ b/test/check-application
@@ -3066,8 +3066,12 @@ class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
         sel = "span:not(.downloading)"
         b.wait(lambda: self.getContainerAttr(container_name, "State", sel) in "Created")
 
+        # debug
+        b.click("#containers-images button:contains('Show images')")
+
         b.click("#containers-containers button.pf-v5-c-button.pf-m-primary")
         # "couldn't search registry" error is hidden when some local image is found
+        b.set_input_text("#create-image-image-select-typeahead", "")
         b.set_input_text("#create-image-image-select-typeahead", "localhost:80/my-busy")
         b.wait_not_present(".pf-v5-c-alert.pf-m-danger")
         b.click('button.pf-v5-c-toggle-group__button:contains("Local")')
@@ -3078,8 +3082,6 @@ class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
         b.wait_text("button.pf-v5-c-select__menu-item.pf-m-disabled", "No images found")
         b.wait_in_text(".pf-v5-c-alert.pf-m-danger", "couldn't search registry")
 
-        testlib.sit()
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     testlib.test_main()