diff --git a/tests/e2e/vagrantdefaults.rb b/tests/e2e/vagrantdefaults.rb
index 6bdb03e001..b962a0744d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/vagrantdefaults.rb
+++ b/tests/e2e/vagrantdefaults.rb
@@ -2,20 +2,16 @@ def defaultOSConfigure(vm)
   box = vm.box.to_s
   if box.include?("generic/ubuntu")
     vm.provision "Set DNS", type: "shell", inline: "netplan set ethernets.eth0.nameservers.addresses=[8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1]; netplan apply", run: 'once'
-    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "apt install -y jq"
   elsif box.include?("Leap") || box.include?("Tumbleweed")
-    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "zypper install -y jq"
     vm.provision "Install apparmor-parser", type: "shell", inline: "zypper install -y apparmor-parser"
   elsif box.include?("rocky8") || box.include?("rocky9")
-    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "dnf install -y jq"
     vm.provision "Disable firewall", type: "shell", inline: "systemctl stop firewalld"
   elsif box.include?("centos7")
-    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "yum install -y jq"
     vm.provision "Disable firewall", type: "shell", inline: "systemctl stop firewalld"
   elsif box.include?("alpine")
-    vm.provision "Install tools", type: "shell", inline: "apk add jq coreutils"
+    vm.provision "Install tools", type: "shell", inline: "apk add coreutils"
   elsif box.include?("microos")
-    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "transactional-update pkg install -y jq"
+    # Add stuff here, but we always need to reload at the end
     vm.provision 'reload', run: 'once'
   end 
 end
@@ -26,6 +22,7 @@ def getInstallType(vm, release_version, branch)
   elsif !release_version.empty?
     return "INSTALL_K3S_VERSION=#{release_version}"
   else
+    jqInstall(vm)
     scripts_location = Dir.exists?("./scripts") ? "./scripts" : "../scripts" 
     # Grabs the last 5 commit SHA's from the given branch, then purges any commits that do not have a passing CI build
     # MicroOS requires it not be in a /tmp/ or other root system folder
@@ -82,6 +79,24 @@ def getHardenedArg(vm, hardened, scripts_location)
   return hardened_arg
 end
 
+def jqInstall(vm)
+  box = vm.box.to_s
+  if box.include?("generic/ubuntu")
+    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "apt install -y jq"
+  elsif box.include?("Leap") || box.include?("Tumbleweed")
+    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "zypper install -y jq"
+  elsif box.include?("rocky8") || box.include?("rocky9")
+    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "dnf install -y jq"
+  elsif box.include?("centos7")
+    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "yum install -y jq"
+  elsif box.include?("alpine")
+    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "apk add coreutils"
+  elsif box.include?("microos")
+    vm.provision "Install jq", type: "shell", inline: "transactional-update pkg install -y jq"
+    vm.provision 'reload', run: 'once'
+  end 
+end
+
 def dockerInstall(vm)
   vm.provider "libvirt" do |v|
     v.memory = NODE_MEMORY + 1024