diff --git a/.github/scripts/defaults.sh b/.github/scripts/defaults.sh
index adc264a9..fb83ad00 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/defaults.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/defaults.sh
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ mapping["chipyard-hwacha"]=" CONFIG=HwachaRocketConfig"
 mapping["chipyard-gemmini"]=" CONFIG=GemminiRocketConfig"
 mapping["chipyard-cva6"]=" CONFIG=CVA6Config"
 mapping["chipyard-ibex"]=" CONFIG=IbexConfig"
-mapping["chipyard-spiflashwrite"]=" CONFIG=SmallSPIFlashRocketConfig"
-mapping["chipyard-manyperipherals"]=" CONFIG=ManyPeripheralsRocketConfig"
+mapping["chipyard-spiflashwrite"]=" CONFIG=SmallSPIFlashRocketConfig EXTRA_SIM_FLAGS='+spiflash0=${LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR}/tests/spiflash.img'"
+mapping["chipyard-manyperipherals"]=" CONFIG=ManyPeripheralsRocketConfig EXTRA_SIM_FLAGS='+spiflash0=${LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR}/tests/spiflash.img'"
 mapping["chipyard-cloneboom"]=" CONFIG=Cloned64MegaBoomConfig verilog"
 mapping["chipyard-nocores"]=" CONFIG=NoCoresConfig verilog"
 mapping["tracegen"]=" CONFIG=NonBlockingTraceGenL2Config"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/run-tests.sh b/.github/scripts/run-tests.sh
index 5247c2de..6e66c9a8 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/run-tests.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/run-tests.sh
@@ -83,15 +83,16 @@ case $1 in
 
 	;;
     chipyard-manyperipherals)
-	# bmark tests, then SPI Flash read tests
-        run_bmark ${mapping[$1]}
+	# SPI Flash read tests, then bmark tests
 
         make -C $LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR/tests
-        make -C $LOCAL_SIM_DIR $DISABLE_SIM_PREREQ ${mapping[$1]} BINARY=$LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR/tests/spiflashread.riscv SIM_FLAGS="+spiflash0=${LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR}/tests/spiflash.img" run-binary-fast
+        make -C $LOCAL_SIM_DIR $DISABLE_SIM_PREREQ ${mapping[$1]} BINARY=$LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR/tests/spiflashread.riscv run-binary-fast
+
+	run_bmark ${mapping[$1]}
         ;;
     chipyard-spiflashwrite)
         make -C $LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR/tests
-        make -C $LOCAL_SIM_DIR $DISABLE_SIM_PREREQ ${mapping[$1]} BINARY=$LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR/tests/spiflashwrite.riscv SIM_FLAGS="+spiflash0=${LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR}/tests/spiflash.img" run-binary-fast
+        make -C $LOCAL_SIM_DIR $DISABLE_SIM_PREREQ ${mapping[$1]} BINARY=$LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR/tests/spiflashwrite.riscv run-binary-fast
         [[ "`xxd $LOCAL_CHIPYARD_DIR/tests/spiflash.img  | grep 1337\ 00ff\ aa55\ face | wc -l`" == "6" ]] || false
         ;;
     tracegen)