diff --git a/.github/actions/build_macos_arm/action.yaml b/.github/actions/build_macos_arm/action.yaml
index 39cb3a537..dc0c7a953 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build_macos_arm/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/build_macos_arm/action.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         brew update
-        brew install cunit sdl2_mixer confuse enet sdl2 libxmp libpng opusfile libepoxy miniupnpc libnatpmp
+        brew install cunit sdl2_mixer confuse enet sdl2 libxmp libpng opusfile libepoxy miniupnpc libnatpmp coreutils
 
     - name: Generate Release
       shell: bash
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ runs:
         mkdir -p build-release/release/usr/share/games/openomf/mods
         unzip -o openomf-mods.zip -d build-release/release/usr/share/games/openomf/mods
 
+    - name: Run rec tests
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./run_rectests.sh build-release
+
+    - name: Install pytest requirements
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        pipx install poetry
+        poetry install
+
+    - name: Run menu tests
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./run_pytest.sh build-release
+
     - name: Generate ZIP package
       shell: bash
       run: |
diff --git a/run_rectests.sh b/run_rectests.sh
index 7fc6e1782..7fd787cec 100755
--- a/run_rectests.sh
+++ b/run_rectests.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+set -x
+
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
     echo "Usage: $0 <build-dir>" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
 export BUILD_DIR="$1"
-OPENOMF_BIN=$(find "$BUILD_DIR" -name openomf -type f -executable -print -quit)
+OPENOMF_BIN=$(find "$BUILD_DIR" -name openomf -type f -exec test -x {} \; -print -quit)
 if [ -z "$OPENOMF_BIN" ]; then
     echo "Could not find openomf executable from $BUILD_DIR" >&2
     exit 1
@@ -102,12 +104,17 @@ export OPENOMF_RESOURCE_PATH="."
 export LSAN_OPTIONS="suppressions=../lsan.supp"
 
 output_file="$temp_dir/output_shouldfail.log"
-if $OPENOMF_BIN --force-audio-backend=NULL --force-renderer=NULL --speed=10 -P "$RUNDIR/rectests/SHOULDFAIL.REC" >"$output_file" 2>&1; then
+ret=0
+timeout -s 9 16 $OPENOMF_BIN --force-audio-backend=NULL --force-renderer=NULL --speed=10 -P "$RUNDIR/rectests/SHOULDFAIL.REC" >"$output_file" 2>&1 || ret=$?
+if [[ "$ret" -eq 0 ]]; then
     cat "$output_file"
     echo "CRITICAL ERROR: SHOULDFAIL.REC succeeded."
     exit 1
 fi
 
+echo "ret: $ret"
+cat "$output_file"
+
 i=0
 for test in "${tests[@]}"; do
     IFS=':' read -r desc filename <<< "$test"
@@ -117,10 +124,13 @@ for test in "${tests[@]}"; do
     output_file="$temp_dir/output_$i.log"
 
     echo -n "${desc} :"
-    if $OPENOMF_BIN --force-audio-backend=NULL --force-renderer=NULL --speed=10 -P "$RUNDIR/rectests/${filename}" >"$output_file"  2>&1; then
+    ret=0
+    timeout -s 9 16 $OPENOMF_BIN --force-audio-backend=NULL --force-renderer=NULL --speed=10 \
+        -P "$RUNDIR/rectests/${filename}" >"$output_file"  2>&1 || ret=$?
+    if [[ "$ret" -eq 0 ]]; then
         echo " PASS"
     else
-        echo " FAILED (${filename})"
+        echo " FAILED ret:$ret (${filename})"
         fail_summary="${fail_summary} ${filename}"
         cat $output_file
         ((fail_count++))
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 58da6a7cb..17f96c7dc 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -178,12 +178,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 #else
     log_set_colors(false);
 #endif
-#if defined(DEBUGMODE)
     log_add_stderr(LOG_DEBUG, true);
     log_set_level(LOG_DEBUG);
-#else
-    log_set_level(LOG_INFO); // In release mode, drop debugs.
-#endif
     if(log_level->count > 0) {
         if(!is_log_level(log_level->sval[0])) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Invalid loging level value %s\n", log_level->sval[0]);