diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/ImportTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/ImportTest.cs
index e888f51e98..dbeb453d4d 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/ImportTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/ImportTest.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests
         protected virtual TestOsuGameBase LoadOsuIntoHost(GameHost host, bool withBeatmap = false)
         {
             var osu = new TestOsuGameBase(withBeatmap);
-            Task.Run(() => host.Run(osu))
+            Task.Factory.StartNew(() => host.Run(osu), TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning)
                 .ContinueWith(t => Assert.Fail($"Host threw exception {t.Exception}"), TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
 
             waitForOrAssert(() => osu.IsLoaded, @"osu! failed to start in a reasonable amount of time");
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/TournamentHostTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/TournamentHostTest.cs
index b14684200f..319a768e65 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/TournamentHostTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/NonVisual/TournamentHostTest.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Tests.NonVisual
         public static TournamentGameBase LoadTournament(GameHost host, TournamentGameBase tournament = null)
         {
             tournament ??= new TournamentGameBase();
-            Task.Run(() => host.Run(tournament))
+            Task.Factory.StartNew(() => host.Run(tournament), TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning)
                 .ContinueWith(t => Assert.Fail($"Host threw exception {t.Exception}"), TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
             WaitForOrAssert(() => tournament.IsLoaded, @"osu! failed to start in a reasonable amount of time");
             return tournament;