diff --git a/kernel/init.c b/kernel/init.c
index b63c5c43..39274ebb 100644
--- a/kernel/init.c
+++ b/kernel/init.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <metalsvm/tasks.h>
 #include <metalsvm/errno.h>
 #include <metalsvm/init.h>
+#include <metalsvm/fs.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_LWIP
 #include <lwip/init.h>
 #include <lwip/sys.h>
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 
 void echo_init(void);
 void ping_init(void);
+int test_init(void);
 
 /* 
  * Note that linker symbols are not variables, they have no memory allocated for
@@ -178,4 +180,45 @@ int network_shutdown(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void list_fs(vfs_node_t* node, uint32_t depth)
+{
+	int j, i = 0;
+	dirent_t* dirent = NULL;
+
+	while ((dirent = readdir_fs(node, i)) != 0) {
+		for(j=0; j<depth; j++)
+			kputs("  ");
+		kprintf("%s\n", dirent->name);
+
+		if (strcmp(dirent->name, ".") && strcmp(dirent->name, "..")) {
+			vfs_node_t *new_node = finddir_fs(node, dirent->name);
+			if (new_node) {
+				if (new_node->type == FS_FILE) {
+					char buff[16] = {[0 ... 15] = 0x00};
+
+					read_fs(new_node, (uint8_t*)buff, 8, 0);
+					for(j=0; j<depth+1; j++)
+						kputs("  ");
+					kprintf("content: %s\n", buff);
+				} else list_fs(new_node, depth+1);
+			}
+		}
+
+		i++;
+	}
+}
+
+static void list_root(void) {
+	kprintf("List of the file system:\n/\n");
+	list_fs(fs_root, 1);
+}
+
+int initd(void* arg)
+{
+	network_init();
+	list_root();
+	test_init();
+
+	return 0;
+}
 
diff --git a/kernel/main.c b/kernel/main.c
index 8b54795f..f89d2bc7 100644
--- a/kernel/main.c
+++ b/kernel/main.c
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 #include <metalsvm/mmu.h>
 #include <metalsvm/tasks.h>
 #include <metalsvm/processor.h>
-#include <metalsvm/fs.h>
 #include <metalsvm/errno.h>
 #include <metalsvm/init.h>
+#include <metalsvm/fs.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/irqflags.h>
 #include <asm/kb.h>
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 #include <asm/icc.h>
 #endif
 
-extern int test_init(void);
-
 /* 
  * Note that linker symbols are not variables, they have no memory allocated for
  * maintaining a value, rather their address is their value.
@@ -45,39 +43,6 @@ extern const void kernel_end;
 extern char __BUILD_DATE;
 extern char __BUILD_TIME;
 
-static void list_fs(vfs_node_t* node, uint32_t depth)
-{
-	int j, i = 0;
-	dirent_t* dirent = NULL;
-
-	while ((dirent = readdir_fs(node, i)) != 0) {
-		for(j=0; j<depth; j++)
-			kputs("  ");
-		kprintf("%s\n", dirent->name);
-
-		if (strcmp(dirent->name, ".") && strcmp(dirent->name, "..")) {
-			vfs_node_t *new_node = finddir_fs(node, dirent->name);
-			if (new_node) {
-				if (new_node->type == FS_FILE) {
-					char buff[16] = {[0 ... 15] = 0x00};
-
-					read_fs(new_node, (uint8_t*)buff, 8, 0);
-					for(j=0; j<depth+1; j++)
-						kputs("  ");
-					kprintf("content: %s\n", buff);
-				} else list_fs(new_node, depth+1);
-			}
-		}
-
-		i++;
-	}
-}
-
-static void list_root(void) {
-	kprintf("List of the file system:\n/\n");
-	list_fs(fs_root, 1);
-}
-
 #if MAX_CORES > 1
 // idle loop of the application processors
 int smp_main(void)
@@ -117,7 +82,6 @@ int main(void)
 
 	kprintf("Kernel starts at %p and ends at %p\n", &kernel_start, &kernel_end);
 	system_calibration();
-	network_init();
 
 	kprintf("Processor frequency: %u MHz\n", get_cpu_frequency());
 	kprintf("Total memory: %u MBytes\n", atomic_int32_read(&total_pages)/((1024*1024)/PAGE_SIZE));
@@ -125,9 +89,7 @@ int main(void)
 	kprintf("Current available memory: %u MBytes\n", atomic_int32_read(&total_available_pages)/((1024*1024)/PAGE_SIZE));
 
 	sleep(5);
-	list_root();
-	test_init();
-	per_core(current_task)->status = TASK_IDLE;
+	create_kernel_task(NULL, initd, NULL);
 	per_core(current_task)->time_slices = 0; // reset the number of time slices
 	reschedule();