diff --git a/app/sample.yaml b/app/sample.yaml
index e2aba08..70b8bab68 100644
--- a/app/sample.yaml
+++ b/app/sample.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ sample:
   name: cannectivity
 common:
   tags: usb can
-  build_only: true
   platform_exclude:
     - native_sim
+  harness: console
+  harness_config:
+    type: one_line
+    regex:
+      - "CANnectivity firmware initialized with .*"
 tests:
   app.cannectivity:
     depends_on: usb_device can
diff --git a/app/src/main.c b/app/src/main.c
index 8f52874..1d3669d 100644
--- a/app/src/main.c
+++ b/app/src/main.c
@@ -86,4 +86,7 @@ int main(void)
 		LOG_ERR("failed to enable USB device");
 		return err;
 	}
+
+	LOG_INF("CANnectivity firmware initialized with %u channel%s\n", ARRAY_SIZE(channels),
+		ARRAY_SIZE(channels) > 1 ? "s" : "");
 }