diff --git a/.github/workflows/paru.yml b/.github/workflows/paru.yml
index 7b44d8ae..0ae8d500 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/paru.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/paru.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo build --locked --features generate
 
       - name: Test
-        run: sudo -u nobody BUILDDIR=/tmp PKGDEST=/tmp SRCDEST=/tmp CARGO_HOME=/tmp/cargo cargo test --locked --features generate,mock --target-dir=/tmp -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture
+        run: sudo -u nobody RUST_BACKTRACE=1 XDG_STATE_HOME=/tmp BUILDDIR=/tmp PKGDEST=/tmp SRCDEST=/tmp CARGO_HOME=/tmp/cargo cargo test --locked --features generate,mock --target-dir=/tmp -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture
 
   test-git:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -64,9 +64,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: cargo build --locked --features git,generate
 
-      - name: chown
-        run: |
-          chown -R nobody: .
-
       - name: Test
-        run: sudo -u nobody BUILDDIR=/tmp PKGDEST=/tmp SRCDEST=/tmp CARGO_HOME=/tmp/cargo cargo test --locked --features git,generate,mock --target-dir=/tmp -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture
+        run: sudo -u nobody XDG_STATE_HOME=/tmp BUILDDIR=/tmp PKGDEST=/tmp SRCDEST=/tmp CARGO_HOME=/tmp/cargo cargo test --locked --features git,generate,mock --target-dir=/tmp -- --nocapture
diff --git a/tests/common/mod.rs b/tests/common/mod.rs
index dcd2f6fd..9ff31bba 100644
--- a/tests/common/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/common/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ async fn run(run_args: &[&str], repo: bool) -> Result<(TempDir, i32)> {
     let tmp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
     let dir = tmp.path();
     let testdata = Path::new(&var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap()).join("testdata");
-    println!("1");
 
     let status = Command::new("cp")
         .arg("-rp")
@@ -60,8 +59,7 @@ async fn run(run_args: &[&str], repo: bool) -> Result<(TempDir, i32)> {
     }
 
     std::fs::create_dir_all(dir.join("cache/pkg"))?;
-
-    std::fs::create_dir_all(testdata.join("pkg"))?;
+    let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(testdata.join("pkg"));
 
     let mut file = fs::OpenOptions::new()
         .append(true)
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@ async fn run(run_args: &[&str], repo: bool) -> Result<(TempDir, i32)> {
     let mut path = std::env::var("PATH").unwrap();
     path.push(':');
     path.push_str(testdata.join("bin").to_str().unwrap());
-    println!("4");
 
     std::env::set_var("PACMAN", "true");
     std::env::set_var("PACMAN_CONF", dir.join("pacman.conf"));
@@ -178,12 +175,15 @@ async fn run(run_args: &[&str], repo: bool) -> Result<(TempDir, i32)> {
         let ret = paru::run(&args).await;
         assert_eq!(ret, 0);
     }
-    println!("5");
 
     args.extend(run_args);
     let ret = paru::run(&args).await;
 
-    for pkg in std::fs::read_dir(dir.join("cache/pkg"))? {
+    for pkg in std::fs::read_dir(dir.join("cache/pkg"))
+        .ok()
+        .into_iter()
+        .flatten()
+    {
         let path = pkg?.path();
 
         let name = path.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap();