diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-unit-gh_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/test-unit-gh_runner.yml
index 904187785e8..e71879e574b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-unit-gh_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-unit-gh_runner.yml
@@ -64,15 +64,20 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x ./${{ inputs.asset-name }}-support-files/*
           sudo cp ./${{ inputs.asset-name }}-support-files/* /opt/HPCCSystems/bin
 
-      - name: Start HPCC-Platform
-        shell: "bash"
-        run: |
-          export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
-          sudo update-locale
-          sudo /etc/init.d/hpcc-init start
-
       - name: Run Tests
         timeout-minutes: 10 # generous, expected time is approx 1 min.
         shell: "bash"
         run: |
+          export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
+          sudo update-locale
           /opt/HPCCSystems/bin/unittests
+
+      - name: unittests-logs-artifact
+        if: ${{ failure() || cancelled() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: test-unit-${{ inputs.asset-name }}-${{ matrix.engine }}-${{ steps.vars.outputs.matrix-setname }}
+          path: |
+              /var/log/HPCCSystems
+              /home/runner/HPCCSystems-regression
+          if-no-files-found: error