diff --git a/test/cases/installers.sh b/test/cases/installers.sh
index ee0eeca85..a913f2dc3 100755
--- a/test/cases/installers.sh
+++ b/test/cases/installers.sh
@@ -154,10 +154,13 @@ SSH_DATA_DIR=$(/usr/libexec/osbuild-composer-test/gen-ssh.sh)
 SSH_KEY=${SSH_DATA_DIR}/id_rsa
 SSH_KEY_PUB=$(cat "${SSH_KEY}".pub)
 
+ARTIFACTS="ci-artifacts"
+mkdir -p "${ARTIFACTS}"
 # Get the compose log.
 get_compose_log () {
     COMPOSE_ID=$1
-    LOG_FILE=${WORKSPACE}/osbuild-${ID}-${VERSION_ID}-${COMPOSE_ID}.log
+    greenprint "Saving compose log for ${COMPOSE_ID} to artifacts"
+    LOG_FILE=${ARTIFACTS}/osbuild-${ID}-${VERSION_ID}-${COMPOSE_ID}.log
 
     # Download the logs.
     sudo composer-cli compose log "$COMPOSE_ID" | tee "$LOG_FILE" > /dev/null
@@ -166,7 +169,8 @@ get_compose_log () {
 # Get the compose metadata.
 get_compose_metadata () {
     COMPOSE_ID=$1
-    METADATA_FILE=${WORKSPACE}/osbuild-${ID}-${VERSION_ID}-${COMPOSE_ID}.json
+    METADATA_FILE=${ARTIFACTS}/osbuild-${ID}-${VERSION_ID}-${COMPOSE_ID}.json
+    greenprint "Saving manifest for ${COMPOSE_ID}"
 
     # Download the metadata.
     sudo composer-cli compose metadata "$COMPOSE_ID" > /dev/null
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ get_compose_metadata () {
     sudo rm -f "$TARBALL"
 
     # Move the JSON file into place.
-    sudo jq -M '.' "${TEMPDIR}"/"${COMPOSE_ID}".json | tee "$METADATA_FILE" > /dev/null
+    sudo cat "${TEMPDIR}"/"${COMPOSE_ID}".json | jq -M '.' | tee "$METADATA_FILE" > /dev/null
 }
 
 # Build an installer