diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 61cf84361..9c5b9481f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ stages:
 
 .base:
   before_script:
-    - schutzbot/ci_details.sh > ci-details-before-run.txt
+    - mkdir -p /tmp/artifacts
+    - schutzbot/ci_details.sh > /tmp/artifacts/ci-details-before-run.txt
     - cat schutzbot/team_ssh_keys.txt | tee -a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys > /dev/null
   after_script:
-    - schutzbot/ci_details.sh > ci-details-after-run.txt || true
+    - schutzbot/ci_details.sh > /tmp/artifacts/ci-details-after-run.txt || true
     - schutzbot/update_github_status.sh update || true
     - schutzbot/save_journal.sh || true
     - schutzbot/upload_artifacts.sh
diff --git a/schutzbot/upload_artifacts.sh b/schutzbot/upload_artifacts.sh
index 8d9d43d17..cb2b739ad 100755
--- a/schutzbot/upload_artifacts.sh
+++ b/schutzbot/upload_artifacts.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ function greenprint {
   echo -e "\033[1;32m[$(date -Isecond)] ${1}\033[0m"
 }
 
+# s3cmd is in epel, add if it's not present
+if [[ $ID == rhel || $ID == centos ]] && ! rpm -q epel-release; then
+    curl -Ls --retry 5 --output /tmp/epel.rpm \
+        https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-"${VERSION_ID%.*}".noarch.rpm
+    sudo rpm -Uvh /tmp/epel.rpm
+fi
+
 sudo dnf -y install s3cmd
 greenprint "Job artifacts will be uploaded to: $S3_URL"