diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index a253e66aa..c91ed3508 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -136,3 +136,4 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         df -h
         sudo du -sh * /var/tmp /tmp /var/lib/containers | sort -sh
+        find /mnt/var/tmp/bib-tests -name du.log|xargs cat
diff --git a/test/test_build.py b/test/test_build.py
index c8ab91516..2576f28da 100644
--- a/test/test_build.py
+++ b/test/test_build.py
@@ -484,16 +484,19 @@ def del_ami():
     # Try to cache as much as possible
     for image_type in image_types:
         img = artifact[image_type]
-        print(f"Checking disk usage for {img}")
-        if os.path.exists(img):
-            # might already be removed if we're deleting 'raw' and 'ami'
-            disk_usage = shutil.disk_usage(img)
-            print(f"NOTE: disk usage after {img}: {disk_usage.free / 1_000_000} / {disk_usage.total / 1_000_000}")
-            if disk_usage.free < 1_000_000_000:
-                print(f"WARNING: running low on disk space, removing {img}")
-                img.unlink()
-        else:
-            print("does not exist")
+        # XXX: make parallizable via flock
+        with open(shared_tmpdir / "du.log", "a") as fp:
+            fp.write(f"Checking disk usage for {img}\n")
+            if os.path.exists(img):
+                # might already be removed if we're deleting 'raw' and 'ami'
+                disk_usage = shutil.disk_usage(img)
+                fp.write(f"NOTE: disk usage after {img}: {disk_usage.free / 1_000_000} / {disk_usage.total / 1_000_000}\n")
+                if disk_usage.free < 1_000_000_000:
+                    fp.write(f"WARNING: running low on disk space, removing {img}\n")
+                    img.unlink()
+            else:
+                fp.write("does not exist\n")
+            fp.write("---\n")
     subprocess.run(["podman", "rmi", container_ref], check=False)
     return