diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a982c7c2..de199b1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ jobs:
             # Check that self-hosted mode really ran
             [ "`grep -a "mal-user>" test-mal-*${IMPL}.debug | wc -l`" -gt 800 ]
           fi
+      - name: Print debug log
+        if: failure()
+        run: cat *.debug
       - name: Archive logs and debug output
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@ jobs:
             # Check that self-hosted mode really ran
             [ "`grep -a "mal-user>" test-mal-*${IMPL}.debug | wc -l`" -gt 800 ]
           fi
+      - name: Print debug log
+        if: failure()
+        run: cat *.debug
       - name: Archive logs and debug output
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -181,6 +187,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export ${{ matrix.IMPL }}
           ./ci.sh perf ${IMPL}
+      - name: Print debug log
+        if: failure()
+        run: cat *.debug
       - name: Archive logs and debug output
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/ci.sh b/ci.sh
index 3e5f0d32..a86fca49 100755
--- a/ci.sh
+++ b/ci.sh
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ test|perf)
             ${DEFERRABLE:+DEFERRABLE=${DEFERRABLE}} \
             ${OPTIONAL:+OPTIONAL=${OPTIONAL}} \
             ${ACTION}^${IMPL}${STEP:+^${STEP}}; then
-        # print debug-file on error
-        cat ${log_prefix}.debug
+        # show debug-file path on error
+        echo "Full debug log is at: ${log_prefix}.debug"
         false
     fi
     ;;