diff --git a/.github/workflows/multichain-e2e-template.yml b/.github/workflows/multichain-e2e-template.yml
index 58455e3b9b4..32cc3f6594a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/multichain-e2e-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multichain-e2e-template.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
           FILE: ${{ inputs.config }}
 
+      - name: Capture slog.slog
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+          echo "Capturing agoric slog.slog"
+          kubectl exec -i agoriclocal-genesis-0 -c validator -- cat slog.slog > "${LOG_DIR}/slog.slog" 2>&1 || true
+
       - name: Capture validator logs
         if: always()
         run: |
diff --git a/multichain-testing/.gitignore b/multichain-testing/.gitignore
index a59e6798973..1d6079098c9 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/.gitignore
+++ b/multichain-testing/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ starship-chain-info.js
 start*
 # builder prefix for core evals
 eval-*
+# ci logs for archive upload
+logs/