diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c2f97edbd2..d9fa4565ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ jobs:
             nimflags-extra: --mm:refc
           - target:
               os: linux
-            builder: ['self-hosted','ubuntu-22.04']
+            builder:
+              ["self-hosted", "ubuntu-22.04", "runner-node-02-linux-01-eu-hel1"]
           - target:
               os: macos
               cpu: amd64
@@ -79,7 +80,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Clean workspace (very aggressive)
         if: contains(matrix.builder, 'self-hosted')
-        run: rm -rf "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/*
+        run: |
+          rm -rf "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/*
+          echo "show everything in gh workspace after nuking"
+          ls -la "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
+          echo "show everything in CI_CACHE dir"
+          ls -la "${CI_CACHE}" || true
+          echo "show everything in XDG_CACHE_HOME"
+          ls -la "${XDG_CACHE_HOME}" || true
 
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -215,7 +223,7 @@ jobs:
 
   devbuild:
     name: "Developer builds"
-    runs-on: ['self-hosted','ubuntu-22.04']
+    runs-on: ["self-hosted", "ubuntu-22.04", "runner-node-02-linux-01-eu-hel1"]
     steps:
       - name: Fix nim cache conflicts
         run: |
@@ -223,7 +231,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "CI_CACHE=${{ runner.temp }}/.nbs-cache" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Clean workspace (very aggressive)
-        run: rm -rf "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/*
+        run: |
+          rm -rf "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/*
+          echo "show everything in gh workspace after nuking"
+          ls -la "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
+          echo "show everything in CI_CACHE dir"
+          ls -la "${CI_CACHE}" || true
+          echo "show everything in XDG_CACHE_HOME"
+          ls -la "${XDG_CACHE_HOME}" || true
 
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4