diff --git a/.github/workflows/selfhosted.yml b/.github/workflows/selfhosted.yml
index 203da1953..aadcb42b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selfhosted.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selfhosted.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: configure
       run: vmrun ./.github/configure.sh ${{ matrix.configs }}
     - name: save config files
-      if: always()
+      if: failure()
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
         name: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.configs }}-config-files