diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-basictests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-basictests.yml
index 04e72db3b..16bf433fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-basictests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-basictests.yml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo chmod -R 777 ${{ github.workspace }}/*
         
     - name: Archive artifacts
-      if: always()
+      if: failure()
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: ci-selftests-${{ env.GIT_VERSION }}-run#${{ github.run_number }}