diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pdf.yml b/.github/workflows/build-pdf.yml
index 170c466..b2fffe2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-pdf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pdf.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ jobs:
           for style in casual classic banking oldstyle fancy contemporary
           do
             echo "Compiling style $style..."
-            latexmk -c
+            # first cleanup, but keep .log files for later artifact upload
+            latexmk -c -e 'sub cleanup_generated { my $ext = $_[0]; return 0 if $ext eq "log"; return 1; }'
             sed -i "s/moderncvstyle\[\]{contemporary}/moderncvstyle\[\]{${style}}/g" template.tex
             latexmk -pdflua ./template.tex
             mv template.pdf template_${style}.pdf