diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/github_ci.yml
index 5127f76da..dec854590 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_ci.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Build
       run: |
-        docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/src trzeci/emscripten make -f Makefile.simple emscripten
+        podman run --rm -v $(pwd):/src emscripten/emsdk make -f Makefile.simple emscripten
     - name: Do a simple test
       run: |
         ls -lAF hyper.html hyper.js hyper.wasm
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_ci_logs.yml b/.github/workflows/github_ci_logs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..918ffd85a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_ci_logs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Github CI log archiver
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Github CI"]
+    types:
+      - completed
+
+jobs:
+  save_logs:
+    name: Save run logs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Download log archive
+      run: |
+        curl -sI -u ${{ github.repository_owner }}:${{ github.token }} \
+          https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}/logs > response.txt
+        DOWNLOAD_LINK="https:"$(cat response.txt | grep -Fi Location: | cut -d: -f3)
+        DOWNLOAD_LINK=${DOWNLOAD_LINK%$'\r'}
+        curl -JO "$DOWNLOAD_LINK"
+    - name: Unpack log archive
+      id: archive_unpack
+      run: |
+        LOG_FILENAME=$(ls logs* | cut -d. -f1)
+        echo "::set-output name=log_filename::$LOG_FILENAME"
+        7z x -ologs "$LOG_FILENAME".zip
+    - name: Upload log archive as an artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: ${{ steps.archive_unpack.outputs.log_filename }}
+        path: logs/**
+    - name: Print the link to the base run
+      run: echo "::warning::This log was saved from https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/install_deps.sh b/.github/workflows/install_deps.sh
index c20481577..1e65c046f 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/install_deps.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/install_deps.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ fi
 if [[ "$GH_OS" == "ubuntu-latest" ]]; then
   sudo apt-get -y install $GH_DEPS_UBUNTU
 elif [[ "$GH_OS" == "macos-latest" ]]; then
-  brew update
   # macos-latest already has both gcc and clang
   brew install $GH_DEPS_MACOS
   # work around https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51034399/ for now
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_simple.sh b/.github/workflows/test_simple.sh
index 5cbff0dd0..c64cdb690 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/test_simple.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_simple.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ if [[ "$GH_OS" == "windows-latest" && "$GH_BUILDSYS" == "mymake" ]]; then
 
 cat << ENDOFCMDS > .github/workflows/gdb_cmds.txt
   run --version
-  backtrace
-  exit 1
+  quit 1
 ENDOFCMDS
 
   gdb --batch -x .github/workflows/gdb_cmds.txt ./hyperrogue
diff --git a/mymake.cpp b/mymake.cpp
index e3a729881..5ddc1c21e 100644
--- a/mymake.cpp
+++ b/mymake.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ void set_mingw64() {
   linker = "g++ -o hyper";
   opts = "-DWINDOWS -DCAP_GLEW=1 -DCAP_PNG=1";
   libs = " savepng.o hyper.res -lopengl32 -lSDL -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_ttf -lpthread -lz -lglew32 -lpng";
-  setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0); // MinGW is quirky with output buffering
   }
 
 vector<string> modules;
@@ -84,6 +83,7 @@ bool file_exists(string fname) {
   }
   
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0); // this should help with responsiveness of the real-time CI logs
 #if defined(MAC)
   set_mac();
 #elif defined(WINDOWS)