diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 72fc77d6e..0555de4fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ on:
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
-  
+
+env:
+  # Makes the upload-artifact work more reliably at the cost
+  # of a bit of compile time.
+  RUST_PROFILE: release
+  SLOW_MACHINE: 1
+
 jobs:
   prebuild:
     name: Pre-build checks
@@ -138,8 +144,6 @@ jobs:
           CFG: ${{ matrix.CFG }}
         run: |
           set -e
-          export SLOW_MACHINE=1
-
           pip3 install --user pip wheel poetry
           poetry export -o requirements.txt --with dev --without-hashes
           python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -148,11 +152,11 @@ jobs:
           make -j $(nproc) testpack.tar.bz2
 
           # Rename now so we don't clash
-          mv testpack.tar cln-${CFG}.tar
+          mv testpack.tar.bz2 cln-${CFG}.tar.bz2
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: cln-${{ matrix.CFG }}.tar
-          path: cln-${{ matrix.CFG }}.tar
+          name: cln-${{ matrix.CFG }}.tar.bz2
+          path: cln-${{ matrix.CFG }}.tar.bz2
 
   integration:
     name: Test CLN ${{ matrix.cfg }}
@@ -161,6 +165,7 @@ jobs:
       COMPAT: 1
       BITCOIN_VERSION: 0.20.1
       ELEMENTS_VERSION: 0.18.1.8
+      RUST_PROFILE: release  # Has to match the one in the compile step
     needs:
       - compile
     strategy:
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download build
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: cln-${{ matrix.CFG }}.tar
+          name: cln-${{ matrix.CFG }}.tar.bz2
 
       - name: Test
         env:
@@ -241,8 +246,8 @@ jobs:
           PYTEST_PAR: 10
           TEST_DEBUG: 1
         run: |
-          tar -xf cln-${CFG}.tar
-          poetry run pytest tests/ -n ${PYTEST_PAR} ${PYTEST_OPTS}
+          tar -xaf cln-${CFG}.tar.bz2
+          poetry run pytest tests/ -vvv -n ${PYTEST_PAR} ${PYTEST_OPTS}
 
   gather:
     # A dummy task that depends on the full matrix of tests, and
diff --git a/cln-rpc/Makefile b/cln-rpc/Makefile
index 9f2595a92..499844612 100644
--- a/cln-rpc/Makefile
+++ b/cln-rpc/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cln-rpc-wrongdir:
 	$(MAKE) -C .. cln-rpc-all
 
-CLN_RPC_EXAMPLES := target/debug/examples/cln-rpc-getinfo
+CLN_RPC_EXAMPLES := target/${RUST_PROFILE}/examples/cln-rpc-getinfo
 CLN_RPC_GENALL = cln-rpc/src/model.rs
 CLN_RPC_SOURCES = $(shell find cln-rpc -name *.rs) ${CLN_RPC_GENALL}
 JSON_SCHEMAS = $(wildcard doc/schemas/*.request.json doc/schemas/*.schema.json)
diff --git a/tests/test_cln_rs.py b/tests/test_cln_rs.py
index 9d6e619a6..442c11657 100644
--- a/tests/test_cln_rs.py
+++ b/tests/test_cln_rs.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from pyln.testing.utils import env, TEST_NETWORK, wait_for
 import grpc
 import pytest
 import subprocess
+import os
 
 # Skip the entire module if we don't have Rust.
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
     reason='RUST is not enabled skipping rust-dependent tests'
 )
 
+RUST_PROFILE = os.environ.get("RUST_PROFILE", "debug")
+
 
 def wait_for_grpc_start(node):
     """This can happen before "public key" which start() swallows"""
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ def wait_for_grpc_start(node):
 
 def test_rpc_client(node_factory):
     l1 = node_factory.get_node()
-    bin_path = Path.cwd() / "target" / "debug" / "examples" / "cln-rpc-getinfo"
+    bin_path = Path.cwd() / "target" / RUST_PROFILE / "examples" / "cln-rpc-getinfo"
     rpc_path = Path(l1.daemon.lightning_dir) / TEST_NETWORK / "lightning-rpc"
     out = subprocess.check_output([bin_path, rpc_path], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
     assert(b'0266e4598d1d3c415f572a8488830b60f7e744ed9235eb0b1ba93283b315c03518' in out)
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ def test_rpc_client(node_factory):
 def test_plugin_start(node_factory):
     """Start a minimal plugin and ensure it is well-behaved
     """
-    bin_path = Path.cwd() / "target" / "debug" / "examples" / "cln-plugin-startup"
+    bin_path = Path.cwd() / "target" / RUST_PROFILE / "examples" / "cln-plugin-startup"
     l1 = node_factory.get_node(options={"plugin": str(bin_path), 'test-option': 31337})
     l2 = node_factory.get_node()
 
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ def test_plugin_start(node_factory):
 def test_plugin_optional_opts(node_factory):
     """Start a minimal plugin and ensure it is well-behaved
     """
-    bin_path = Path.cwd() / "target" / "debug" / "examples" / "cln-plugin-startup"
+    bin_path = Path.cwd() / "target" / RUST_PROFILE / "examples" / "cln-plugin-startup"
     l1 = node_factory.get_node(options={"plugin": str(bin_path), 'opt-option': 31337})
     opts = l1.rpc.testoptions()
     print(opts)