diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a866a166e346bcb419ae2f82d58714de829f9a04..9529be0e3cdb8d5d3ff6aaa5152a8b0826164687 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -481,7 +481,8 @@ codec-comparison-on-main-push:
     when: always
     paths:
       - ep_015.g192
-      - "CLANG*/logs"
+      # second wildcard is necessary to get encoder and no-PLC run logs
+      - "CLANG*/logs*"
 
 sanitizer-test-mono:
   extends: .sanitizer-test-template
diff --git a/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py b/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py
index 1ffaaf55a806b037d97c907b9079b6fa4b5e138f..4f3cd25c0baff2c3f30f3c59a0b401b4ad718fb3 100644
--- a/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py
+++ b/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py
@@ -93,12 +93,20 @@ def run_check(modes: list, out_formats: list, tests: list, run_fec: bool = True)
     subprocess.call(GENPATT_CMD.split())
 
     # cleanup to avoid script errors
-    # we want "logs" and "dec" subfolders to be empty -> delete and recreate them
-    cleanup_folders = ["logs", "dec"]
+    # we want "logs" and "dec" subfolders to be empty -> delete "dec" and rename "log"
+    # to keep the log files from the first run with no frame losses
+    folders_to_delete = ["dec"]
+    folders_to_backup = ["logs"]
     for t in tests:
-        for fol in cleanup_folders:
+        for fol in folders_to_delete:
             for fi in pathlib.Path(t).joinpath(fol).iterdir():
                 fi.unlink()
+        for fol in folders_to_backup:
+            path = pathlib.Path(t).joinpath(fol)
+            new_name = pathlib.Path(str(path) + "_noPLC")
+            path.rename(new_name)
+            # need empty log folder to avoid crashes
+            path.mkdir()
 
     cmd_fec = cmd_no_fec + ["--decoder_only", "-f", EP_FILE]
     print("======== Script command line WITH plc: ========\n{}".format(" ".join(cmd_no_fec)))