diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 1f7e093535..f88318800d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ jobs:
           kubectl apply -k  manifests/crds
           kubectl apply -f  test/e2e/crds
       - name: Start controller
-        run: make start-e2e &
+        run: make start-e2e 2>&1 | sed -r "s/[[:cntrl:]]\[[0-9]{1,3}m//g" > /tmp/e2e-controller.log &
       - name: Run e2e tests
         run: make test-e2e
+      - name: Upload e2e-controller logs
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: e2e-controller-k8s.log
+          path: /tmp/e2e-controller.log
+        if: ${{ failure() }}