diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9d284be6..55a3da4f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint
       - run: ln -sf /home/circleci/project $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint
       - run: bash test/p2p/circleci.sh
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: /home/circleci/project/test/p2p/logs
 
   upload_coverage:
     <<: *defaults
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 73bd67b0..5711e431 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ test_p2p:
 	cd ..
 	# requires 'tester' the image from above
 	bash test/p2p/test.sh tester
+	# the `docker cp` takes a really long time; uncomment for debugging
+	#
+	# mkdir -p test/p2p/logs && docker cp rsyslog:/var/log test/p2p/logs
 
 test_integrations:
 	make build_docker_test_image
diff --git a/test/p2p/circleci.sh b/test/p2p/circleci.sh
index 19200afb..c548d575 100644
--- a/test/p2p/circleci.sh
+++ b/test/p2p/circleci.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
 while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
 DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
 
-LOGS_DIR="$DIR/../logs"
+LOGS_DIR="$DIR/logs"
 echo
 echo "* [$(date +"%T")] cleaning up $LOGS_DIR"
 rm -rf "$LOGS_DIR"
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ fi
 echo
 echo "* [$(date +"%T")] running p2p tests on a local docker network"
 bash "$DIR/../p2p/test.sh" tester
+
+echo
+echo "* [$(date +"%T")] copying log files out of docker container into $LOGS_DIR"
+docker cp rsyslog:/var/log $LOGS_DIR