diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index dbdd10b..107c4c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: node-modules
-          path: node_modules/
+          #path: node_modules/
+          path: node_modules.tar.gz
 
   csi-sanity-synology:
     needs:
diff --git a/ci/bin/build.sh b/ci/bin/build.sh
index 84e3e17..f40dc70 100755
--- a/ci/bin/build.sh
+++ b/ci/bin/build.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ set -x
 export PATH="/usr/local/lib/nodejs/bin:${PATH}"
 # install deps
 npm i
+
+# tar node_modules to keep the number of files low to upload
 tar -zcvf node_modules.tar.gz node_modules