diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_e2e_on_ref_local.yml b/.github/workflows/run_e2e_on_ref_local.yml
index 9cf01c35a..8d00592ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_e2e_on_ref_local.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_e2e_on_ref_local.yml
@@ -17,28 +17,28 @@ on:
 jobs:
   run_e2e:
     name: "Build and run E2E"
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, linux ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
-      packages: read
-    container:
-      image: "ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}/debian_docker:latest"
-      options: -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
-      credentials:
-        username: ${{ github.actor }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Fix dubious ownership
-      run: .github/.scripts/git_config_save_directory.sh
-      env:
-        REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+    - name: Checkout datalens-backend
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        path: datalens-backend
+
+    - name: Checkout datalens-ui
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        repository: datalens-tech/datalens-ui
+        path: datalens-ui
+
     - name: Switch to PR head
+      working-directory: datalens-backend
       run: gh pr checkout ${{ github.event.inputs.pr }}
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     - name: Validate SHA
+      working-directory: datalens-backend
       run: |
         export HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
         export INPUT_SHA="${{ github.event.inputs.sha }}"
@@ -53,16 +53,13 @@ jobs:
       with:
         version: 3.33.1
 
-    - name: Checkout datalens-ui repo
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        repository: datalens-tech/datalens-ui
-        path: tools/e2e/datalens-ui
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
         node-version: 18
         cache: 'npm'
-        cache-dependency-path: tools/e2e/datalens-ui/package-lock.json
+        cache-dependency-path: datalens-ui/package-lock.json
 
     - name: Build and run E2E
-      run: task e2e:init-and-run DATALENS_UI_FOLDER="./datalens-ui"
+      working-directory: datalens-backend
+      run: task e2e:init-and-run DATALENS_UI_FOLDER="../../../datalens-ui" SHOW_LOGS_WHEN_DONE=1
+      # note: ^ ui path is relative to datalens-backend/tools/e2e
diff --git a/tools/e2e/Taskfile.yaml b/tools/e2e/Taskfile.yaml
index 7e286cd86..2e2e884a1 100644
--- a/tools/e2e/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/tools/e2e/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -132,13 +132,23 @@ tasks:
 
   init-and-run:
     desc: Bootstrap command; install everything and run all tests; requires node installed
+    vars:
+      SHOW_LOGS_WHEN_DONE: '{{.SHOW_LOGS_WHEN_DONE | default "0"}}'
     cmds:
       - task: datalens-ui-repo-clone
       - task: datalens-ui-repo-update
       - task: datalens-ui-init
       - task: docker-build
+      - defer: { task: docker-stop }
+      - defer: |
+          if [[ "{{.SHOW_LOGS_WHEN_DONE}}" == "1" ]]; then
+            docker ps -a
+            for i in $(docker ps -aq); do
+              echo $'\n\n'"Showing logs for container $i"
+              docker logs $i
+            done
+          fi
       - task: docker-start
       - task: test
         vars:
           RETRY_TIMES: 1
-      - task: docker-stop