diff --git a/.werft/build.yaml b/.werft/build.yaml
index 57b5f01abc0bb7..cbbab32d33a0cc 100644
--- a/.werft/build.yaml
+++ b/.werft/build.yaml
@@ -228,19 +228,32 @@ pod:
         sleep 1
         set -Eeuo pipefail
 
-        sudo chown gitpod:gitpod $GOCACHE
         export GITHUB_TOKEN=$(echo $GITHUB_TOKEN | xargs)
-
         export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://$NODENAME:2375
-        sudo chown -R gitpod:gitpod /workspace
 
-        mkdir /workspace/.ssh
-        cp /mnt/secrets/harvester-vm-ssh-keys/id_rsa /workspace/.ssh/id_rsa_harvester_vm
-        cp /mnt/secrets/harvester-vm-ssh-keys/id_rsa.pub /workspace/.ssh/id_rsa_harvester_vm.pub
-        sudo chmod 600 /workspace/.ssh/id_rsa_harvester_vm
-        sudo chmod 644 /workspace/.ssh/id_rsa_harvester_vm.pub
+        echo "Job is running on node $NODENAME" | werft log slice "Node information"
+
+        ( \
+          sudo chown gitpod:gitpod $GOCACHE && \
+          sudo chown -R gitpod:gitpod /workspace && \
+          echo "done" \
+        ) | werft log slice "chowning /workspace and $GOCACHE"
+
+        ( \
+          mkdir -p /workspace/.ssh && \
+          cp /mnt/secrets/harvester-vm-ssh-keys/id_rsa /workspace/.ssh/id_rsa_harvester_vm && \
+          cp /mnt/secrets/harvester-vm-ssh-keys/id_rsa.pub /workspace/.ssh/id_rsa_harvester_vm.pub && \
+          sudo chmod 600 /workspace/.ssh/id_rsa_harvester_vm && \
+          sudo chmod 644 /workspace/.ssh/id_rsa_harvester_vm.pub && \
+          echo "done" \
+        ) | werft log slice "Prepare SSH keys"
+
+        ( \
+          cd .werft && \
+          yarn install && \
+          mv node_modules .. \
+        ) | werft log slice "Installing dependencies"
 
-        (cd .werft && yarn install && mv node_modules ..) | werft log slice prep
         printf '{{ toJson . }}' > context.json
 
         npx ts-node .werft/build.ts
diff --git a/.werft/jobs/build/job-config.ts b/.werft/jobs/build/job-config.ts
index a894ffbcc9c8b5..c6a4d87ba051db 100644
--- a/.werft/jobs/build/job-config.ts
+++ b/.werft/jobs/build/job-config.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ export function jobConfig(werft: Werft, context: any): JobConfig {
         withLargeVM,
     };
 
-    werft.log("job config", JSON.stringify(jobConfig));
+    werft.logOutput(sliceId, JSON.stringify(jobConfig, null, 2));
+    werft.log(sliceId, "Expand to see the parsed configuration")
     const globalAttributes = Object.fromEntries(
         Object.entries(jobConfig).map((kv) => {
             const [key, value] = kv;