diff --git a/test/e2e/dfget_test.go b/test/e2e/dfget_test.go
index 0ff57ca4bf0..275cd4e99dc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/dfget_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/dfget_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,29 @@ var _ = Describe("Download with dfget and proxy", func() {
 	})
 })
 
+var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
+	// copy log files to artifact directory
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		out, err := e2eutil.KubeCtlCommand("-n", dragonflyE2ENamespace, "get", "pod", "-l", fmt.Sprintf("statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name=proxy-%d", i),
+			"-o", "jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{end}'").CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("get pod error: %s\n", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		podName := strings.Trim(string(out), "'")
+		pod := e2eutil.NewPodExec(dragonflyE2ENamespace, podName, "proxy")
+
+		out, err = pod.Command("sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf(`
+              set -x
+              cp /var/log/dragonfly/daemon/core.log /tmp/artifact/daemon/proxy-%d-core.log
+              cp /var/log/dragonfly/daemon/grpc.log /tmp/artifact/daemon/proxy-%d-grpc.log
+              `, i, i)).CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("copy log output: %s, error: %s\n", string(out), err)
+		}
+	}
+})
+
 func singleDfgetTest(name, ns, label, podNamePrefix, container string) {
 	It(name, func() {
 		out, err := e2eutil.KubeCtlCommand("-n", ns, "get", "pod", "-l", label,
diff --git a/test/testdata/k8s/proxy.yaml b/test/testdata/k8s/proxy.yaml
index c380be349ac..7c63b2812a2 100644
--- a/test/testdata/k8s/proxy.yaml
+++ b/test/testdata/k8s/proxy.yaml
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ data:
         insecure: false
         url: https://index.docker.io
       proxies:
-        - regx: blobs/sha256.*
-        - regx: file-server
+      - regx: blobs/sha256.*
+      - regx: file-server
 
 ---
 
@@ -116,16 +116,21 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /etc/dragonfly
           name: config
-        - mountPath: /var/log/dragonfly/daemon
+        - mountPath: /var/log/dragonfly/
           name: logs
-        - mountPath: /root/.dragonfly/dfget-daemon/
+        - mountPath: /var/lib/dragonfly/
           name: data
+        - mountPath: /tmp/artifact
+          name: artifact
       volumes:
-      - configMap:
-          defaultMode: 420
+      - name: config
+        configMap:
           name: proxy
-        name: config
-      - emptyDir: {}
-        name: data
-      - emptyDir: {}
-        name: logs
+          defaultMode: 420
+      - name: data
+        emptyDir: { }
+      - name: logs
+        emptyDir: { }
+      - name: artifact
+        hostPath:
+          path: /tmp/artifact