diff --git a/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml b/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml
index 6e4665a7cb3a5ddeecdcfc4829d3ed2f99e6bf20..6b53b86b3ad87d16ae880654a03b25b04aa41152 100644
--- a/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ collect_results:backgrounds:
   script:
     - ls -lrht
     - rm EPIC # remove the symlink to preserve the shared files
+    - mv results{,_save}/ # move results directory out of the way to preserve it
     - snakemake --cores 1 --delete-all-output backgrounds_ecal_backwards
+    - mv results{_save,}/
diff --git a/benchmarks/backwards_ecal/config.yml b/benchmarks/backwards_ecal/config.yml
index 261cd9558c6a56351747ab1c30e2dab6fc1fd976..487e69a7ae78b3fa09ac02f0373f3228f0bef3bd 100644
--- a/benchmarks/backwards_ecal/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/backwards_ecal/config.yml
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ collect_results:backwards_ecal:
   script:
     - ls -lrht
     - rm EPIC # remove the symlink to preserve the shared files
+    - mv results{,_save}/ # move results directory out of the way to preserve it
     - snakemake --cores 1 --delete-all-output backwards_ecal
+    - mv results{_save,}/
diff --git a/benchmarks/ecal_gaps/config.yml b/benchmarks/ecal_gaps/config.yml
index dcfdfa89571f19b2425d59dd769b4a840c954be6..e4dd4e74a778f5c700c2f3c30341326e0ba71952 100644
--- a/benchmarks/ecal_gaps/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/ecal_gaps/config.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ collect_results:ecal_gaps:
   script:
     - ls -lrht
     - rm EPIC # remove the symlink to preserve the shared files
+    - mv results{,_save}/ # move results directory out of the way to preserve it
     - snakemake --cores 1 --delete-all-output ecal_gaps
+    - mv results{_save,}/
diff --git a/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml b/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml
index 4f14bc459dd973fd713f1b904014934f6e218d76..2448d31e46b5fbb8897c2a6c72c45662fb1d5d27 100644
--- a/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@ collect_results:tracking_performance_campaigns:
   script:
     - ls -lrht
     - rm EPIC # remove the symlink to preserve the shared files
+    - mv results{,_save}/ # move results directory out of the way to preserve it
     - snakemake --cores 1 --delete-all-output tracking_performance_campaigns
+    - mv results{_save,}/
diff --git a/benchmarks/zdc_lyso/config.yml b/benchmarks/zdc_lyso/config.yml
index 29957d33e6006a05b06e13fa8eaa08be66432f6d..2baafc6cc2ce64019881a879fe1f312a0dca2524 100644
--- a/benchmarks/zdc_lyso/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/zdc_lyso/config.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ collect_results:zdc_lyso:
   script:
     - ls -lrht
     - rm EPIC # remove the symlink to preserve the shared files
+    - mv results{,_save}/ # move results directory out of the way to preserve it
     - snakemake --cores 1 --delete-all-output zdc_lyso_local
+    - mv results{_save,}/