diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0debc3b..9850557 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 14
 
+      - name: Upload JVM crash logs
+        # A JVM crash writes hs_err_pid*.log into the workspace, which dies
+        # with the job container; keep it so the failing frame can be read.
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ProLibertateGames-jvm-crash
+          path: |
+            hs_err_pid*.log
+            replay_pid*.log
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 14
+
       - name: Upload lint and test reports
         # Reports are most useful precisely when a step above failed.
         if: always()
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c301034..018ef72 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Project-wide Gradle settings.
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+# C1-only JIT (-XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1): the Gitea runner's JVMs have been
+# crashing intermittently (SIGSEGV in HotSpot's compiler, bad Kotlin compiler
+# codegen) on Zulu, Corretto and Temurin alike. Dropping C2 is the test for
+# whether the optimising JIT is the trigger; it costs some build speed. The
+# Kotlin daemon needs its own copy: setting its options stops it inheriting
+# org.gradle.jvmargs.
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1
+kotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx2048m,-XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.caching=true