diff --git a/.github/actions/composite-perf/action.yml b/.github/actions/composite-perf/action.yml
index a5e5ff901d..867dc86fe5 100644
--- a/.github/actions/composite-perf/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/composite-perf/action.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ runs:
         cd build
         wget https://download.falco.org/fixtures/trace-files/traces-positive.zip
         unzip traces-positive.zip
-        df -h | grep tmpfs
-        mv traces-positive/falco-event-generator.scap /run/user/$(id -u)/falco-event-generator.scap
+        mkdir /dev/shm/${{ github.run_id }}
+        mv traces-positive/falco-event-generator.scap /dev/shm/${{ github.run_id }}/falco-event-generator.scap
 
     - name: Run - perf unit tests
       shell: bash
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         cd build
-        sudo nice ionice -c 1 -n 0 perf record --call-graph dwarf -o perf_scap.data -q ./libsinsp/examples/sinsp-example -s /run/user/$(id -u)/falco-event-generator.scap
+        sudo nice ionice -c 1 -n 0 perf record --call-graph dwarf -o perf_scap.data -q ./libsinsp/examples/sinsp-example -s /dev/shm/${{ github.run_id }}/falco-event-generator.scap
 
     - name: Run - heaptrack unit tests
       shell: bash
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         cd build
-        sudo nice ionice -c 1 -n 0 heaptrack -o heaptrack_scap.data ./libsinsp/examples/sinsp-example -s /run/user/$(id -u)/falco-event-generator.scap
+        sudo nice ionice -c 1 -n 0 heaptrack -o heaptrack_scap.data ./libsinsp/examples/sinsp-example -s /dev/shm/${{ github.run_id }}/falco-event-generator.scap
 
     - name: Cleanup tmpfs
       shell: bash
-      run: rm /run/user/$(id -u)/falco-event-generator.scap
+      run: ls /dev/shm/${{ github.run_id }}/
 
     - name: Set Outputs
       id: store-outputs