diff --git a/scripts/ci/run_ci.sh b/scripts/ci/run_ci.sh
index 20cf241c591..8002b60926f 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/run_ci.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/run_ci.sh
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ function west_setup() {
 	pushd ..
 	if [ ! -d .west ]; then
 		west init -l ${git_dir}
-		west update
+		west update 1> west.update.log
+		west forall -c 'git reset --hard HEAD'
 	fi
 	popd
 }
@@ -268,6 +269,8 @@ if [ -n "$main_ci" ]; then
 	tail -n +2 test_file_1.txt > test_file_1_in.txt
 	cat test_file_3.txt test_file_2_in.txt test_file_1_in.txt > test_file.txt
 
+	echo "+++ run sanitycheck"
+
 	# Run a subset of tests based on matrix size
 	${sanitycheck} ${sanitycheck_options} --load-tests test_file.txt \
 		--subset ${matrix}/${matrix_builds} --retry-failed 3