diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily.yml b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
index 71e43002c..5ed0e7a94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
@@ -316,15 +316,17 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "test SAVE doesn't increase cache"
         CACHE0=$(grep -w file /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.stat | awk '{print $2}')
-        ./src/redis-server --daemonize yes --logfile /dev/null --dir /tmp/master --port 8080 --repl-diskless-sync no --pidfile /tmp/master/redis.pid
-        ./src/redis-server --daemonize yes --logfile /dev/null --dir /tmp/slave --port 8081 --repl-diskless-load disabled
-        ./src/redis-benchmark -p 8080 -d 102400 -t set -r 100000 -n 10000 > /dev/null
+        echo "$CACHE0"
+        ./src/redis-server --daemonize yes --logfile /dev/null --dir /tmp/master --port 8080 --repl-diskless-sync no --pidfile /tmp/master/redis.pid --rdbcompression no --enable-debug-command yes
+        ./src/redis-cli -p 8080 debug populate 10000 k 102400
+        ./src/redis-server --daemonize yes --logfile /dev/null --dir /tmp/slave --port 8081 --repl-diskless-load disabled --rdbcompression no
         ./src/redis-cli -p 8080 save > /dev/null
         VMOUT=$(vmtouch -v /tmp/master/dump.rdb)
         echo $VMOUT
         grep -q "0%" <<< $VMOUT 
         CACHE=$(grep -w file /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.stat | awk '{print $2}')
-        if [ "$(( $CACHE-$CACHE0 ))" -gt "500000" ]; then echo "$CACHE0 $CACHE"; exit 1; fi
+        echo "$CACHE"
+        if [ "$(( $CACHE-$CACHE0 ))" -gt "500000" ]; then exit 1; fi
 
         echo "test replication doesn't increase cache"
         ./src/redis-cli -p 8081 REPLICAOF 127.0.0.1 8080 > /dev/null
@@ -337,7 +339,8 @@ jobs:
         echo $VMOUT
         grep -q "0%" <<< $VMOUT 
         CACHE=$(grep -w file /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.stat | awk '{print $2}')
-        if [ "$(( $CACHE-$CACHE0 ))" -gt "500000" ]; then echo "$CACHE0 $CACHE"; exit 1; fi
+        echo "$CACHE"
+        if [ "$(( $CACHE-$CACHE0 ))" -gt "500000" ]; then exit 1; fi
         
         echo "test reboot doesn't increase cache"
         PID=$(cat /tmp/master/redis.pid)
@@ -350,7 +353,8 @@ jobs:
         echo $VMOUT
         grep -q "0%" <<< $VMOUT
         CACHE=$(grep -w file /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.stat | awk '{print $2}')
-        if [ "$(( $CACHE-$CACHE0 ))" -gt "500000" ]; then echo "$CACHE0 $CACHE"; exit 1; fi
+        echo "$CACHE"
+        if [ "$(( $CACHE-$CACHE0 ))" -gt "500000" ]; then exit 1; fi
 
   test-valgrind-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest