diff --git a/.github/actions/composite-perf/action.yml b/.github/actions/composite-perf/action.yml
index 23607557cb..7be1f731cb 100644
--- a/.github/actions/composite-perf/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/composite-perf/action.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ runs:
         cd build
         wget https://download.falco.org/fixtures/trace-files/traces-positive.zip
         unzip traces-positive.zip
-        mkdir -p /dev/shm/libs-${{ github.run_id }}
-        mv traces-positive/falco-event-generator.scap /dev/shm/libs-${{ github.run_id }}/falco-event-generator.scap
 
     - name: Run - perf unit tests
       shell: bash
@@ -47,11 +45,18 @@ runs:
         cd build
         sudo perf record --call-graph dwarf -o perf_tests.data -q libsinsp/test/unit-test-libsinsp
 
+    # First empty run to stabilize disk IO (scap file read) perf
+    - name: Run - load scap file
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        cd build
+        sudo ./libsinsp/examples/sinsp-example -s traces-positive/falco-event-generator.scap &> /dev/null
+
     - name: Run - perf scap file
       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 /dev/shm/libs-${{ github.run_id }}/falco-event-generator.scap
+        sudo perf record --call-graph dwarf -o perf_scap.data -q ./libsinsp/examples/sinsp-example -s traces-positive/falco-event-generator.scap
 
     - name: Run - heaptrack unit tests
       shell: bash
@@ -63,11 +68,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         cd build
-        sudo nice ionice -c 1 -n 0 heaptrack -o heaptrack_scap.data ./libsinsp/examples/sinsp-example -s /dev/shm/libs-${{ github.run_id }}/falco-event-generator.scap
-
-    - name: Cleanup tmpfs
-      shell: bash
-      run: rm -rf /dev/shm/libs-${{ github.run_id }}/
+        sudo heaptrack -o heaptrack_scap.data ./libsinsp/examples/sinsp-example -s traces-positive/falco-event-generator.scap
 
     - name: Set Outputs
       id: store-outputs
@@ -77,4 +78,4 @@ runs:
         echo "perf_tests=$(realpath perf_tests.data)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "perf_scap=$(realpath perf_scap.data)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "heaptrack_tests=$(realpath heaptrack_tests.data.zst)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "heaptrack_scap=$(realpath heaptrack_scap.data.zst)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
\ No newline at end of file
+        echo "heaptrack_scap=$(realpath heaptrack_scap.data.zst)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT