diff --git a/bot/build.sh b/bot/build.sh
index 4c91f19b..2f058f9b 100755
--- a/bot/build.sh
+++ b/bot/build.sh
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ echo "bot/build.sh: EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE='${EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVER
 # Log the full lscpu, ulimits, and os-release info:
 lscpu > _bot_job${SLURM_JOB_ID}.lscpu
 ulimit -a > _bot_job${SLURM_JOB_ID}.ulimits
+umask > _bot_job${SLURM_JOB_ID}.umask
 cat /etc/os-release > _bot_job${SLURM_JOB_ID}.os
 
 # Also: fetch CPU flags into an array, so that we can implement a hard check against a reference
diff --git a/install_scripts.sh b/install_scripts.sh
index 48745a3d..610e7c53 100755
--- a/install_scripts.sh
+++ b/install_scripts.sh
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ fi
 # Copy over EasyBuild hooks file used for installations
 hook_files=(
     eb_hooks.py
+    testfile
 )
 copy_files_by_list ${TOPDIR} ${INSTALL_PREFIX}/init/easybuild "${hook_files[@]}"
 
diff --git a/testfile b/testfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9daeafb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test