diff --git a/cmd/soong_ui/main.go b/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
index 2bd0cf4..0380368 100644
--- a/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@
 
 	build.SetupOutDir(buildCtx, config)
 
-	metricsPath := filepath.Join(config.OutDir(), "build_metrics")
-	defer met.Dump(metricsPath)
-
 	logsDir := config.OutDir()
 	if config.Dist() {
 		logsDir = filepath.Join(config.DistDir(), "logs")
@@ -118,6 +115,8 @@
 	stat.AddOutput(status.NewVerboseLog(log, filepath.Join(logsDir, "verbose.log")))
 	stat.AddOutput(status.NewErrorLog(log, filepath.Join(logsDir, "error.log")))
 
+	defer met.Dump(filepath.Join(logsDir, "build_metrics"))
+
 	if start, ok := os.LookupEnv("TRACE_BEGIN_SOONG"); ok {
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(start, "N") {
 			if start_time, err := strconv.ParseUint(start, 10, 64); err == nil {