diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 4fdba57..65bf144 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pipeline {
         docker {
             image 'mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0'
             args '-u root:root'
+            label "${params.AGENT_LABEL?.trim() ?: 'docker'}"
         }
     }
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ pipeline {
         string(name: 'SONAR_TOKEN_ID', defaultValue: '', description: 'Secret Text credential ID that stores the SonarQube token')
         string(name: 'SONAR_ORG', defaultValue: '', description: 'Optional SonarQube organization key')
         string(name: 'BUILD_CONFIGURATION', defaultValue: 'Release', description: 'dotnet build configuration')
+        string(name: 'AGENT_LABEL', defaultValue: 'docker', description: 'Agent label that has Docker CLI available')
     }
 
     environment {
@@ -259,7 +261,13 @@ pipeline {
     post {
         always {
             echo '=== Post-build: archiving logs ==='
-            archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'Logs/**/*.log', allowEmptyArchive: true
+            script {
+                try {
+                    archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'Logs/**/*.log', allowEmptyArchive: true
+                } catch (org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.MissingContextVariableException ignore) {
+                    echo 'Workspace unavailable when attempting to archive logs; skipping.'
+                }
+            }
         }
         success {
             echo 'Build finished successfully.'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91baad6..e7c9f15 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ docker compose up --build
 
 ## Jenkins CI notes
 - The repo includes a declarative Jenkinsfile that builds on the `mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0` container image and expects Jenkins parameters for `GIT_REPO_URL`, `GIT_CREDENTIALS_ID`, `SONARQUBE_SERVER`, and `SONAR_TOKEN_ID`. Create the credentials in **Manage Jenkins › Credentials** before running the job.
+- Set `AGENT_LABEL` (default `docker`) to a Jenkins agent that has the Docker CLI available so the pipeline can launch containers.
 - Update the Sonar project key or organization by editing `SONAR_PROJECT_KEY` / `SONAR_ORG` in the Jenkins parameter defaults or overriding them per-run; the pipeline passes these values to `dotnet-sonarscanner`.
 - The pipeline publishes unit-test results, OpenCover XML, and HTML coverage reports; open the “Code Coverage” HTML report in the Jenkins build sidebar or download the archived artifacts `artifacts/AS400API-<build>-<commit>/reports/coverage-html/index.html`.
 - SCA results (`security-reports/nuget-vulnerabilities.txt` and optional Dependency-Check HTML) and application logs from `Logs/` are archived automatically so you can review findings without re-running the build.