diff --git a/src/queue.rs b/src/queue.rs
index 5c87aa5..b139743 100644
--- a/src/queue.rs
+++ b/src/queue.rs
@@ -265,19 +265,10 @@ async fn process_jobs<S, F>(
 {
     let worker_id = uuid::Uuid::new_v4();
 
-    let yield_limit = 8;
-    let mut count = 0;
-
     loop {
         tracing::trace!("process_jobs: looping");
 
-        count += 1;
-        count %= yield_limit;
-
-        // yield every 8 iterations to be kind to other tasks
-        if count == 0 {
-            tokio::task::yield_now().await;
-        }
+        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
 
         let res = job_loop(repo, store, config, worker_id, queue, callback).await;
 
@@ -314,39 +305,24 @@ where
         ) -> LocalBoxFuture<'a, Result<(), Error>>
         + Copy,
 {
-    let yield_limit = 8;
-    let mut count = 0;
-
     loop {
         tracing::trace!("job_loop: looping");
 
-        count += 1;
-        count %= yield_limit;
+        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
 
-        // yield every 8 iterations to be kind to other tasks
-        if count == 0 {
-            tokio::task::yield_now().await;
-        }
-
-        let fut = async {
+        async {
             let (job_id, job) = repo.pop(queue, worker_id).await?;
 
-            let span = tracing::info_span!("Running Job");
-
             let guard = MetricsGuard::guard(worker_id, queue);
 
-            let res = span
-                .in_scope(|| {
-                    heartbeat(
-                        repo,
-                        queue,
-                        worker_id,
-                        job_id,
-                        (callback)(repo, store, config, job),
-                    )
-                })
-                .instrument(span)
-                .await;
+            let res = heartbeat(
+                repo,
+                queue,
+                worker_id,
+                job_id,
+                (callback)(repo, store, config, job),
+            )
+            .await;
 
             repo.complete_job(queue, worker_id, job_id).await?;
 
@@ -355,10 +331,9 @@ where
             guard.disarm();
 
             Ok(()) as Result<(), Error>
-        };
-
-        fut.instrument(tracing::info_span!("tick", worker_id = %worker_id))
-            .await?;
+        }
+        .instrument(tracing::info_span!("tick", %queue, %worker_id))
+        .await?;
     }
 }
 
@@ -387,19 +362,10 @@ async fn process_image_jobs<S, F>(
 {
     let worker_id = uuid::Uuid::new_v4();
 
-    let yield_limit = 8;
-    let mut count = 0;
-
     loop {
         tracing::trace!("process_image_jobs: looping");
 
-        count += 1;
-        count %= yield_limit;
-
-        // yield every 8 iterations to be kind to other tasks
-        if count == 0 {
-            tokio::task::yield_now().await;
-        }
+        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
 
         let res = image_job_loop(
             tmp_dir,
@@ -454,53 +420,39 @@ where
         ) -> LocalBoxFuture<'a, Result<(), Error>>
         + Copy,
 {
-    let yield_limit = 8;
-    let mut count = 0;
-
     loop {
         tracing::trace!("image_job_loop: looping");
 
-        count += 1;
-        count %= yield_limit;
+        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
 
-        // yield every 8 iterations to be kind to other tasks
-        if count == 0 {
-            tokio::task::yield_now().await;
-        }
-
-        let fut = async {
+        async {
             let (job_id, job) = repo.pop(queue, worker_id).await?;
 
-            let span = tracing::info_span!("Running Job");
-
             let guard = MetricsGuard::guard(worker_id, queue);
 
-            let res = span
-                .in_scope(|| {
-                    heartbeat(
-                        repo,
-                        queue,
-                        worker_id,
-                        job_id,
-                        (callback)(tmp_dir, repo, store, client, process_map, config, job),
-                    )
-                })
-                .instrument(span)
-                .await;
+            let res = heartbeat(
+                repo,
+                queue,
+                worker_id,
+                job_id,
+                (callback)(tmp_dir, repo, store, client, process_map, config, job),
+            )
+            .await;
 
             repo.complete_job(queue, worker_id, job_id).await?;
 
             res?;
 
             guard.disarm();
-            Ok(()) as Result<(), Error>
-        };
 
-        fut.instrument(tracing::info_span!("tick", worker_id = %worker_id))
-            .await?;
+            Ok(()) as Result<(), Error>
+        }
+        .instrument(tracing::info_span!("tick", %queue, %worker_id))
+        .await?;
     }
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument("running-job", skip(repo, queue, worker_id, fut))]
 async fn heartbeat<Fut>(
     repo: &ArcRepo,
     queue: &'static str,
@@ -511,27 +463,19 @@ async fn heartbeat<Fut>(
 where
     Fut: std::future::Future,
 {
-    let mut fut =
-        std::pin::pin!(fut.instrument(tracing::info_span!("job-future", job_id = ?job_id)));
+    let mut fut = std::pin::pin!(fut.instrument(tracing::info_span!("job-future")));
 
     let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(5));
 
     let mut hb = None;
 
-    let yield_limit = 8;
-    let mut count = 0;
-
     loop {
         tracing::trace!("heartbeat: looping");
-        count += 1;
-        count %= yield_limit;
 
-        // yield every 8 iterations to be kind to other tasks
-        if count == 0 {
-            tokio::task::yield_now().await;
-        }
+        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
 
         tokio::select! {
+            biased;
             output = &mut fut => {
                 return output;
             }