diff --git a/apps/api/fly.staging.toml b/apps/api/fly.staging.toml
index 09fa135e..7a5e0848 100644
--- a/apps/api/fly.staging.toml
+++ b/apps/api/fly.staging.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ primary_region = 'mia'
 kill_signal = 'SIGINT'
 kill_timeout = '30s'
 
-[deploy]
-  release_command = 'node dist/src/trigger-shutdown.js https://staging-firecrawl-scraper-js.fly.dev'
-
 [build]
 
 [processes]
diff --git a/apps/api/fly.toml b/apps/api/fly.toml
index 481290f0..f7ef786f 100644
--- a/apps/api/fly.toml
+++ b/apps/api/fly.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ primary_region = 'mia'
 kill_signal = 'SIGINT'
 kill_timeout = '30s'
 
-[deploy]
-  release_command = 'node dist/src/trigger-shutdown.js https://api.firecrawl.dev'
-
 [build]
 
 [processes]
diff --git a/apps/api/package.json b/apps/api/package.json
index 183ddaa3..da1b2b33 100644
--- a/apps/api/package.json
+++ b/apps/api/package.json
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
     "mongo-docker": "docker run -d -p 2717:27017 -v ./mongo-data:/data/db --name mongodb mongo:latest",
     "mongo-docker-console": "docker exec -it mongodb mongosh",
     "run-example": "npx ts-node src/example.ts",
-    "deploy:fly": "flyctl deploy && node postdeploy.js https://api.firecrawl.dev",
-    "deploy:fly:staging": "fly deploy -c fly.staging.toml && node postdeploy.js https://staging-firecrawl-scraper-js.fly.dev"
+    "deploy:fly": "flyctl deploy",
+    "deploy:fly:staging": "fly deploy -c fly.staging.toml"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
diff --git a/apps/api/postdeploy.js b/apps/api/postdeploy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c1b94d70..00000000
--- a/apps/api/postdeploy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-require("dotenv").config();
-
-fetch(process.argv[2] + "/admin/" + process.env.BULL_AUTH_KEY + "/unpause", {
-    method: "POST"
-}).then(async x => {
-    console.log(await x.text());
-    process.exit(0);
-}).catch(e => {
-    console.error(e);
-    process.exit(1);
-});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/index.ts b/apps/api/src/index.ts
index 3942e937..88ec4418 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/index.ts
@@ -119,63 +119,6 @@ if (cluster.isMaster) {
     }
   });
 
-  app.post(`/admin/${process.env.BULL_AUTH_KEY}/shutdown`, async (req, res) => {
-    // return res.status(200).json({ ok: true });
-    try {
-      console.log("Gracefully shutting down...");
-      await getWebScraperQueue().pause(false, true);
-      res.json({ ok: true });
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error(error);
-      return res.status(500).json({ error: error.message });
-    }
-  });
-
-  app.post(`/admin/${process.env.BULL_AUTH_KEY}/unpause`, async (req, res) => {
-    try {
-      const wsq = getWebScraperQueue();
-
-      const jobs = await wsq.getActive();
-
-      console.log("Requeueing", jobs.length, "jobs...");
-
-      if (jobs.length > 0) {
-        console.log("  Removing", jobs.length, "jobs...");
-
-        await Promise.all(
-          jobs.map(async (x) => {
-            try {
-              await wsq.client.del(await x.lockKey());
-              await x.takeLock();
-              await x.moveToFailed({ message: "interrupted" });
-              await x.remove();
-            } catch (e) {
-              console.warn("Failed to remove job", x.id, e);
-            }
-          })
-        );
-
-        console.log("  Re-adding", jobs.length, "jobs...");
-        await wsq.addBulk(
-          jobs.map((x) => ({
-            data: x.data,
-            opts: {
-              jobId: x.id,
-            },
-          }))
-        );
-
-        console.log("  Done!");
-      }
-
-      await getWebScraperQueue().resume(false);
-      res.json({ ok: true });
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error(error);
-      return res.status(500).json({ error: error.message });
-    }
-  });
-
   app.get(`/serverHealthCheck`, async (req, res) => {
     try {
       const webScraperQueue = getWebScraperQueue();
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/queue-service.ts b/apps/api/src/services/queue-service.ts
index a32b78f0..f93c3504 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/queue-service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/queue-service.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ export function getWebScraperQueue() {
   if (!webScraperQueue) {
     webScraperQueue = new Queue("web-scraper", process.env.REDIS_URL, {
       settings: {
-        lockDuration: 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // 2 hours in milliseconds,
-        lockRenewTime: 30 * 60 * 1000, // 30 minutes in milliseconds
+        lockDuration: 2 * 60 * 1000, // 1 minute in milliseconds,
+        lockRenewTime: 15 * 1000, // 15 seconds in milliseconds
+        stalledInterval: 30 * 1000,
+        maxStalledCount: 10,
       },
     });
     console.log("Web scraper queue created");
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts b/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
index 24343487..be2a4c70 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { startWebScraperPipeline } from "../main/runWebScraper";
 import { callWebhook } from "./webhook";
 import { logJob } from "./logging/log_job";
 import { initSDK } from '@hyperdx/node-opentelemetry';
+import { Job } from "bull";
 
 if(process.env.ENV === 'production') {
   initSDK({
@@ -16,93 +17,99 @@ if(process.env.ENV === 'production') {
 
 const wsq = getWebScraperQueue();
 
-wsq.process(
-  Math.floor(Number(process.env.NUM_WORKERS_PER_QUEUE ?? 8)),
-  async function (job, done) {
-    try {
-      job.progress({
-        current: 1,
-        total: 100,
-        current_step: "SCRAPING",
-        current_url: "",
-      });
-      const start = Date.now();
-      const { success, message, docs } = await startWebScraperPipeline({ job });
-      const end = Date.now();
-      const timeTakenInSeconds = (end - start) / 1000;
+async function processJob(job: Job, done) {
+  console.log("taking job", job.id);
+  try {
+    job.progress({
+      current: 1,
+      total: 100,
+      current_step: "SCRAPING",
+      current_url: "",
+    });
+    const start = Date.now();
+    const { success, message, docs } = await startWebScraperPipeline({ job });
+    const end = Date.now();
+    const timeTakenInSeconds = (end - start) / 1000;
 
-      const data = {
-        success: success,
-        result: {
-          links: docs.map((doc) => {
-            return { content: doc, source: doc?.metadata?.sourceURL ?? doc?.url ?? "" };
-          }),
-        },
-        project_id: job.data.project_id,
-        error: message /* etc... */,
-      };
+    const data = {
+      success: success,
+      result: {
+        links: docs.map((doc) => {
+          return { content: doc, source: doc?.metadata?.sourceURL ?? doc?.url ?? "" };
+        }),
+      },
+      project_id: job.data.project_id,
+      error: message /* etc... */,
+    };
 
-      await callWebhook(job.data.team_id, job.id as string, data);
+    await callWebhook(job.data.team_id, job.id as string, data);
 
-      await logJob({
-        job_id: job.id as string,
-        success: success,
-        message: message,
-        num_docs: docs.length,
-        docs: docs,
-        time_taken: timeTakenInSeconds,
-        team_id: job.data.team_id,
-        mode: "crawl",
-        url: job.data.url,
-        crawlerOptions: job.data.crawlerOptions,
-        pageOptions: job.data.pageOptions,
-        origin: job.data.origin,
-      });
-      done(null, data);
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (await getWebScraperQueue().isPaused(false)) {
-        return;
-      }
+    await logJob({
+      job_id: job.id as string,
+      success: success,
+      message: message,
+      num_docs: docs.length,
+      docs: docs,
+      time_taken: timeTakenInSeconds,
+      team_id: job.data.team_id,
+      mode: "crawl",
+      url: job.data.url,
+      crawlerOptions: job.data.crawlerOptions,
+      pageOptions: job.data.pageOptions,
+      origin: job.data.origin,
+    });
+    console.log("job done", job.id);
+    done(null, data);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log("job errored", job.id, error);
+    if (await getWebScraperQueue().isPaused(false)) {
+      console.log("queue is paused, ignoring");
+      return;
+    }
 
-      if (error instanceof CustomError) {
-        // Here we handle the error, then save the failed job
-        console.error(error.message); // or any other error handling
+    if (error instanceof CustomError) {
+      // Here we handle the error, then save the failed job
+      console.error(error.message); // or any other error handling
 
-        logtail.error("Custom error while ingesting", {
-          job_id: job.id,
-          error: error.message,
-          dataIngestionJob: error.dataIngestionJob,
-        });
-      }
-      console.log(error);
-
-      logtail.error("Overall error ingesting", {
+      logtail.error("Custom error while ingesting", {
         job_id: job.id,
         error: error.message,
+        dataIngestionJob: error.dataIngestionJob,
       });
-
-      const data = {
-        success: false,
-        project_id: job.data.project_id,
-        error:
-          "Something went wrong... Contact help@mendable.ai or try again." /* etc... */,
-      };
-      await callWebhook(job.data.team_id, job.id as string, data);
-      await logJob({
-        job_id: job.id as string,
-        success: false,
-        message: typeof error === 'string' ? error : (error.message ?? "Something went wrong... Contact help@mendable.ai"),
-        num_docs: 0,
-        docs: [],
-        time_taken: 0,
-        team_id: job.data.team_id,
-        mode: "crawl",
-        url: job.data.url,
-        crawlerOptions: job.data.crawlerOptions,
-        pageOptions: job.data.pageOptions,
-        origin: job.data.origin,
-      });
-      done(null, data);
     }
+    console.log(error);
+
+    logtail.error("Overall error ingesting", {
+      job_id: job.id,
+      error: error.message,
+    });
+
+    const data = {
+      success: false,
+      project_id: job.data.project_id,
+      error:
+        "Something went wrong... Contact help@mendable.ai or try again." /* etc... */,
+    };
+    await callWebhook(job.data.team_id, job.id as string, data);
+    await logJob({
+      job_id: job.id as string,
+      success: false,
+      message: typeof error === 'string' ? error : (error.message ?? "Something went wrong... Contact help@mendable.ai"),
+      num_docs: 0,
+      docs: [],
+      time_taken: 0,
+      team_id: job.data.team_id,
+      mode: "crawl",
+      url: job.data.url,
+      crawlerOptions: job.data.crawlerOptions,
+      pageOptions: job.data.pageOptions,
+      origin: job.data.origin,
+    });
+    done(null, data);
   }
+}
+
+wsq.process(
+  Math.floor(Number(process.env.NUM_WORKERS_PER_QUEUE ?? 8)),
+  processJob
 );
diff --git a/apps/api/src/trigger-shutdown.ts b/apps/api/src/trigger-shutdown.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b36f81f..00000000
--- a/apps/api/src/trigger-shutdown.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-fetch(process.argv[2] + "/admin/" + process.env.BULL_AUTH_KEY + "/shutdown", {
-    method: "POST"
-}).then(async x => {
-    console.log(await x.text());
-    process.exit(0);
-}).catch(e => {
-    console.error(e);
-    process.exit(1);
-});