diff --git a/cmd/config_job_pull.go b/cmd/config_job_pull.go
index 09bc59b..1fcb90e 100644
--- a/cmd/config_job_pull.go
+++ b/cmd/config_job_pull.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/rpc"
@@ -98,16 +99,30 @@ func (j *PullJob) JobStart(ctx context.Context) {
 	log := ctx.Value(contextKeyLog).(Logger)
 	defer log.Info("exiting")
 	j.task = NewTask("main", log)
-	log = j.task.Log()
+
+	// j.task is idle here idle here
 
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(j.Interval)
+	for {
+		j.doRun(ctx)
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			j.task.Log().WithError(ctx.Err()).Info("context")
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+		}
+	}
+}
 
-start:
+func (j *PullJob) doRun(ctx context.Context) {
 
-	log.Info("connecting")
+	j.task.Enter("run")
+	defer j.task.Finish()
+
+	j.task.Log().Info("connecting")
 	rwc, err := j.Connect.Connect()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.WithError(err).Error("error connecting")
+		j.task.Log().WithError(err).Error("error connecting")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -118,37 +133,24 @@ start:
 
 	client := rpc.NewClient(rwc)
 	if j.Debug.RPC.Log {
-		client.SetLogger(log, true)
+		client.SetLogger(j.task.Log(), true)
 	}
 
-	log.Info("starting pull")
-
 	j.task.Enter("pull")
 	puller := Puller{j.task, client, j.Mapping, j.InitialReplPolicy}
 	puller.Pull()
 	j.task.Finish()
 
-	closeRPCWithTimeout(log, client, time.Second*10, "")
+	closeRPCWithTimeout(j.task, client, time.Second*10, "")
 
-	log.Info("starting prune")
-	prunectx := context.WithValue(ctx, contextKeyLog, log.WithField(logTaskField, "prune"))
+	j.task.Enter("prune")
 	pruner, err := j.Pruner(j.task, PrunePolicySideDefault, false)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.WithError(err).Error("error creating pruner")
-		return
-	}
-
-	pruner.Run(prunectx)
-	log.Info("finish prune")
-
-	log.Info("wait for next interval")
-	select {
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		log.WithError(ctx.Err()).Info("context")
-		return
-	case <-ticker.C:
-		goto start
+		j.task.Log().WithError(err).Error("error creating pruner")
+	} else {
+		pruner.Run(ctx)
 	}
+	j.task.Finish()
 
 }
 
@@ -168,6 +170,26 @@ func (j *PullJob) Pruner(task *Task, side PrunePolicySide, dryRun bool) (p Prune
 	return
 }
 
-func (j *PullJob) doRun(ctx context.Context) {
+func closeRPCWithTimeout(task *Task, remote rpc.RPCClient, timeout time.Duration, goodbye string) {
 
+	task.Log().Info("closing rpc connection")
+
+	ch := make(chan error)
+	go func() {
+		ch <- remote.Close()
+		close(ch)
+	}()
+
+	var err error
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(timeout):
+		err = fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded (%s)", timeout)
+	case closeRequestErr := <-ch:
+		err = closeRequestErr
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		task.Log().WithError(err).Error("error closing connection")
+	}
+	return
 }
diff --git a/cmd/replication.go b/cmd/replication.go
index d4cb5bc..cd9ef9a 100644
--- a/cmd/replication.go
+++ b/cmd/replication.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"time"
 
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -26,29 +25,6 @@ const (
 	InitialReplPolicyAll        InitialReplPolicy = "all"
 )
 
-func closeRPCWithTimeout(log Logger, remote rpc.RPCClient, timeout time.Duration, goodbye string) {
-	log.Info("closing rpc connection")
-
-	ch := make(chan error)
-	go func() {
-		ch <- remote.Close()
-		close(ch)
-	}()
-
-	var err error
-	select {
-	case <-time.After(timeout):
-		err = fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded (%s)", timeout)
-	case closeRequestErr := <-ch:
-		err = closeRequestErr
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		log.WithError(err).Error("error closing connection")
-	}
-	return
-}
-
 type Puller struct {
 	task              *Task
 	Remote            rpc.RPCClient