diff --git a/cmd/autosnap.go b/cmd/autosnap.go
index 7996eaa..7c69820 100644
--- a/cmd/autosnap.go
+++ b/cmd/autosnap.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -22,7 +23,14 @@ func init() {
 
 func cmdAutosnap(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
 	r := jobrun.NewJobRunner(log)
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		r.Run()
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
 
 	if len(args) < 1 {
 		log.Printf("must specify exactly one job as positional argument")
@@ -37,7 +45,7 @@ func cmdAutosnap(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	r.AddJob(snap)
 
-	r.Wait()
+	wg.Wait()
 
 }
 
diff --git a/jobrun/jobrun.go b/jobrun/jobrun.go
index 886ed92..482cc19 100644
--- a/jobrun/jobrun.go
+++ b/jobrun/jobrun.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type jobLogger struct {
 }
 
 func (l jobLogger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
-	l.MainLog.Printf(fmt.Sprintf("job[%s]: %s", l.JobName, format), v...)
+	l.MainLog.Printf(fmt.Sprintf("[%s]: %s", l.JobName, format), v...)
 }
 
 type Job interface {
@@ -25,6 +25,24 @@ type Job interface {
 	JobRepeatStrategy() RepeatStrategy
 }
 
+type JobEvent interface{}
+
+type JobFinishedEvent struct {
+	Job    Job
+	Result JobRunResult
+}
+
+type JobScheduledEvent struct {
+	Job   Job
+	DueAt time.Time
+}
+
+type JobrunIdleEvent struct {
+	SleepUntil time.Time
+}
+
+type JobrunFinishedEvent struct{}
+
 type JobMetadata struct {
 	Job       Job
 	name      string
@@ -47,7 +65,7 @@ type RepeatStrategy interface {
 
 type JobRunner struct {
 	logger           Logger
-	notificationChan chan JobMetadata
+	notificationChan chan<- JobEvent
 	newJobChan       chan Job
 	finishedJobChan  chan JobMetadata
 	scheduleTimer    <-chan time.Time
@@ -58,36 +76,31 @@ type JobRunner struct {
 
 func NewJobRunner(logger Logger) *JobRunner {
 	return &JobRunner{
-		logger:           logger,
-		notificationChan: make(chan JobMetadata),
-		newJobChan:       make(chan Job),
-		finishedJobChan:  make(chan JobMetadata),
-		pending:          make(map[string]JobMetadata),
-		running:          make(map[string]JobMetadata),
+		logger:          logger,
+		newJobChan:      make(chan Job),
+		finishedJobChan: make(chan JobMetadata),
+		pending:         make(map[string]JobMetadata),
+		running:         make(map[string]JobMetadata),
 	}
 }
 
 func (r *JobRunner) AddJob(j Job) {
-	r.newJobChan <- j
+	go func(j Job) {
+		r.newJobChan <- j
+	}(j)
 }
 
-func (r *JobRunner) NotificationChan() <-chan JobMetadata {
-	return r.notificationChan
+func (r *JobRunner) SetNotificationChannel(c chan<- JobEvent) {
+	r.notificationChan = c
 }
 
-func (r *JobRunner) Start() {
-	r.wait.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		r.loop()
-		r.wait.Done()
-	}()
+func (r *JobRunner) postEvent(n JobEvent) {
+	if r.notificationChan != nil {
+		r.notificationChan <- n
+	}
 }
 
-func (r *JobRunner) Wait() {
-	r.wait.Wait()
-}
-
-func (r *JobRunner) loop() {
+func (r *JobRunner) Run() {
 
 loop:
 	select {
@@ -117,11 +130,11 @@ loop:
 			Error:  finishedJob.LastError,
 		}
 
-		r.logger.Printf("[%s] finished after %s\n", finishedJob.name, res.RunTime())
+		r.postEvent(JobFinishedEvent{finishedJob.Job, res})
 
 		dueTime, resched := finishedJob.Job.JobRepeatStrategy().ShouldReschedule(res)
 		if resched {
-			r.logger.Printf("[%s] rescheduling to %s", finishedJob.name, dueTime)
+			r.postEvent(JobScheduledEvent{finishedJob.Job, dueTime})
 			finishedJob.DueAt = dueTime
 			r.pending[finishedJob.name] = finishedJob
 		}
@@ -159,19 +172,18 @@ loop:
 
 		go func(job JobMetadata) {
 			jobLog := jobLogger{r.logger, job.name}
-			if err := job.Job.JobDo(jobLog); err != nil {
-				job.LastError = err
-				r.notificationChan <- job
-			}
+			job.LastError = job.Job.JobDo(jobLog)
 			r.finishedJobChan <- job
 		}(job)
 
 	}
 
 	if jobPending || len(r.running) > 0 {
-		r.logger.Printf("waiting until %v\n", nextJobDue)
+		r.postEvent(JobrunIdleEvent{nextJobDue})
 		r.scheduleTimer = time.After(nextJobDue.Sub(now))
 		goto loop
 	}
 
+	r.postEvent(JobrunFinishedEvent{})
+
 }