diff --git a/internal/controller/monitor/monitor.go b/internal/controller/monitor/monitor.go
index 3190c4b3..a748b2c1 100644
--- a/internal/controller/monitor/monitor.go
+++ b/internal/controller/monitor/monitor.go
@@ -167,57 +167,56 @@ func (m *Monitor) Start(ctx context.Context, handler JobHandler) <-chan error {
 				return
 			}
 
-			jobs := resp.CommandJobs()
-
-			// Wrapped so staleCancel is called before the next loop iteration.
-			func() {
-				// A sneaky way to create a channel that is closed after a duration.
-				// Why not pass directly to handler.Create? Because that might
-				// interrupt scheduling a pod, when all we want is to bound the
-				// time spent waiting for the limiter.
-				staleCtx, staleCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, m.cfg.PollInterval)
-				defer staleCancel()
-
-				// TODO: sort by ScheduledAt in the API
-				sort.Slice(jobs, func(i, j int) bool {
-					return jobs[i].ScheduledAt.Before(jobs[j].ScheduledAt)
-				})
-
-				for _, j := range jobs {
-					if staleCtx.Err() != nil {
-						// Results already stale; try again later.
-						return
-					}
-
-					jobTags := toMapAndLogErrors(logger, j.AgentQueryRules)
-
-					// The api returns jobs that match ANY agent tags (the agent query rules)
-					// However, we can only acquire jobs that match ALL agent tags
-					if !agenttags.JobTagsMatchAgentTags(jobTags, agentTags) {
-						logger.Debug("skipping job because it did not match all tags", zap.Any("job", j))
-						continue
-					}
-
-					job := Job{
-						CommandJob: &j.CommandJob,
-						StaleCh:    staleCtx.Done(),
-					}
-
-					logger.Debug("creating job", zap.String("uuid", j.Uuid))
-					if err := handler.Create(ctx, job); err != nil {
-						if ctx.Err() != nil {
-							return
-						}
-						logger.Error("failed to create job", zap.Error(err))
-					}
-				}
-			}()
+			m.createJobs(ctx, logger, handler, agentTags, resp.CommandJobs())
 		}
 	}()
 
 	return errs
 }
 
+func (m *Monitor) createJobs(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.Logger, handler JobHandler, agentTags map[string]string, jobs []*api.JobJobTypeCommand) {
+	// A sneaky way to create a channel that is closed after a duration.
+	// Why not pass directly to handler.Create? Because that might
+	// interrupt scheduling a pod, when all we want is to bound the
+	// time spent waiting for the limiter.
+	staleCtx, staleCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, m.cfg.PollInterval)
+	defer staleCancel()
+
+	// TODO: sort by ScheduledAt in the API
+	sort.Slice(jobs, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return jobs[i].ScheduledAt.Before(jobs[j].ScheduledAt)
+	})
+
+	for _, j := range jobs {
+		if staleCtx.Err() != nil {
+			// Results already stale; try again later.
+			return
+		}
+
+		jobTags := toMapAndLogErrors(logger, j.AgentQueryRules)
+
+		// The api returns jobs that match ANY agent tags (the agent query rules)
+		// However, we can only acquire jobs that match ALL agent tags
+		if !agenttags.JobTagsMatchAgentTags(jobTags, agentTags) {
+			logger.Debug("skipping job because it did not match all tags", zap.Any("job", j))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		job := Job{
+			CommandJob: &j.CommandJob,
+			StaleCh:    staleCtx.Done(),
+		}
+
+		logger.Debug("creating job", zap.String("uuid", j.Uuid))
+		if err := handler.Create(ctx, job); err != nil {
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			logger.Error("failed to create job", zap.Error(err))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func encodeClusterGraphQLID(clusterUUID string) string {
 	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("Cluster---" + clusterUUID))
 }