diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/platform/zodWorker.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/platform/zodWorker.server.ts
index 092902836..fb38c95fe 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/platform/zodWorker.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/platform/zodWorker.server.ts
@@ -175,10 +175,9 @@ export class ZodWorker<TMessageCatalog extends MessageCatalogSchema> {
     if (!this.#runner) {
       throw new Error("Worker not initialized");
     }
+
     const job = await this.#removeJob(jobKey, option?.tx ?? this.#prisma);
-    logger.debug("dequeued worker task", {
-      job,
-    });
+    logger.debug("dequeued worker task", { job });
 
     return job;
   }
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ export class ZodWorker<TMessageCatalog extends MessageCatalogSchema> {
       spec.queueName || null,
       spec.runAt || null,
       spec.maxAttempts || null,
-      identifier,
+      spec.jobKey,
       spec.priority || null,
       spec.jobKeyMode || null,
       spec.flags || null
@@ -226,22 +225,25 @@ export class ZodWorker<TMessageCatalog extends MessageCatalogSchema> {
   }
 
   async #removeJob(jobKey: string, tx: PrismaClientOrTransaction) {
-    const result = await tx.$queryRawUnsafe(
-      `SELECT * FROM graphile_worker.remove_job(
+    try {
+      const result = await tx.$queryRawUnsafe(
+        `SELECT * FROM graphile_worker.remove_job(
           job_key => $1::text
         )`,
-      jobKey
-    );
-
-    const job = GraphileJobSchema.safeParse(result);
-
-    if (!job.success) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Failed to remove job from queue, zod parsing error: ${JSON.stringify(job.error)}`
+        jobKey
       );
-    }
+      const job = AddJobResultsSchema.safeParse(result);
 
-    return job.data as GraphileJob;
+      if (!job.success) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Failed to remove job from queue, zod parsing error: ${JSON.stringify(job.error)}`
+        );
+      }
+
+      return job.data[0] as GraphileJob;
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to remove job from queue, ${e}}`);
+    }
   }
 
   #createTaskListFromTasks() {
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/routes/api.v1.events.$eventId.cancel.ts b/apps/webapp/app/routes/api.v1.events.$eventId.cancel.ts
index da9d3d427..6ca26a901 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/routes/api.v1.events.$eventId.cancel.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/routes/api.v1.events.$eventId.cancel.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ActionArgs, LoaderArgs } from "@remix-run/server-runtime";
+import type { ActionArgs } from "@remix-run/server-runtime";
 import { json } from "@remix-run/server-runtime";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { prisma } from "~/db.server";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const ParamsSchema = z.object({
   eventId: z.string(),
 });
 
-export async function loader({ request, params }: LoaderArgs) {
+export async function action({ request, params }: ActionArgs) {
   // Ensure this is a POST request
   if (request.method.toUpperCase() !== "POST") {
     return { status: 405, body: "Method Not Allowed" };
@@ -57,22 +57,15 @@ export async function loader({ request, params }: LoaderArgs) {
   if (!event) {
     return json({ error: "Event not found" }, { status: 404 });
   }
-  // Update the event with cancelledAt
-  let updatedEvent;
 
-  try {
-    updatedEvent = await prisma.eventRecord.update({
-      where: { id: event.id },
-      data: { cancelledAt: new Date() },
-    });
+//update the cancelledAt column in the eventRecord table
+  const updatedEvent = await prisma.eventRecord.update({
+    where: { id: event.id },
+    data: { cancelledAt: new Date() },
+  });
 
-    // Dequeue the event only if the update is successful
-    await workerQueue.dequeue(updatedEvent.id, { tx: prisma });
+  // Dequeue the event after the db has been updated
+  await workerQueue.dequeue(event.id, { tx: prisma });
 
-    return json(updatedEvent);
-  } catch (error) {
-    logger.error("Failed to update event", { error, event });
-
-    return json({ error: "Failed to update event" }, { status: 500 });
-  }
+  return json(updatedEvent);
 }
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/services/events/ingestSendEvent.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/services/events/ingestSendEvent.server.ts
index e32576cb5..ff8de199f 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/services/events/ingestSendEvent.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/services/events/ingestSendEvent.server.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import { workerQueue } from "~/services/worker.server";
 export class IngestSendEvent {
   #prismaClient: PrismaClientOrTransaction;
 
-  constructor(
-    prismaClient: PrismaClientOrTransaction = prisma,
-    private deliverEvents = true
-  ) {
+  constructor(prismaClient: PrismaClientOrTransaction = prisma, private deliverEvents = true) {
     this.#prismaClient = prismaClient;
   }
 
@@ -91,7 +88,7 @@ export class IngestSendEvent {
             {
               id: eventLog.id,
             },
-            { runAt: eventLog.deliverAt, tx }
+            { runAt: eventLog.deliverAt, tx, jobKey: eventLog.id }
           );
         }