diff --git a/job/job.go b/job/job.go
index f2c169a6..7b255177 100644
--- a/job/job.go
+++ b/job/job.go
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/flanksource/commons/logger"
+	"github.com/flanksource/commons/text"
 	"github.com/flanksource/duty/context"
 	"github.com/flanksource/duty/echo"
 	"github.com/flanksource/duty/models"
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ var evictedJobs chan uuid.UUID
 // jobs send rows to be deleted by maintaining a circular buffer by status type
 func deleteEvictedJobs(ctx context.Context) {
 	period := ctx.Properties().Duration("job.eviction.period", time.Minute)
+	ctx = ctx.WithoutTracing().WithName("jobs").WithDBLogger("jobs", logger.Trace1)
 	ctx.Infof("Cleaning up jobs every %v", period)
 	for {
 		items, _, _, _ := lo.BufferWithTimeout(evictedJobs, 32, 5*time.Second)
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ func deleteEvictedJobs(ctx context.Context) {
 			time.Sleep(period)
 			continue
 		}
-		if tx := ctx.FastDB("jobs").Exec("DELETE FROM job_history WHERE id in ?", items); tx.Error != nil {
+		if tx := ctx.DB().Exec("DELETE FROM job_history WHERE id in ?", items); tx.Error != nil {
 			ctx.Errorf("Failed to delete job entries: %v", tx.Error)
 			time.Sleep(1 * time.Minute)
 		} else {
@@ -117,6 +122,10 @@ func (j *Job) GetContext() map[string]any {
 	}
 }
 
+func (j *Job) PK() string {
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", j.Name, lo.CoalesceOrEmpty(j.ID, j.ResourceID))), "/")
+}
+
 type StatusRing struct {
 	lock    sync.Mutex
 	rings   map[string]*ring.Ring
@@ -129,7 +138,7 @@ type StatusRing struct {
 // populateFromDB syncs the status ring with the existing job histories in db
 func (t *StatusRing) populateFromDB(ctx context.Context, name, resourceID string) error {
 	var existingHistories []models.JobHistory
-	if err := ctx.FastDB("jobs").Where("name = ?", name).Where("resource_id = ?", resourceID).Order("time_start").Find(&existingHistories).Error; err != nil {
+	if err := ctx.WithoutTracing().WithDBLogger("jobs", logger.Trace1).DB().Where("name = ?", name).Where("resource_id = ?", resourceID).Order("time_start").Find(&existingHistories).Error; err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -237,16 +246,20 @@ func (j *JobRuntime) start() {
 		j.History.ResourceType = j.Job.ResourceType
 	}
 	if j.Job.JobHistory && j.Job.Retention.Success > 0 && !j.Job.IgnoreSuccessHistory {
-		if err := j.History.Persist(j.FastDB("jobs")); err != nil {
+		if err := j.History.Persist(j.VerboseDB()); err != nil {
 			j.Warnf("failed to persist history: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func (j *JobRuntime) VerboseDB() *gorm.DB {
+	return j.WithoutTracing().WithDBLogger("jobs", logger.Trace1).DB()
+}
+
 func (j *JobRuntime) end() {
 	j.History.End()
 	if j.Job.JobHistory && (j.Job.Retention.Success > 0 || len(j.History.Errors) > 0) && !j.Job.IgnoreSuccessHistory {
-		if err := j.History.Persist(j.FastDB("jobs")); err != nil {
+		if err := j.History.Persist(j.VerboseDB()); err != nil {
 			j.Warnf("failed to persist history: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -285,9 +298,9 @@ func (j *Job) FindHistory(statuses ...string) ([]models.JobHistory, error) {
 	var items []models.JobHistory
 	var err error
 	if len(statuses) == 0 {
-		err = j.FastDB("jobs").Where("name = ?", j.Name).Order("time_start DESC").Find(&items).Error
+		err = j.WithoutTracing().WithDBLogger("jobs", logger.Trace1).DB().Where("name = ?", j.Name).Order("time_start DESC").Find(&items).Error
 	} else {
-		err = j.FastDB("jobs").Where("name = ? and status in ?", j.Name, statuses).Order("time_start DESC").Find(&items).Error
+		err = j.WithoutTracing().WithDBLogger("jobs", logger.Trace1).DB().Where("name = ? and status in ?", j.Name, statuses).Order("time_start DESC").Find(&items).Error
 	}
 	return items, err
 }
@@ -309,6 +322,7 @@ func (j *Job) SetID(id string) *Job {
 
 func (j *Job) Run() {
 	ctx, span := j.Context.StartSpan(j.Name)
+	ctx = ctx.WithName("job." + j.PK())
 	defer span.End()
 
 	r := JobRuntime{
@@ -338,7 +352,7 @@ func (j *Job) Run() {
 		if !j.lock.TryLock() {
 			r.History.Status = models.StatusSkipped
 			ctx.Tracef("failed to acquire lock")
-			r.Failf("%s job already running, skipping", r.ID())
+			r.Failf("job already running, skipping")
 			return
 		}
 		defer j.lock.Unlock()
@@ -358,7 +372,7 @@ func (j *Job) Run() {
 
 			delayPercent := rand.Intn(iterationJitterPercent)
 			jitterDuration := time.Duration((int64(interval) * int64(delayPercent)) / 100)
-			j.Context.Logger.V(4).Infof("jitter (%d%%): %s", delayPercent, jitterDuration)
+			j.Context.Logger.V(4).Infof("jitter %v", jitterDuration)
 
 			time.Sleep(jitterDuration)
 		}
@@ -385,10 +399,10 @@ func (j *Job) Run() {
 	}
 
 	if err := j.Fn(r); err != nil {
-		ctx.Tracef("finished duration=%s, error=%s", time.Since(r.History.TimeStart), err)
+		ctx.Tracef("finished duration=%s, error=%s", text.HumanizeDuration(time.Since(r.History.TimeStart)), err)
 		r.History.AddErrorWithSkipReportLevel(err.Error(), 1)
 	} else {
-		ctx.Tracef("finished duration=%s", time.Since(r.History.TimeStart))
+		ctx.Tracef("finished duration=%s", text.HumanizeDuration(time.Since(r.History.TimeStart)))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -492,11 +506,11 @@ func (j *Job) init() error {
 	}
 
 	if j.ID != "" {
-		j.Context = j.Context.WithName(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", j.Name, j.ID))
+		j.Context = j.Context.WithName(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", strings.ToLower(j.Name), j.ID))
 	} else if j.ResourceID != "" {
-		j.Context = j.Context.WithName(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", j.Name, j.ResourceID))
+		j.Context = j.Context.WithName(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", strings.ToLower(j.Name), j.ResourceID))
 	} else {
-		j.Context = j.Context.WithName(j.Name)
+		j.Context = j.Context.WithName(strings.ToLower(j.Name))
 	}
 
 	j.Context.Tracef("initalized %v", j.String())