diff --git a/lib/que/adapters/active_record_with_lock.rb b/lib/que/adapters/active_record_with_lock.rb
index 71628d8..7dbd41b 100644
--- a/lib/que/adapters/active_record_with_lock.rb
+++ b/lib/que/adapters/active_record_with_lock.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 module Que
   module Adapters
     class ActiveRecordWithLock < Que::Adapters::ActiveRecord
+      class NoLockableJobs < StandardError; end
       FindJobSecondsTotal = Prometheus::Client::Counter.new(
         :que_find_job_seconds_total,
         docstring: "Seconds spent finding a job",
@@ -44,26 +45,25 @@ def execute(command, params = [])
         end
       end
 
+      # This method continues looping through the que_jobs table until it either
+      # locks a job successfully or determines that there are no jobs to process.
       def lock_job_with_lock_database(queue, cursor)
-        result = []
         loop do
-          result = Que.transaction do
-            observe(nil, FindJobSecondsTotal, queue: queue) do
-              result = Que.execute(:find_job_to_lock, [queue, cursor])
-            end
+          observe(duration_metric: FindJobSecondsTotal, labels: { queue: queue }) do
+            locked_job = Que.transaction do
+              job_to_lock = Que.execute(:find_job_to_lock, [queue, cursor])
 
-            return result if result.empty?
+              return job_to_lock if job_to_lock.empty?
 
-            cursor = result.first["job_id"]
-            job_locked = pg_try_advisory_lock?(cursor)
+              cursor = job_to_lock.first["job_id"]
+              job_locked = pg_try_advisory_lock?(cursor)
 
-            observe(FindJobHitTotal, nil, { queue: queue, job_hit: job_locked })
-            return result if job_locked
+              observe(count_metric: FindJobHitTotal, labels: { queue: queue, job_hit: job_locked })
+              return job_to_lock if job_locked
+            end
+            return locked_job if locked_job
           end
-          break if result
         end
-
-        result
       end
 
       def pg_try_advisory_lock?(job_id)
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ def unlock_job(job_id)
         end
       end
 
-      def observe(metric, metric_duration, labels = {})
+      def observe(count_metric: nil, duration_metric: nil, labels: {})
         now = monotonic_now
         yield if block_given?
       ensure
-        metric&.increment(labels: labels)
-        metric_duration&.increment(
+        count_metric&.increment(labels: labels)
+        duration_metric&.increment(
           by: monotonic_now - now,
           labels: labels,
         )
diff --git a/lib/que/sql.rb b/lib/que/sql.rb
index a6267ab..4af0dff 100644
--- a/lib/que/sql.rb
+++ b/lib/que/sql.rb
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ module Que
             AND run_at <= now()
             AND retryable = true
             AND job_id >= $2
-            ORDER BY priority, run_at, job_id
-            for update skip locked LIMIT 1
+            ORDER BY priority, run_at, job_id 
+            FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED
+            LIMIT 1
     },
   }
   # rubocop:enable Style/MutableConstant
diff --git a/spec/active_record_with_lock_spec_helper.rb b/spec/active_record_with_lock_spec_helper.rb
index e6beb61..3c10fd0 100644
--- a/spec/active_record_with_lock_spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/active_record_with_lock_spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class LockDatabaseRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
   establish_connection(
     adapter: "postgresql",
     host: ENV.fetch("LOCK_PGHOST", "localhost"),
-    user: ENV.fetch("LOCK_PGUSER", "ubuntu"),
+    user: ENV.fetch("LOCK_PGUSER", "postgres"),
     password: ENV.fetch("LOCK_PGPASSWORD", "password"),
     database: ENV.fetch("LOCK_PGDATABASE", "lock-test"),
     port: ENV.fetch("LOCK_PGPORT", 5434),
@@ -28,11 +28,3 @@ def active_record_with_lock_adapter_connection
     lock_connection_pool: LockDatabaseRecord.connection_pool,
   )
 end
-
-RSpec.configure do |config|
-  if ENV["ADAPTER"] == "ActiveRecordWithLock"
-    config.filter_run_including :active_record_with_lock
-  else
-    config.filter_run_excluding :active_record_with_lock
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/integration/integration_spec.rb b/spec/integration/integration_spec.rb
index 37c9325..382fb94 100644
--- a/spec/integration/integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/integration_spec.rb
@@ -5,24 +5,7 @@
 
 # rubocop:disable RSpec/DescribeClass
 RSpec.describe "multiple workers" do
-  def with_workers(num, stop_timeout: 5, secondary_queues: [], &block)
-    Que::WorkerGroup.start(
-      num,
-      wake_interval: 0.01,
-      secondary_queues: secondary_queues,
-    ).tap(&block).stop(stop_timeout)
-  end
-
-  # Wait for a maximum of [timeout] seconds for all jobs to be worked
-  def wait_for_jobs_to_be_worked(timeout: 10)
-    start = Time.now
-    loop do
-      break if QueJob.count == 0 || Time.now - start > timeout
-
-      sleep 0.1
-    end
-  end
-
+  
   context "with one worker and many jobs" do
     it "works each job exactly once" do
       10.times.each { |i| FakeJob.enqueue(i) }
@@ -119,20 +102,6 @@ def wait_for_jobs_to_be_worked(timeout: 10)
       expect(User.count).to eq(3)
       expect(User.all.map(&:name).sort).to eq(%w[alice bob charlie])
     end
-
-    it "increments the metrics", :active_record_with_lock do
-      CreateUser.enqueue("alice")
-      CreateUser.enqueue("bob")
-      CreateUser.enqueue("charlie")
-      expect(Que::Adapters::ActiveRecordWithLock::FindJobHitTotal).to receive(:increment).
-        with({ :labels => { :job_hit => false, :queue => "default" } }).at_least(:once).and_call_original
-      expect(Que::Adapters::ActiveRecordWithLock::FindJobHitTotal).to receive(:increment).
-        with({ :labels => { :job_hit => true, :queue => "default" } }).
-        exactly(3).times.and_call_original
-      expect(QueJob.count).to eq(3)
-
-      with_workers(5) { wait_for_jobs_to_be_worked }
-    end
   end
 
   context "with jobs that exceed stop timeout" do
diff --git a/spec/lib/que/adapters/active_record_with_lock_spec.rb b/spec/lib/que/adapters/active_record_with_lock_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73607e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/que/adapters/active_record_with_lock_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "spec_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe Que::Adapters::ActiveRecordWithLock do
+  subject(:adapter) do
+    described_class.new(job_connection_pool: JobRecord.connection_pool,
+                        lock_connection_pool: LockDatabaseRecord.connection_pool)
+  end
+
+  around do |example|
+    Que.adapter.tap do |old_adapter|
+      # We need this to avoid errors related to prepared statements
+      if old_adapter.class != described_class
+        Que.adapter = adapter
+        example.run
+        Que.adapter = old_adapter
+      else
+        example.run
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  before do
+    described_class::FindJobHitTotal.values.each { |labels, _| labels.clear }
+  end
+
+  context "with enqueued jobs" do
+    before do
+      10.times do
+        FakeJob.enqueue(1)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "sets correct metric values" do
+      with_workers(5) { wait_for_jobs_to_be_worked }
+      expect(described_class::FindJobHitTotal.values[{ :queue => "default", :job_hit => "true" }]).to eq(10.0)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".lock_job_with_lock_database" do
+    subject(:lock_job) { adapter.lock_job_with_lock_database("default", 0) }
+
+    context "with no jobs enqueued" do
+      it "exists the loop and sets correct metric values" do
+        expect(QueJob.count).to eq(0)
+        locked_job = lock_job
+        expect(locked_job).to eq([])
+        expect(described_class::FindJobHitTotal.values[{ :queue => "default", :job_hit => "true" }]).to eq(0.0)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 1a09615..f3a5de6 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -57,3 +57,21 @@ def establish_database_connection
     Prometheus::Client.registry.instance_eval { @metrics.clear }
   end
 end
+
+def with_workers(num, stop_timeout: 5, secondary_queues: [], &block)
+  Que::WorkerGroup.start(
+    num,
+    wake_interval: 0.01,
+    secondary_queues: secondary_queues,
+  ).tap(&block).stop(stop_timeout)
+end
+
+# Wait for a maximum of [timeout] seconds for all jobs to be worked
+def wait_for_jobs_to_be_worked(timeout: 10)
+  start = Time.now
+  loop do
+    break if QueJob.count == 0 || Time.now - start > timeout
+
+    sleep 0.1
+  end
+end