diff --git a/lantern_daemon/src/embedding_jobs.rs b/lantern_daemon/src/embedding_jobs.rs
index 606a0b1..7a4b218 100644
--- a/lantern_daemon/src/embedding_jobs.rs
+++ b/lantern_daemon/src/embedding_jobs.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use lantern_embeddings::cli::EmbeddingArgs;
 use lantern_logger::Logger;
 use lantern_utils::get_full_table_name;
+use tokio_postgres::types::ToSql;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process;
@@ -88,17 +89,27 @@ async fn unlock_rows(
     job_id: i32,
     row_ids: &Vec<String>,
 ) {
-    let row_ids_str = row_ids.iter().map(|r| format!("'{r}'")).join(",");
+    let mut row_ids_query = "".to_owned();
+    let mut params: Vec<&(dyn ToSql + Sync)> = row_ids
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(idx, id)| {
+            let comma = if idx < row_ids.len() - 1 {  "," } else { "" };
+            row_ids_query = format!("{row_ids_query}${}{comma}", idx+1);
+            id as &(dyn ToSql + Sync)
+        })
+        .collect();
+    params.push(&job_id);
     let res = client
         .execute(
-            &format!("DELETE FROM {lock_table_name} WHERE job_id=$1 AND row_id IN ($2)"),
-            &[&job_id, &row_ids_str],
+            &format!("DELETE FROM {lock_table_name} WHERE job_id=${job_id_pos} AND row_id IN ({row_ids_query})", job_id_pos=params.len()),
+            &params,
         )
         .await;
 
     if let Err(e) = res {
             logger.error(&format!(
-                "Error while unlocking rows: {row_ids_str} for job: {job_id} : {e}"
+                "Error while unlocking rows: {:?} for job: {job_id} : {e}",row_ids
             ));
     }
 }
diff --git a/lantern_daemon/tests/daemon_test_with_db.rs b/lantern_daemon/tests/daemon_test_with_db.rs
index 225351c..bda14ba 100644
--- a/lantern_daemon/tests/daemon_test_with_db.rs
+++ b/lantern_daemon/tests/daemon_test_with_db.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use lantern_daemon::{
 };
 use tokio_postgres::{Client, NoTls};
 
+static EMB_LOCK_TABLE_NAME: &'static str = "_lantern_emb_job_locks";
 static EMBEDDING_JOBS_TABLE_NAME: &'static str = "_lantern_daemon_embedding_jobs";
 static AUTOTUNE_JOBS_TABLE_NAME: &'static str = "_lantern_daemon_autotune_jobs";
 static INDEX_JOBS_TABLE_NAME: &'static str = "_lantern_daemon_index_jobs";
@@ -396,6 +397,16 @@ async fn test_embedding_generation_runtime(
         .unwrap();
     let updated_embedding = updated_embedding.get::<usize, Vec<f32>>(0);
     assert_ne!(old_embedding, updated_embedding);
+
+    // Check that all row locks are removed
+    let locks = db_client
+        .query(
+            &format!("SELECT * FROM lantern_test.{EMB_LOCK_TABLE_NAME}"),
+            &[],
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(locks.len(), 0);
     stop_tx.send(()).unwrap();
 }