diff --git a/lib/floe/runner.rb b/lib/floe/runner.rb
index ffd72fbc6..4623dc86f 100644
--- a/lib/floe/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/floe/runner.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ def for_resource(resource)
         scheme = resource.split("://").first
         resolve_scheme(scheme) || raise(ArgumentError, "Invalid resource scheme [#{scheme}]")
       end
+
+      def runners
+        @runners.each_value.map do |runner|
+          runner = runner.call if runner.kind_of?(Proc)
+          runner
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     # Run a command asynchronously and create a runner_context
@@ -75,8 +82,9 @@ def cleanup(_runner_context)
       raise NotImplementedError, "Must be implemented in a subclass"
     end
 
-    def wait(timeout: nil, events: %i[create update delete])
-      raise NotImplementedError, "Must be implemented in a subclass"
-    end
+    # running in another thread, this watches for async events
+    # def wait(timeout: nil, events: %i[create update delete])
+    #   raise NotImplementedError, "Must be implemented in a subclass"
+    # end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/floe/workflow.rb b/lib/floe/workflow.rb
index 92ce77a2b..719d2359e 100644
--- a/lib/floe/workflow.rb
+++ b/lib/floe/workflow.rb
@@ -20,16 +20,21 @@ def wait(workflows, timeout: nil, &block)
         workflows = [workflows] if workflows.kind_of?(self)
         logger.info("checking #{workflows.count} workflows...")
 
-        run_until   = Time.now.utc + timeout if timeout.to_i > 0
-        ready       = []
-        queue       = Queue.new
-        wait_thread = Thread.new do
-          loop do
-            Runner.for_resource("docker").wait do |event, runner_context|
-              queue.push([event, runner_context])
+        run_until    = Time.now.utc + timeout if timeout.to_i > 0
+        ready        = []
+        queue        = Queue.new
+        wait_threads =
+          Runner.runners.map do |runner|
+            next unless runner.respond_to?(:wait)
+
+            Thread.new do
+              loop do
+                runner.wait do |event, runner_context|
+                  queue.push([event, runner_context])
+                end
+              end
             end
           end
-        end
 
         loop do
           ready = workflows.select(&:step_nonblock_ready?)
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ def wait(workflows, timeout: nil, &block)
         logger.info("checking #{workflows.count} workflows...Complete - #{ready.count} ready")
         ready
       ensure
-        wait_thread&.kill
+        wait_threads.compact.map(&:kill)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/floe/workflow/context.rb b/lib/floe/workflow/context.rb
index 92af20228..8978dcb2d 100644
--- a/lib/floe/workflow/context.rb
+++ b/lib/floe/workflow/context.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ def execution
         @context["Execution"]
       end
 
+      def object
+        [execution["_object_type"], execution["_object_id"]&.id]
+      end
+
       def started?
         execution.key?("StartTime")
       end