diff --git a/src/tomato/daemon/job.py b/src/tomato/daemon/job.py
index e622b80c..91fdd806 100644
--- a/src/tomato/daemon/job.py
+++ b/src/tomato/daemon/job.py
@@ -339,36 +339,28 @@ def tomato_job() -> None:
 
     logger.info("handing off to 'job_main_loop'")
     logger.info("==============================")
-    ret = job_main_loop(context, args.port, payload, pip, jobpath, snappath, logpath)
+    job_main_loop(context, args.port, payload, pip, jobpath, snappath, logpath)
     logger.info("==============================")
 
     merge_netcdfs(jobpath, respath)
 
-    if ret is None:
-        logger.info("job finished successfully, attempting to set status to 'c'")
-        params = dict(status="c", completed_at=str(datetime.now(timezone.utc)))
-        req.send_pyobj(dict(cmd="job", id=jobid, params=params))
-        events = dict(poller.poll(args.timeout))
-        if req not in events:
-            logger.warning(f"could not contact tomato-daemon in {args.timeout/1000} s")
-            req.setsockopt(zmq.LINGER, 0)
-            req.close()
-            poller.unregister(req)
-            req = context.socket(zmq.REQ)
-            req.connect(f"tcp://127.0.0.1:{args.port}")
-        else:
-            ret = req.recv_pyobj()
-            logger.debug(f"{ret=}")
-            if ret.success is False:
-                logger.error("could not set job status for unknown reason")
-                return 1
+    logger.info("job finished successfully, attempting to set status to 'c'")
+    params = dict(status="c", completed_at=str(datetime.now(timezone.utc)))
+    req.send_pyobj(dict(cmd="job", id=jobid, params=params))
+    events = dict(poller.poll(args.timeout))
+    if req not in events:
+        logger.warning(f"could not contact tomato-daemon in {args.timeout/1000} s")
+        req.setsockopt(zmq.LINGER, 0)
+        req.close()
+        poller.unregister(req)
+        req = context.socket(zmq.REQ)
+        req.connect(f"tcp://127.0.0.1:{args.port}")
     else:
-        logger.info("job was terminated, status should be 'cd'")
-        logger.info("handing off to 'driver_reset'")
-        logger.info("==============================")
-        # driver_reset(pip)
-        logger.info("==============================")
-        ready = False
+        ret = req.recv_pyobj()
+        logger.debug(f"{ret=}")
+        if ret.success is False:
+            logger.error("could not set job status for unknown reason")
+            return 1
     logger.info(f"resetting pipeline {pip!r}")
     params = dict(jobid=None, ready=ready, name=pip)
     req.send_pyobj(dict(cmd="pipeline", params=params))