diff --git a/helix-term/src/application.rs b/helix-term/src/application.rs
index 9622ad912..17ba26521 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/application.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/application.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,11 @@ impl Application {
                     }
                     self.render();
                 }
-                Some(callback) = self.jobs.next_job() => {
+                Some(callback) = self.jobs.futures.next() => {
+                    self.jobs.handle_callback(&mut self.editor, &mut self.compositor, callback);
+                    self.render();
+                }
+                Some(callback) = self.jobs.wait_futures.next() => {
                     self.jobs.handle_callback(&mut self.editor, &mut self.compositor, callback);
                     self.render();
                 }
diff --git a/helix-term/src/job.rs b/helix-term/src/job.rs
index c28735138..2ac419265 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/job.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/job.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ pub struct Job {
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Jobs {
-    futures: FuturesUnordered<JobFuture>,
+    pub futures: FuturesUnordered<JobFuture>,
     /// These are the ones that need to complete before we exit.
-    wait_futures: FuturesUnordered<JobFuture>,
+    pub wait_futures: FuturesUnordered<JobFuture>,
 }
 
 impl Job {
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ impl Jobs {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn next_job(
-        &mut self,
-    ) -> impl Future<Output = Option<anyhow::Result<Option<Callback>>>> + '_ {
-        future::select(self.futures.next(), self.wait_futures.next())
-            .map(|either| either.factor_first().0)
+    pub async fn next_job(&mut self) -> Option<anyhow::Result<Option<Callback>>> {
+        tokio::select! {
+            event = self.futures.next() => {  event }
+            event = self.wait_futures.next() => { event }
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn add(&mut self, j: Job) {