diff --git a/daemons/execute_monitor_container.go b/daemons/execute_monitor_container.go
index ee416a7..53cddc5 100644
--- a/daemons/execute_monitor_container.go
+++ b/daemons/execute_monitor_container.go
@@ -178,37 +178,43 @@ func (cm *ContainerMonitor) watchJob(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset, execID str
 	}
 
 	if podName == "" {
-		l.Error().Msg("No pod found for job after 60s")
+		cm.failExec(execID, l, "No pod found for job after 60s")
 		return
 	}
 
 	l.Info().Str("pod", podName).Msg("Pod found for job")
 
 	// Wait for the pod to be Running or terminal (up to 120s)
+	podReady := false
 	for i := 0; i < 120; i++ {
 		pod, err := clientset.CoreV1().Pods(ns).Get(context.Background(), podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			l.Error().Err(err).Str("pod", podName).Msg("Failed to get pod status")
+			cm.failExec(execID, l, "Failed to get pod status: "+err.Error())
 			return
 		}
 		phase := pod.Status.Phase
 		if phase == corev1.PodRunning || phase == corev1.PodSucceeded || phase == corev1.PodFailed {
 			l.Info().Str("pod", podName).Str("phase", string(phase)).Msg("Pod phase")
+			podReady = true
 			break
 		}
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
 	}
+	if !podReady {
+		cm.failExec(execID, l, "Pod never reached a running/terminal phase after 120s")
+		return
+	}
 
 	// Stream pod logs
 	req := clientset.CoreV1().Pods(ns).GetLogs(podName, &corev1.PodLogOptions{Follow: true})
 	stream, err := req.Stream(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		l.Error().Err(err).Str("pod", podName).Msg("Failed to stream pod logs")
-	} else {
-		defer stream.Close()
-		l.Info().Str("pod", podName).Msg("Streaming pod logs")
-		logExecution(stream, l)
+		cm.failExec(execID, l, "Failed to stream pod logs: "+err.Error())
+		return
 	}
+	defer stream.Close()
+	l.Info().Str("pod", podName).Msg("Streaming pod logs")
+	logExecution(stream, l)
 
 	// Log final job status
 	job, err := clientset.BatchV1().Jobs(ns).Get(context.Background(), jobName, metav1.GetOptions{})
diff --git a/daemons/execution_manager.go b/daemons/execution_manager.go
index 14ac5f3..812b705 100644
--- a/daemons/execution_manager.go
+++ b/daemons/execution_manager.go
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"oc-schedulerd/conf"
 
 	oclib "cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib"
-	"cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib/dbs"
 	"cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib/models/common/enum"
 	workflow_execution "cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib/models/workflow_execution"
-	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/primitive"
 )
 
 var Executions = ScheduledExecution{Execs: map[string]workflow_execution.WorkflowExecution{}}
@@ -36,12 +34,10 @@ func (em *ExecutionManager) RetrieveNextExecutions() {
 				if orderedExec[i] == nil {
 					continue
 				}
-
+				fmt.Println("Next exec", i)
 				lead := time.Duration(conf.GetConfig().PrepLeadSeconds) * time.Second
 				for execId, exec := range orderedExec[i] {
-					if i == 0 && em.isAStartingExecutionBeforeEnd(&exec) { // BEST EFFORT exception
-						continue
-					}
+					fmt.Println("ExecDate Before", exec.ExecDate.Before(time.Now().UTC().Add(lead)))
 					// Fire PrepLeadSeconds before the scheduled start so oc-monitord
 					// has time to pre-pull images and set up infra before ExecDate.
 					if exec.ExecDate.Before(time.Now().UTC().Add(lead)) {
@@ -64,20 +60,6 @@ func (em *ExecutionManager) RetrieveNextExecutions() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (em *ExecutionManager) isAStartingExecutionBeforeEnd(execution *workflow_execution.WorkflowExecution) bool {
-	access := workflow_execution.NewAccessor(nil)
-	l, _, err := access.Search(&dbs.Filters{
-		And: map[string][]dbs.Filter{
-			"execution_date": {{Operator: dbs.LTE.String(), Value: primitive.NewDateTimeFromTime(*execution.EndDate)}},
-			"state":          {{Operator: dbs.EQUAL.String(), Value: enum.SCHEDULED}},
-		}, // TODO later should refine on each endpoint
-	}, "", false)
-	if err != nil && len(l) == 0 {
-		return false
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
 func (em *ExecutionManager) executeExecution(execution *workflow_execution.WorkflowExecution) {
 	// start execution
 	// create the yaml that describes the pod : filename, path/url to Loki
diff --git a/daemons/interface.go b/daemons/interface.go
index ab25580..40354bb 100644
--- a/daemons/interface.go
+++ b/daemons/interface.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package daemons
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
@@ -13,11 +13,28 @@ type Executor interface {
 	LaunchMonitor(args []string, execID string, ns string, l zerolog.Logger)
 }
 
+// logExecution streams lines from reader and re-logs them at the appropriate
+// level by inspecting the zerolog level token already present in each line.
+// Lines that contain " ERR " or " error" (case-insensitive) are emitted at
+// Error so that they are visible beyond Debug-only sinks.
 func logExecution(reader io.ReadCloser, l zerolog.Logger) {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
+	// Increase buffer to 1 MB to handle wide JSON payloads.
+	scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 1024*1024), 1024*1024)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
-		output := scanner.Text()
-		fmt.Println(output)
-		l.Debug().Msg(output)
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		switch {
+		case strings.Contains(line, " ERR ") || strings.Contains(line, "level=error"):
+			l.Error().Msg(line)
+		case strings.Contains(line, " WRN ") || strings.Contains(line, "level=warning"):
+			l.Warn().Msg(line)
+		case strings.Contains(line, " INF ") || strings.Contains(line, "level=info"):
+			l.Info().Msg(line)
+		default:
+			l.Debug().Msg(line)
+		}
+	}
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		l.Error().Err(err).Msg("log scanner error")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 810fbc1..91b26b9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module oc-schedulerd
 go 1.25.0
 
 require (
-	cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib v0.0.0-20260324114937-6d0c78946e8b
+	cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib v0.0.0-20260326110203-87cf2cb12af0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.34.0
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.17.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d7a5d56..a315176 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib v0.0.0-20260319071818-28b5b7d39ffe h1:CHiWQAX7j/bMf
 cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib v0.0.0-20260319071818-28b5b7d39ffe/go.mod h1:+ENuvBfZdESSvecoqGY/wSvRlT3vinEolxKgwbOhUpA=
 cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib v0.0.0-20260324114937-6d0c78946e8b h1:y0rppyzGIQTIyvapWwHZ8t20wMaSaMU6NoZLkMCui8w=
 cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib v0.0.0-20260324114937-6d0c78946e8b/go.mod h1:+ENuvBfZdESSvecoqGY/wSvRlT3vinEolxKgwbOhUpA=
+cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib v0.0.0-20260326110203-87cf2cb12af0 h1:pQf9k+GSzNGEmrUa00jn9Zcqfp9X4N1Z5ie7InvUf3g=
+cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-lib v0.0.0-20260326110203-87cf2cb12af0/go.mod h1:+ENuvBfZdESSvecoqGY/wSvRlT3vinEolxKgwbOhUpA=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0 h1:Zog+i5UMtVoCU8oKka5P7i9q9HgrJeGzI9SA1Xbatp0=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0/go.mod h1:4V+yj/TJE1HU9XfppCwVMZq3I84lprf4nC11bSS5beM=