diff --git a/hack/pipeline-demo.sh b/hack/pipeline-demo.sh
index 4b711d7c..baabf980 100755
--- a/hack/pipeline-demo.sh
+++ b/hack/pipeline-demo.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [ ! -e $stepo ]
 then ./lunchpail build --create-namespace -e 'echo "hi from step $LUNCHPAIL_STEP"; sleep 2' -o $stepo
 fi
 
-step="$stepo up --verbose=${VERBOSE:-false} --workers 3"
+step="$stepo up --verbose=${VERBOSE:-false} --workers 3 --queue rclone://cfp/lunchpail"
 
 echo "Launching pipeline"
 $step <(echo in1) <(echo in2) <(echo in3) <(echo in4) <(echo in5) <(echo in6) <(echo in7) <(echo in8) <(echo in9) <(echo in10) <(echo in11) <(echo in12) <(echo in13) <(echo in14) <(echo in15) <(echo in16) \
diff --git a/pkg/be/local/shell/job.go b/pkg/be/local/shell/job.go
index 092fa7aa..9da08894 100644
--- a/pkg/be/local/shell/job.go
+++ b/pkg/be/local/shell/job.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func SpawnJob(ctx context.Context, c llir.ShellComponent, ir llir.LLIR, logdir s
 
 	for workerIdx := range c.Sizing.Workers {
 		group.Go(func() error {
-			return Spawn(jobCtx, c.WithInstanceNameSuffix(fmt.Sprintf("-w%d", workerIdx)), ir, logdir, opts)
+			return Spawn(jobCtx, c.WithInstanceName(fmt.Sprintf("w%d", workerIdx)), ir, logdir, opts)
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/fe/builder/overlay/eval.go b/pkg/fe/builder/overlay/eval.go
index 356968b3..e912f938 100644
--- a/pkg/fe/builder/overlay/eval.go
+++ b/pkg/fe/builder/overlay/eval.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func evalApp(eval string, opts Options) hlir.HLIR {
 
 	return hlir.HLIR{
 		Applications: []hlir.Application{app},
-		WorkerPools:  []hlir.WorkerPool{hlir.NewPool("default", opts.BuildOptions.Workers)},
+		WorkerPools:  []hlir.WorkerPool{hlir.NewPool("p1", opts.BuildOptions.Workers)},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/ir/llir/shell.go b/pkg/ir/llir/shell.go
index ae6932e5..65a39df9 100644
--- a/pkg/ir/llir/shell.go
+++ b/pkg/ir/llir/shell.go
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ func (c ShellComponent) SetWorkers(w int) Component {
 	return c // FIXME
 }
 
-func (c ShellComponent) WithInstanceNameSuffix(suffix string) ShellComponent {
-	c.InstanceName = c.InstanceName + suffix
+func (c ShellComponent) WithInstanceName(name string) ShellComponent {
+	c.InstanceName = name
 	return c
 }
+
+func (c ShellComponent) WithInstanceNameSuffix(suffix string) ShellComponent {
+	return c.WithInstanceName(c.InstanceName + suffix)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/builtins/cat.go b/pkg/runtime/builtins/cat.go
index 7a3c40d8..a54440eb 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/builtins/cat.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/builtins/cat.go
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ mv $1 $2`},
 
 	return hlir.HLIR{
 		Applications: []hlir.Application{app},
-		WorkerPools:  []hlir.WorkerPool{hlir.NewPool("default", 1)},
+		WorkerPools:  []hlir.WorkerPool{hlir.NewPool("p1", 1)},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/queue/ls.go b/pkg/runtime/queue/ls.go
index 09e5f38f..fb1345c6 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/queue/ls.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/queue/ls.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package queue
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"lunchpail.io/pkg/be"
@@ -35,9 +36,11 @@ func Ls(ctx context.Context, backend be.Backend, run queue.RunContext, path stri
 	case "blobs":
 		prefix = wildcard.AsFile(queue.Blobs)
 	default:
-		prefix = wildcard.ListenPrefix()
+		prefix = wildcard.ListenPrefixForAnyStep(true)
 	}
 
+	nonqueue := regexp.MustCompile("dead|succeeded|dispatcherdone|alive|killfile")
+
 	files := make(chan string)
 	errors := make(chan error)
 	go func() {
@@ -49,7 +52,8 @@ func Ls(ctx context.Context, backend be.Backend, run queue.RunContext, path stri
 				errors <- o.Err
 			} else {
 				f := strings.Replace(o.Key, prefix+"/", "", 1)
-				if f != "" {
+				if f != "" && path != "" || !nonqueue.MatchString(f) {
+					// this means: we want the default (path=="") behavior to match only queue-related objects
 					files <- f
 				}
 			}