diff --git a/worker/cmd/generate.go b/worker/cmd/generate.go
index ed40f048..1270e401 100644
--- a/worker/cmd/generate.go
+++ b/worker/cmd/generate.go
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ var generateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		logger := initLogger(Debug)
 		sugar := logger.Sugar()
-		ctx := cmd.Context()
+
+		ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(cmd.Context(), syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGQUIT, syscall.SIGINT)
+		defer cancel()
 
 		sugar.Info("Starting generate worker")
 
@@ -160,21 +162,19 @@ var generateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		svc := s3.NewFromConfig(cfg)
 
 		sigChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-		jobChan := make(chan string)
 		stopChan := make(chan struct{})
 
 		signal.Notify(sigChan, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
 
 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(jobChan chan<- string, stopChan <-chan struct{}) {
+		go func(stopChan <-chan struct{}) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			timer := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
 			for {
 				select {
 				case <-stopChan:
 					sugar.Info("Shutting down job listener")
-					close(jobChan)
 					return
 				case <-timer.C:
 					conn := pool.Get()
@@ -186,10 +186,16 @@ var generateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 						sugar.Errorf("Could not pop from redis queue: %v", err)
 						continue
 					}
-					jobChan <- job
+					NewJobProcessor(ctx, pool, svc, sugar, job,
+						PreCheckEndpointURL,
+						SdgEndpointURL,
+						TlsClientCertPath,
+						TlsClientKeyPath,
+						TlsServerCaCertPath,
+						MaxSeed).processJob()
 				}
 			}
-		}(jobChan, stopChan)
+		}(stopChan)
 
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(ch <-chan os.Signal) {
@@ -199,15 +205,6 @@ var generateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			close(stopChan)
 		}(sigChan)
 
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(ch <-chan string) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			for job := range ch {
-				jp := NewJobProcessor(ctx, pool, svc, sugar, job, PreCheckEndpointURL, SdgEndpointURL, TlsClientCertPath, TlsClientKeyPath, TlsServerCaCertPath, MaxSeed)
-				jp.processJob()
-			}
-		}(jobChan)
-
 		wg.Wait()
 	},
 }
@@ -419,6 +416,8 @@ func (w *Worker) processJob() {
 
 	// If in test mode, immediately post to the results queue
 	if TestMode {
+		//sleep to simulate processing time
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
 		w.postJobResults("https://example.com", jobType)
 		sugar.Info("Job done (test mode)")
 		return
@@ -943,7 +942,7 @@ func (w *Worker) datagenSvc(taxonomyFiles []string, outputDir string, numSamples
 			requestURL = strings.Replace(requestURL, "skill", "knowledge", -1)
 		}
 
-		request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", requestURL, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonData))
+		request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(w.ctx, "POST", requestURL, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonData))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create request: %w", err)
 		}