diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 13b5d0a9..662c4010 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ replace (
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3
+	github.com/alitto/pond v1.8.3
 	github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine v0.7.1-0.20230906152414-b0fffe419a0f
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
 	github.com/orcaman/concurrent-map/v2 v2.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d575d1a..1f91131d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuy
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d/go.mod h1:rBZYJk541a8SKzHPHnH3zbiI+7dagKZ0cgpgrD7Fyho=
+github.com/alitto/pond v1.8.3 h1:ydIqygCLVPqIX/USe5EaV/aSRXTRXDEI9JwuDdu+/xs=
+github.com/alitto/pond v1.8.3/go.mod h1:CmvIIGd5jKLasGI3D87qDkQxjzChdKMmnXMg3fG6M6Q=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883 h1:bvNMNQO63//z+xNgfBlViaCIJKLlCJ6/fmUseuG0wVQ=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883/go.mod h1:rCTlJbsFo29Kk6CurOXKm700vrz8f0KW0JNfpkRJY/8=
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
@@ -541,12 +543,6 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINE
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.1/go.mod h1:lYOWFsE0bwd1+KfKJaKeuokY15vzFx25BLbzYYoAxZI=
-github.com/pluralsh/console-client-go v0.0.5 h1:+L7I3QLMWNBiuZlWe/YJfUMMZGnpKhEAlbs9sL+hiSc=
-github.com/pluralsh/console-client-go v0.0.5/go.mod h1:kZjk0pXAWnvyj+miXveCho4kKQaX1Tm3CGAM+iwurWU=
-github.com/pluralsh/console-client-go v0.0.8 h1:BwWOt1ggBX/fxzY2+01dk8sBTz1jqT57o2y1Iz9Zxzk=
-github.com/pluralsh/console-client-go v0.0.8/go.mod h1:kZjk0pXAWnvyj+miXveCho4kKQaX1Tm3CGAM+iwurWU=
-github.com/pluralsh/console-client-go v0.0.11 h1:2fchZE6qlSQmHTeuH54hAzJJpgKpx2Kbl8HhJNugbns=
-github.com/pluralsh/console-client-go v0.0.11/go.mod h1:kZjk0pXAWnvyj+miXveCho4kKQaX1Tm3CGAM+iwurWU=
 github.com/pluralsh/console-client-go v0.0.14 h1:vpvC6SR7A0MIrpeyR78hM6IreOLKgg+moRIEjyUnKZo=
 github.com/pluralsh/console-client-go v0.0.14/go.mod h1:kZjk0pXAWnvyj+miXveCho4kKQaX1Tm3CGAM+iwurWU=
 github.com/pluralsh/polly v0.1.4 h1:Kz90peCgvsfF3ERt8cujr5TR9z4wUlqQE60Eg09ZItY=
diff --git a/pkg/agent/agent.go b/pkg/agent/agent.go
index aca80c88..8595bfb5 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/agent.go
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/alitto/pond"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/cache"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/engine"
 	"github.com/pluralsh/deployment-operator/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/pluralsh/deployment-operator/pkg/manifests"
 	deploysync "github.com/pluralsh/deployment-operator/pkg/sync"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ type Agent struct {
 	discoveryClient *discovery.DiscoveryClient
 	engine          *deploysync.Engine
 	deathChan       chan interface{}
-	svcQueue        workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
 	cleanup         engine.StopFunc
 	refresh         time.Duration
 }
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ func New(clientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig, refresh time.Duration, consoleUrl,
 		consoleClient:   consoleClient,
 		engine:          engine,
 		deathChan:       deathChan,
-		svcQueue:        svcQueue,
 		cleanup:         cleanup,
 		refresh:         refresh,
 	}, nil
@@ -82,38 +80,37 @@ func New(clientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig, refresh time.Duration, consoleUrl,
 
 func (agent *Agent) Run() {
 	defer agent.cleanup()
-	defer agent.svcQueue.ShutDown()
 	defer agent.engine.WipeCache()
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			go agent.engine.ControlLoop()
-			failure := <-agent.deathChan
-			fmt.Printf("recovered from panic %v\n", failure)
-		}
-	}()
+	panicHandler := func(p interface{}) {
+		fmt.Printf("Task panicked: %v", p)
+	}
 
-	wait.PollInfinite(agent.refresh, func() (done bool, err error) {
+	for {
 		log.Info("fetching services for cluster")
 		svcs, err := agent.consoleClient.GetServices()
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Error(err, "failed to fetch service list from deployments service")
-			return false, nil
+			log.Error(err, "failed to fetch service list from deployments service %v", err)
+			time.Sleep(agent.refresh)
+			continue
 		}
-
+		pool := pond.New(20, 100, pond.MinWorkers(20), pond.PanicHandler(panicHandler))
 		for _, svc := range svcs {
-			log.Info("sending update for", "service", svc.ID)
-			agent.svcQueue.Add(svc.ID)
+			log.Info("sending update for", "service", svc.ID, "namespace", svc.Namespace, "name", svc.Name)
+			pool.TrySubmit(func() {
+				if err := agent.engine.ProcessItem(svc.ID); err != nil {
+					log.Error(err, "found unprocessable error")
+				}
+			})
 		}
-
+		pool.StopAndWait()
 		info, err := agent.discoveryClient.ServerVersion()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error(err, "failed to fetch cluster version")
-			return false, nil
 		}
 		v := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", info.Major, info.Minor)
 		if err := agent.consoleClient.Ping(v); err != nil {
 			log.Error(err, "failed to ping cluster after scheduling syncs")
 		}
-		return false, nil
-	})
+		time.Sleep(agent.refresh)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sync/loop.go b/pkg/sync/loop.go
index dc0308ee..2ff7be6c 100644
--- a/pkg/sync/loop.go
+++ b/pkg/sync/loop.go
@@ -3,48 +3,15 @@ package sync
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"runtime/debug"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/sync"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/sync/common"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 )
 
-func (engine *Engine) ControlLoop() {
-	if engine.deathChan != nil {
-		defer func() {
-			if r := recover(); r != nil {
-				engine.deathChan <- r
-				fmt.Printf("panic: %s\n", string(debug.Stack()))
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-
-	engine.RegisterHandlers()
-
-	wait.PollInfinite(syncDelay, func() (done bool, err error) {
-		log.Info("Polling for new service updates")
-
-		item, shutdown := engine.svcQueue.Get()
-		if shutdown {
-			return true, nil
-		}
-
-		if err := engine.processItem(item); err != nil {
-			log.Error(err, "found unprocessable error")
-		}
-
-		engine.syncing = ""
-
-		return false, nil
-	})
-}
-
-func (engine *Engine) processItem(item interface{}) error {
-	defer engine.svcQueue.Done(item)
+func (engine *Engine) ProcessItem(item interface{}) error {
 	id := item.(string)
 
 	if id == "" {
@@ -52,7 +19,6 @@ func (engine *Engine) processItem(item interface{}) error {
 	}
 
 	log.Info("attempting to sync service", "id", id)
-	engine.syncing = id
 	svc, err := engine.svcCache.Get(id)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("failed to fetch service from cache: %s, ignoring for now", err)
@@ -74,7 +40,7 @@ func (engine *Engine) processItem(item interface{}) error {
 
 	if manErr != nil {
 		if err := engine.updateStatus(svc.ID, results, errorAttributes("manifests", manErr)); err != nil {
-			log.Error(err, "Failed to update service status, ignoring for now")
+			log.Error(err, "Failed to update service status, ignoring for now", "namespace", svc.Namespace, "name", svc.Name)
 		}
 		log.Error(manErr, "failed to parse manifests")
 		return manErr
@@ -87,7 +53,7 @@ func (engine *Engine) processItem(item interface{}) error {
 	diff, err := engine.diff(manifests, svc.Namespace, svc.ID)
 	checkModifications := sync.WithResourceModificationChecker(true, diff)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "could not build diff list, ignoring for now")
+		log.Error(err, "could not build diff list for service, ignoring for now", "namespace", svc.Namespace, "name", svc.Name)
 		checkModifications = sync.WithResourceModificationChecker(false, nil)
 	}
 
@@ -113,7 +79,7 @@ func (engine *Engine) processItem(item interface{}) error {
 	}
 
 	if err := engine.updateStatus(svc.ID, results, errorAttributes("sync", err)); err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "Failed to update service status, ignoring for now")
+		log.Error(err, "Failed to update service status, ignoring for now", "namespace", svc.Namespace, "name", svc.Name)
 	}
 
 	return nil