diff --git a/internal/eventstore/spooler/spooler.go b/internal/eventstore/spooler/spooler.go
index 755551a9e3..ec3b5109df 100644
--- a/internal/eventstore/spooler/spooler.go
+++ b/internal/eventstore/spooler/spooler.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package spooler
 import (
 	"context"
 	"strconv"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/caos/logging"
 	"github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/eventstore"
@@ -43,12 +44,7 @@ func (s *Spooler) Start() {
 		go func(workerIdx int) {
 			workerID := s.lockID + "--" + strconv.Itoa(workerIdx)
 			for task := range s.queue {
-				go func(handler *spooledHandler, queue chan<- *spooledHandler) {
-					time.Sleep(handler.MinimumCycleDuration() - time.Since(handler.queuedAt))
-					handler.queuedAt = time.Now()
-					queue <- handler
-				}(task, s.queue)
-
+				go requeueTask(task, s.queue)
 				task.load(workerID)
 			}
 		}(i)
@@ -59,23 +55,20 @@ func (s *Spooler) Start() {
 	}
 }
 
+func requeueTask(task *spooledHandler, queue chan<- *spooledHandler) {
+	time.Sleep(task.MinimumCycleDuration() - time.Since(task.queuedAt))
+	task.queuedAt = time.Now()
+	queue <- task
+}
+
 func (s *spooledHandler) load(workerID string) {
 	errs := make(chan error)
 	defer close(errs)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	go s.awaitError(cancel, errs, workerID)
 	hasLocked := s.lock(ctx, errs, workerID)
-	defer close(hasLocked)
 
 	if <-hasLocked {
-		go func() {
-			for l := range hasLocked {
-				if !l {
-					// we only need to break. An error is already written by the lock-routine to the errs channel
-					break
-				}
-			}
-		}()
 		events, err := s.query(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			errs <- err
@@ -110,26 +103,6 @@ func (s *spooledHandler) process(ctx context.Context, events []*models.Event, wo
 	return nil
 }
 
-func HandleError(event *models.Event, failedErr error,
-	latestFailedEvent func(sequence uint64) (*repository.FailedEvent, error),
-	processFailedEvent func(*repository.FailedEvent) error,
-	processSequence func(uint64) error, errorCountUntilSkip uint64) error {
-	failedEvent, err := latestFailedEvent(event.Sequence)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	failedEvent.FailureCount++
-	failedEvent.ErrMsg = failedErr.Error()
-	err = processFailedEvent(failedEvent)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if errorCountUntilSkip <= failedEvent.FailureCount {
-		return processSequence(event.Sequence)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (s *spooledHandler) query(ctx context.Context) ([]*models.Event, error) {
 	query, err := s.EventQuery()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -152,33 +125,32 @@ func (s *spooledHandler) query(ctx context.Context) ([]*models.Event, error) {
 	return s.eventstore.FilterEvents(ctx, query)
 }
 
+//lock ensures the lock on the database.
+// the returned channel will be closed if ctx is done or an error occured durring lock
 func (s *spooledHandler) lock(ctx context.Context, errs chan<- error, workerID string) chan bool {
 	renewTimer := time.After(0)
-	renewDuration := s.MinimumCycleDuration()
 	locked := make(chan bool)
 
 	go func(locked chan bool) {
+		var firstLock sync.Once
+		defer close(locked)
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				return
 			case <-renewTimer:
-				logging.Log("SPOOL-K2lst").WithField("view", s.ViewModel()).WithField("worker", workerID).Debug("renew")
 				err := s.locker.Renew(workerID, s.ViewModel(), s.MinimumCycleDuration()*2)
-				logging.Log("SPOOL-u4j6k").WithField("view", s.ViewModel()).WithField("worker", workerID).WithError(err).Debug("renew done")
+				firstLock.Do(func() {
+					locked <- err == nil
+				})
 				if err == nil {
-					if ctx.Err() == nil {
-						locked <- true
-						renewTimer = time.After(renewDuration)
-					}
+					renewTimer = time.After(s.MinimumCycleDuration())
 					continue
 				}
 
 				if ctx.Err() == nil {
 					errs <- err
 				}
-
-				locked <- false
 				return
 			}
 		}
@@ -186,3 +158,23 @@ func (s *spooledHandler) lock(ctx context.Context, errs chan<- error, workerID s
 
 	return locked
 }
+
+func HandleError(event *models.Event, failedErr error,
+	latestFailedEvent func(sequence uint64) (*repository.FailedEvent, error),
+	processFailedEvent func(*repository.FailedEvent) error,
+	processSequence func(uint64) error, errorCountUntilSkip uint64) error {
+	failedEvent, err := latestFailedEvent(event.Sequence)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	failedEvent.FailureCount++
+	failedEvent.ErrMsg = failedErr.Error()
+	err = processFailedEvent(failedEvent)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if errorCountUntilSkip <= failedEvent.FailureCount {
+		return processSequence(event.Sequence)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/eventstore/spooler/spooler_test.go b/internal/eventstore/spooler/spooler_test.go
index eaf4e0b060..7a852ed871 100644
--- a/internal/eventstore/spooler/spooler_test.go
+++ b/internal/eventstore/spooler/spooler_test.go
@@ -293,15 +293,20 @@ func TestSpooler_lock(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			errs := make(chan error, 1)
+			defer close(errs)
 			ctx, _ := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), tt.args.deadline)
 
 			locked := s.lock(ctx, errs, "test-worker")
 
 			if tt.fields.expectsErr {
+				lock := <-locked
 				err := <-errs
 				if err == nil {
 					t.Error("No error in error queue")
 				}
+				if lock {
+					t.Error("lock should have failed")
+				}
 			} else {
 				lock := <-locked
 				if !lock {