diff --git a/libdaggy/src/executors/task/DaggyRunnerTaskExecutor.cpp b/libdaggy/src/executors/task/DaggyRunnerTaskExecutor.cpp
index 0957543..94aa005 100644
--- a/libdaggy/src/executors/task/DaggyRunnerTaskExecutor.cpp
+++ b/libdaggy/src/executors/task/DaggyRunnerTaskExecutor.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ TaskFuture DaggyRunnerTaskExecutor::execute(DAGRunID runID,
   exe_capacity->cores -= taskUsed.cores;
   exe_capacity->memoryMB -= taskUsed.memoryMB;
 
+  lock.unlock();
+
   std::stringstream ss;
   ss << exe_runner << "/v1/task/" << runID << "/" << taskName;
   auto url = ss.str();
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ TaskFuture DaggyRunnerTaskExecutor::execute(DAGRunID runID,
 
   auto fut = rt.fut;
   {
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(rtGuard_);
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> rtLock(rtGuard_);
     runningTasks_.emplace(std::make_pair(runID, taskName), std::move(rt));
   }
   return fut;