diff --git a/libdaggy/src/DAGRunner.cpp b/libdaggy/src/DAGRunner.cpp
index 84dc83f..5e1b056 100644
--- a/libdaggy/src/DAGRunner.cpp
+++ b/libdaggy/src/DAGRunner.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace daggy {
     while (n_submitted < MAX_SUBMITS) {
       auto t = dag_.visitNext();
       if (!t)
-        continue;
+        break;
       auto &taskName               = t.value().first;
       taskAttemptCounts_[taskName] = 1;