diff --git a/indexer/crawler.go b/indexer/crawler.go
index 526da9bb..d6ae642c 100644
--- a/indexer/crawler.go
+++ b/indexer/crawler.go
@@ -89,46 +89,15 @@ type crawlWork struct {
 }
 
 func (c *CrawlDispatcher) mainLoop() {
-	var nextDispatchedJob *crawlWork
-	var jobsAwaitingDispatch []*crawlWork
-
-	// dispatchQueue represents the repoSync worker channel to which we dispatch crawl work
-	var dispatchQueue chan *crawlWork
-
 	for {
+		var crawlJob *crawlWork = nil
 		select {
 		case actorToCrawl := <-c.ingest:
 			// TODO: max buffer size
-			crawlJob := c.enqueueJobForActor(actorToCrawl)
-			if crawlJob == nil {
-				break
-			}
-
-			if nextDispatchedJob == nil {
-				nextDispatchedJob = crawlJob
-				dispatchQueue = c.repoSync
-			} else {
-				jobsAwaitingDispatch = append(jobsAwaitingDispatch, crawlJob)
-			}
-		case dispatchQueue <- nextDispatchedJob:
-			c.dequeueJob(nextDispatchedJob)
-
-			if len(jobsAwaitingDispatch) > 0 {
-				nextDispatchedJob = jobsAwaitingDispatch[0]
-				jobsAwaitingDispatch = jobsAwaitingDispatch[1:]
-			} else {
-				nextDispatchedJob = nil
-				dispatchQueue = nil
-			}
-		case catchupJob := <-c.catchup:
+			crawlJob = c.enqueueJobForActor(actorToCrawl)
+		case crawlJob = <-c.catchup:
 			// CatchupJobs are for processing events that come in while a crawl is in progress
 			// They are lower priority than new crawls so we only add them to the queue if there isn't already a job in progress
-			if nextDispatchedJob == nil {
-				nextDispatchedJob = catchupJob
-				dispatchQueue = c.repoSync
-			} else {
-				jobsAwaitingDispatch = append(jobsAwaitingDispatch, catchupJob)
-			}
 		case uid := <-c.complete:
 			c.maplk.Lock()
 
@@ -145,15 +114,15 @@ func (c *CrawlDispatcher) mainLoop() {
 				job.initScrape = false
 				job.catchup = job.next
 				job.next = nil
-				if nextDispatchedJob == nil {
-					nextDispatchedJob = job
-					dispatchQueue = c.repoSync
-				} else {
-					jobsAwaitingDispatch = append(jobsAwaitingDispatch, job)
-				}
+				crawlJob = job
 			}
 			c.maplk.Unlock()
 		}
+		if crawlJob != nil {
+			c.repoSync <- crawlJob
+			c.dequeueJob(crawlJob)
+			crawlJob = nil
+		}
 	}
 }