diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/Result/Admin.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/Result/Admin.pm
index c9b09e00..324f7e98 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/Result/Admin.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/Result/Admin.pm
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ query with a C<backend> host, C<max_deferrals>, and C<retry_after> parameters
 
 =cut
 
-__PACKAGE__->has_many( device_skips => 'App::Netdisco::DB::Result::DeviceSkip',
+__PACKAGE__->might_have( device_skips => 'App::Netdisco::DB::Result::DeviceSkip',
   sub {
     my $args = shift;
     return {
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/Result/Virtual/TastyJobs.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/Result/Virtual/TastyJobs.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94894896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/Result/Virtual/TastyJobs.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package App::Netdisco::DB::Result::Virtual::TastyJobs;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use base 'DBIx::Class::Core';
+
+__PACKAGE__->table_class('DBIx::Class::ResultSource::View');
+
+__PACKAGE__->table('tasty_jobs');
+__PACKAGE__->result_source_instance->is_virtual(1);
+__PACKAGE__->result_source_instance->view_definition(<<ENDSQL
+  SELECT jobs.*, ds2.deferrals AS num_deferrals
+    FROM (
+      (SELECT me.*, 100 AS job_priority
+         FROM admin me
+        WHERE ( me.username IS NOT NULL OR me.action = ANY (string_to_array(btrim(?, '{"}'), '","')) )
+          AND me.device NOT IN
+              (SELECT ds.device
+                 FROM device_skip ds
+                WHERE ( me.action = ANY (ds.actionset) OR
+                        (ds.deferrals >= ? AND ds.last_defer > ( LOCALTIMESTAMP - ?::interval )) )
+                  AND ds.backend = ? AND ds.device = me.device)
+          AND me.status = 'queued'
+     ORDER BY random()
+        LIMIT ?)
+   UNION
+      (SELECT me.*, 0 AS job_priority
+         FROM admin me
+        WHERE NOT (me.action = ANY (string_to_array(btrim(?, '{"}'), '","')))
+          AND me.device NOT IN
+              (SELECT ds.device
+                 FROM device_skip ds
+                WHERE ( me.action = ANY (ds.actionset) OR
+                        (ds.deferrals >= ? AND ds.last_defer > ( LOCALTIMESTAMP - ?::interval )) )
+                  AND ds.backend = ? AND ds.device = me.device)
+          AND me.status = 'queued'
+     ORDER BY random()
+        LIMIT ?)
+    ) jobs
+    LEFT OUTER JOIN device_skip ds2
+      ON ds2.backend = ? AND ds2.device = jobs.device
+   ORDER BY jobs.job_priority DESC,
+            ds2.deferrals ASC NULLS FIRST
+   LIMIT ?
+ENDSQL
+);
+
+__PACKAGE__->add_columns(
+  "job",
+  { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 0, },
+  "entered",
+  { data_type => "timestamp", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "started",
+  { data_type => "timestamp", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "finished",
+  { data_type => "timestamp", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "device",
+  { data_type => "inet", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "port",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "action",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "subaction",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "status",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "username",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "userip",
+  { data_type => "inet", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "log",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "debug",
+  { data_type => "boolean", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "device_key",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "job_priority",
+  { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "num_deferrals",
+  { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 1 },
+);
+
+__PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("job");
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
index 1b8dc2f3..8940a01b 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
@@ -75,41 +75,17 @@ sub jq_getsome {
   my $jobs = schema('netdisco')->resultset('Admin');
   my @returned = ();
 
-  my %jobsearch = (
-    status => 'queued',
-    device => { '-not_in' =>
-      $jobs->skipped(setting('workers')->{'BACKEND'},
-                     setting('workers')->{'max_deferrals'},
-                     setting('workers')->{'retry_after'})
-           ->columns('device')->as_query },
+  my @filter = (
+    setting('job_prio')->{'high'}, setting('workers')->{'max_deferrals'},
+    setting('workers')->{'retry_after'}, setting('workers')->{'BACKEND'},
+    $num_slots,
   );
-  my %randoms = (order_by => 'random()', rows => $num_slots );
+  my $tasty = schema('netdisco')->resultset('Virtual::TastyJobs')
+    ->search(undef,{ bind => [
+      @filter, @filter, setting('workers')->{'BACKEND'}, $num_slots
+    ]});
 
-  my $hiprio = $jobs->search({
-    %jobsearch,
-    -or => [
-      { username => { '!=' => undef } },
-      { action => { -in => setting('job_prio')->{'high'} } },
-    ],
-  }, {
-    %randoms,
-    '+select' => [\'100 as job_priority'], '+as' => ['me.job_priority'],
-  });
-
-  my $loprio = $jobs->search({
-    %jobsearch,
-    action => { -not_in => setting('job_prio')->{'high'} },
-  }, {
-    %randoms,
-    '+select' => [\'0 as job_priority'], '+as' => ['me.job_priority'],
-  });
-
-  my $rs = $hiprio->union($loprio)->search(undef, {
-    order_by => { '-desc' => 'job_priority' },
-    rows => $num_slots,
-  });
-
-  while (my $job = $rs->next) {
+  while (my $job = $tasty->next) {
     if ($job->device) {
       # need to handle device discovered since backend daemon started
       # and the skiplist was primed. these should be checked against