diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/bullboard.js b/packages/server/src/automations/bullboard.js
index cba6594ae7..af091843f2 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/bullboard.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/bullboard.js
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ const Queue = env.isTest()
 const { JobQueues } = require("../constants")
 const { utils } = require("@budibase/backend-core/redis")
 const { opts, redisProtocolUrl } = utils.getRedisOptions()
+const listeners = require("./listeners")
 
 const CLEANUP_PERIOD_MS = 60 * 1000
 const queueConfig = redisProtocolUrl || { redis: opts }
 let cleanupInternal = null
 
 let automationQueue = new Queue(JobQueues.AUTOMATIONS, queueConfig)
+listeners.addListeners(automationQueue)
 
 async function cleanup() {
   await automationQueue.clean(CLEANUP_PERIOD_MS, "completed")
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/listeners.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/listeners.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d53d0dddee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/listeners.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { Queue, Job, JobId } from "bull"
+import { AutomationEvent } from "../definitions/automations"
+import * as automation from "../threads/automation"
+
+export const addListeners = (queue: Queue) => {
+  logging(queue)
+  // handleStalled(queue)
+}
+
+const handleStalled = (queue: Queue) => {
+  queue.on("active", async (job: Job) => {
+    await automation.removeStalled(job as AutomationEvent)
+  })
+}
+
+const logging = (queue: Queue) => {
+  if (process.env.NODE_DEBUG?.includes("bull")) {
+    queue
+      .on("error", (error: any) => {
+        // An error occurred.
+        console.error(`automation-event=error error=${JSON.stringify(error)}`)
+      })
+      .on("waiting", (jobId: JobId) => {
+        // A Job is waiting to be processed as soon as a worker is idling.
+        console.log(`automation-event=waiting jobId=${jobId}`)
+      })
+      .on("active", (job: Job, jobPromise: any) => {
+        // A job has started. You can use `jobPromise.cancel()`` to abort it.
+        console.log(`automation-event=active jobId=${job.id}`)
+      })
+      .on("stalled", (job: Job) => {
+        // A job has been marked as stalled. This is useful for debugging job
+        // workers that crash or pause the event loop.
+        console.error(
+          `automation-event=stalled jobId=${job.id} job=${JSON.stringify(job)}`
+        )
+      })
+      .on("progress", (job: Job, progress: any) => {
+        // A job's progress was updated!
+        console.log(
+          `automation-event=progress jobId=${job.id} progress=${progress}`
+        )
+      })
+      .on("completed", (job: Job, result) => {
+        // A job successfully completed with a `result`.
+        console.log(
+          `automation-event=completed jobId=${job.id} result=${result}`
+        )
+      })
+      .on("failed", (job, err: any) => {
+        // A job failed with reason `err`!
+        console.log(`automation-event=failed jobId=${job.id} error=${err}`)
+      })
+      .on("paused", () => {
+        // The queue has been paused.
+        console.log(`automation-event=paused`)
+      })
+      .on("resumed", (job: Job) => {
+        // The queue has been resumed.
+        console.log(`automation-event=paused jobId=${job.id}`)
+      })
+      .on("cleaned", (jobs: Job[], type: string) => {
+        // Old jobs have been cleaned from the queue. `jobs` is an array of cleaned
+        // jobs, and `type` is the type of jobs cleaned.
+        console.log(
+          `automation-event=cleaned length=${jobs.length} type=${type}`
+        )
+      })
+      .on("drained", () => {
+        // Emitted every time the queue has processed all the waiting jobs (even if there can be some delayed jobs not yet processed)
+        console.log(`automation-event=drained`)
+      })
+      .on("removed", (job: Job) => {
+        // A job successfully removed.
+        console.log(`automation-event=removed jobId=${job.id}`)
+      })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
index 6e392d23de..e0979ac0d9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ const WH_STEP_ID = definitions.WEBHOOK.stepId
 const CRON_STEP_ID = definitions.CRON.stepId
 const Runner = new Thread(ThreadType.AUTOMATION)
 
+const jobMessage = (job: any, message: string) => {
+  return `app=${job.data.event.appId} automation=${job.data.automation._id} jobId=${job.id} trigger=${job.data.automation.definition.trigger.event} : ${message}`
+}
+
 export async function processEvent(job: any) {
   try {
-    console.log(
-      `${job.data.automation.appId} automation ${job.data.automation._id} running. jobId=${job.id}`
-    )
+    console.log(jobMessage(job, "running"))
     // need to actually await these so that an error can be captured properly
     const tenantId = tenancy.getTenantIDFromAppID(job.data.event.appId)
     return await tenancy.doInTenant(tenantId, async () => {
@@ -34,9 +36,7 @@ export async function processEvent(job: any) {
     })
   } catch (err) {
     const errJson = JSON.stringify(err)
-    console.error(
-      `${job.data.automation.appId} automation ${job.data.automation._id} was unable to run - ${errJson}`
-    )
+    console.error(jobMessage(job, `was unable to run - ${errJson}`))
     console.trace(err)
     return { err }
   }
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export async function disableAllCrons(appId: any) {
 export async function disableCron(jobId: string, jobKey: string) {
   await queue.removeRepeatableByKey(jobKey)
   await queue.removeJobs(jobId)
+  console.log(`jobId=${jobId} disabled`)
 }
 
 export async function clearMetadata() {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
index d04c49ce79..04b6ae413c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
@@ -133,27 +133,34 @@ class Orchestrator {
     return metadata
   }
 
+  async stopCron(reason: string) {
+    if (!this._repeat) {
+      return
+    }
+    logWarn(
+      `CRON disabled reason=${reason} - ${this._appId}/${this._automation._id}`
+    )
+    const automation = this._automation
+    const trigger = automation.definition.trigger
+    await disableCron(this._repeat?.jobId, this._repeat?.jobKey)
+    this.updateExecutionOutput(
+      trigger.id,
+      trigger.stepId,
+      {},
+      {
+        status: AutomationStatus.STOPPED_ERROR,
+        success: false,
+      }
+    )
+    await storeLog(automation, this.executionOutput)
+  }
+
   async checkIfShouldStop(metadata: AutomationMetadata): Promise<boolean> {
     if (!metadata.errorCount || !this._repeat) {
       return false
     }
-    const automation = this._automation
-    const trigger = automation.definition.trigger
     if (metadata.errorCount >= MAX_AUTOMATION_RECURRING_ERRORS) {
-      logWarn(
-        `CRON disabled due to errors - ${this._appId}/${this._automation._id}`
-      )
-      await disableCron(this._repeat?.jobId, this._repeat?.jobKey)
-      this.updateExecutionOutput(
-        trigger.id,
-        trigger.stepId,
-        {},
-        {
-          status: AutomationStatus.STOPPED_ERROR,
-          success: false,
-        }
-      )
-      await storeLog(automation, this.executionOutput)
+      await this.stopCron("errors")
       return true
     }
     return false
@@ -465,3 +472,15 @@ export function execute(input: AutomationEvent, callback: WorkerCallback) {
     }
   })
 }
+
+export const removeStalled = (input: AutomationEvent) => {
+  const appId = input.data.event.appId
+  doInAppContext(appId, async () => {
+    const automationOrchestrator = new Orchestrator(
+      input.data.automation,
+      input.data.event,
+      input.opts
+    )
+    await automationOrchestrator.stopCron("stalled")
+  })
+}