diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/k8s/base_job.py b/backend/btrixcloud/k8s/base_job.py
index 72aef4e9..2f5b9310 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/k8s/base_job.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/k8s/base_job.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import asyncio
 import sys
+import traceback
 
 import yaml
 
@@ -41,7 +42,11 @@ class K8SJobMixin(K8sAPI):
 
         data = self.templates.env.get_template(template).render(params)
 
-        await create_from_yaml(self.api_client, data, namespace=self.namespace)
+        try:
+            await create_from_yaml(self.api_client, data, namespace=self.namespace)
+        except Exception:
+            traceback.print_exc()
+            return
 
     async def delete_job_objects(self, selector):
         """ delete crawl stateful sets, services and pvcs """
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/k8s/k8sman.py b/backend/btrixcloud/k8s/k8sman.py
index b73c2bec..7fd6f4c8 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/k8s/k8sman.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/k8s/k8sman.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class K8SManager(BaseCrawlManager, K8sAPI):
 
     async def delete_profile_browser(self, browserid):
         """ delete browser job, if it is a profile browser job """
-        return await self._handle_completed_job(f"job-{browserid}")
+        return await self._delete_job(f"job-{browserid}")
 
     # ========================================================================
     # Internal Methods
@@ -148,25 +148,19 @@ class K8SManager(BaseCrawlManager, K8sAPI):
         """ decode secret data """
         return base64.standard_b64decode(secret.data[name]).decode()
 
-    async def _handle_completed_job(self, job_name):
-        """ Handle completed job: delete """
-        # until ttl controller is ready
-        if self.no_delete_jobs:
-            return
-
+    async def _delete_job(self, name):
+        """ delete job """
         try:
-            await self._delete_job(job_name)
+            await self.batch_api.delete_namespaced_job(
+                name=name,
+                namespace=self.namespace,
+                grace_period_seconds=60,
+                propagation_policy="Foreground",
+            )
+            return True
         # pylint: disable=bare-except
         except:
-            pass
-
-    async def _delete_job(self, name):
-        await self.batch_api.delete_namespaced_job(
-            name=name,
-            namespace=self.namespace,
-            grace_period_seconds=60,
-            propagation_policy="Foreground",
-        )
+            return False
 
     async def _create_config_map(self, crawlconfig, **kwargs):
         """ Create Config Map based on CrawlConfig """
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/profile_job.py b/backend/btrixcloud/profile_job.py
index 8e4a897a..9d8bcea4 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/profile_job.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/profile_job.py
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ class ProfileJob(ABC):
 
         self.loop.create_task(self.async_init("profilebrowser.yaml", params))
 
+        print(f"running browser for at least {self.idle_timeout} secs", flush=True)
+        signal.setitimer(signal.ITIMER_REAL, self.idle_timeout, 0)
+
     async def async_init(self, template, params):
         """ async init, overridable by subclass """
         await self.init_job_objects(template, params)
@@ -52,12 +55,12 @@ class ProfileJob(ABC):
 
         signal.setitimer(signal.ITIMER_REAL, self.idle_timeout, 0)
 
-    def timeout_handler(self):
+    def exit_handler(self):
         """ handle SIGTERM  """
         print("sigterm: shutting down browser...", flush=True)
         self._do_exit()
 
-    def exit_handler(self):
+    def timeout_handler(self):
         """ handle SIGALRM """
         print("sigalrm: timer expired ending idle browser...", flush=True)
         self._do_exit()