diff --git a/comfyui.py b/comfyui.py
index 425fb55..84b43dc 100644
--- a/comfyui.py
+++ b/comfyui.py
@@ -63,13 +63,20 @@
 test_workflows = os.getenv("WORKFLOWS")
 root_workflows_folder = "../private_workflows" if os.getenv("PRIVATE") else "../workflows"
 test_all = True if os.getenv("TEST_ALL") else False
+specific_test = os.getenv("SPECIFIC_TEST") if os.getenv("SPECIFIC_TEST") else ""
 skip_tests = os.getenv("SKIP_TESTS")
 
+if test_all and specific_test:
+    print(f"WARNING: can't have both TEST_ALL and SPECIFIC_TEST at the same time...")
+    print(f"Running TEST_ALL instead")
+    specific_test = ""
+
 print("========================================")
 print(f"db: {db}")
 print(f"workspace: {workspace_name}")
 print(f"test_workflows: {test_workflows}")
 print(f"test_all: {test_all}")
+print(f"specific_test: {specific_test}")
 print(f"skip_tests: {skip_tests}")
 print("========================================")
 
@@ -224,6 +231,7 @@ def download_files(force_redownload=False):
     modal.Image.debian_slim(python_version="3.11")
     .env({"COMFYUI_PATH": "/root", "COMFYUI_MODEL_PATH": "/root/models"}) 
     .env({"TEST_ALL": os.getenv("TEST_ALL")})
+    .env({"SPECIFIC_TEST": os.getenv("SPECIFIC_TEST")})
     .apt_install("git", "git-lfs", "libgl1-mesa-glx", "libglib2.0-0", "libmagic1", "ffmpeg", "libegl1")
     .pip_install_from_pyproject(str(root_dir / "pyproject.toml"))
     .pip_install("diffusers==0.31.0")
@@ -319,10 +327,11 @@ def downloads(self):
             
     @modal.build()
     def test_workflows(self):
-        print(" ==== TESTING WORKFLOWS ====")
         if os.getenv("SKIP_TESTS"):
             print("Skipping tests")
             return
+            
+        print(" ==== TESTING WORKFLOWS ====")
         
         t1 = time.time()
         self._start()
@@ -348,6 +357,8 @@ def test_workflows(self):
             test_all = os.getenv("TEST_ALL", False)
             if test_all:
                 tests = glob.glob(f"/root/workspace/workflows/{workflow}/test*.json")
+            elif specific_test:
+                tests = [f"/root/workspace/workflows/{workflow}/{specific_test}"]
             else:
                 tests = [f"/root/workspace/workflows/{workflow}/test.json"]
             print(f"====> Running tests for {workflow}: ", tests)
diff --git a/eve/api.py b/eve/api.py
index a06002b..60d2fc8 100644
--- a/eve/api.py
+++ b/eve/api.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import json
 import modal
+import threading
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends, BackgroundTasks
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 from eve.agent import Agent
 from eve.user import User
 from eve.task import Task
+from eve.tools.comfyui_tool import convert_tasks2_to_tasks3
 from eve import deploy
 
 # Config and logging setup
@@ -62,7 +64,9 @@
 @web_app.on_event("startup")
 async def startup_event():
     web_app.state.ably_client = AblyRealtime(os.getenv("ABLY_PUBLISHER_KEY"))
-
+    watch_thread = threading.Thread(target=convert_tasks2_to_tasks3, daemon=True)
+    watch_thread.start()
+    logger.info("Started tasks2 watch thread.")
 
 class TaskRequest(BaseModel):
     tool: str
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ async def task_admin(
     request: TaskRequest, 
     _: dict = Depends(auth.authenticate_admin)
 ):
+    print("===== this is the request", request)
     result = await handle_task(request.tool, request.user_id, request.args)
     return serialize_document(result.model_dump(by_alias=True))
 
diff --git a/eve/tool.py b/eve/tool.py
index 7cb3114..f46a91a 100644
--- a/eve/tool.py
+++ b/eve/tool.py
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ def calculate_cost(self, args):
     def prepare_args(self, args: dict):
         unrecognized_args = set(args.keys()) - set(self.model.model_fields.keys())
         if unrecognized_args:
-            raise ValueError(
+            # raise ValueError(
+            print(
                 f"Unrecognized arguments provided for {self.key}: {', '.join(unrecognized_args)}"
             )
 
diff --git a/eve/tools/comfyui_tool.py b/eve/tools/comfyui_tool.py
index 33f5b4b..7af69e9 100644
--- a/eve/tools/comfyui_tool.py
+++ b/eve/tools/comfyui_tool.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from bson import ObjectId
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 from typing import List, Optional, Dict
+import asyncio
 
 from ..mongo import get_collection
 from ..tool import Tool
@@ -89,7 +90,6 @@ async def async_run(self, args: Dict):
             env=db
         )
         result = {"output": result}
-        print(result)
         return result
 
     @Tool.handle_start_task
@@ -114,23 +114,31 @@ async def async_start_task(self, task: Task):
             env=db
         )
         return job.object_id
-    
-    @Tool.handle_wait
-    async def async_wait(self, task: Task):
-        # hack to accommodate legacy comfyui tasks
-        # 1) get completed task from tasks2 collection
-        # 2) copy over canonical test
-        # 3) return new task
-        fc = modal.functions.FunctionCall.from_id(task.handler_id)
-        await fc.get.aio()
-        task.reload()
 
-        tasks2 = get_collection("tasks2")
-        task2 = tasks2.find_one({"_id": task.id})
-        task.update(
-            status=task2["status"],
-            error=task2["error"],
-            result=task2["result"]
-        )
 
-        return task.model_dump(include={"status", "error", "result"})
+def convert_tasks2_to_tasks3():
+    """
+    This is hack to retrofit legacy ComfyUI tasks in tasks2 collection to new tasks3 records
+    """
+    pipeline = [
+        {
+            "$match": {
+                "operationType": {"$in": ["insert", "update", "replace"]}
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+    try:
+        tasks2 = get_collection("tasks2")
+        with tasks2.watch(pipeline) as stream:
+            for change in stream:
+                task_id = change["documentKey"]["_id"]
+                update = change["updateDescription"]["updatedFields"]
+                task = Task.from_mongo(task_id)
+                task.reload()
+                task.update(
+                    status=update.get("status", task.status),
+                    error=update.get("error", task.error),
+                    result=update.get("result", task.result)
+                )
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error in watch_tasks2 thread: {e}")