diff --git a/doc/events.md b/doc/events.md
index 6bc61a9d..e643a5c2 100644
--- a/doc/events.md
+++ b/doc/events.md
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ The filter is defined as a JSON that you write over the websocket connections. T
             "job",
             "controller",
             "github_credentials",
-            "github_endpoint"
+            "gitea_credentials",
+            "github_endpoint",
+            "scaleset"
           ],
           "title": "entity type",
           "description": "The type of entity to filter on",
diff --git a/workers/cache/gitea_tools.go b/workers/cache/gitea_tools.go
index 43fd86ba..8410a826 100644
--- a/workers/cache/gitea_tools.go
+++ b/workers/cache/gitea_tools.go
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ func getTools(ctx context.Context) ([]commonParams.RunnerApplicationDownload, er
 			slog.InfoContext(ctx, "ignoring unrecognized tools os", "tool", asset.Name)
 			continue
 		}
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(asset.DownloadURL, ".xz") {
+			// filter out non compressed versions.
+			continue
+		}
 		ret = append(ret, commonParams.RunnerApplicationDownload{
 			OS:           os,
 			Architecture: arch,
diff --git a/workers/scaleset/scaleset.go b/workers/scaleset/scaleset.go
index f5b34400..03a93387 100644
--- a/workers/scaleset/scaleset.go
+++ b/workers/scaleset/scaleset.go
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ func (w *Worker) Start() (err error) {
 					return fmt.Errorf("updating runner %s: %w", instance.Name, err)
 				}
 			}
+		} else if instance.Status == commonParams.InstanceDeleted {
+			if err := w.handleInstanceCleanup(instance); err != nil {
+				locking.Unlock(instance.Name, false)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove database entry for %s: %w", instance.Name, err)
+			}
+			continue
 		}
 		w.runners[instance.ID] = instance
 		locking.Unlock(instance.Name, false)