diff --git a/util/github/scalesets/runners.go b/util/github/scalesets/runners.go
index 252d7e94..79c321bc 100644
--- a/util/github/scalesets/runners.go
+++ b/util/github/scalesets/runners.go
@@ -45,14 +45,8 @@ func (s *ScaleSetClient) GenerateJitRunnerConfig(ctx context.Context, runnerName
 		return params.RunnerScaleSetJitRunnerConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to ensure admin info: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	serviceURL, err := s.actionsServiceInfo.GetURL()
-	if err != nil {
-		return params.RunnerScaleSetJitRunnerConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get pipeline URL: %w", err)
-	}
-	jitConfigPath := fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%d/generatejitconfig", scaleSetEndpoint, scaleSetID)
-	jitConfigURL := serviceURL.JoinPath(jitConfigPath)
-
-	req, err := s.newActionsRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, jitConfigURL.String(), bytes.NewBuffer(body))
+	jitConfigPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d/generatejitconfig", scaleSetEndpoint, scaleSetID)
+	req, err := s.newActionsRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, jitConfigPath, bytes.NewBuffer(body))
 	if err != nil {
 		return params.RunnerScaleSetJitRunnerConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to create request: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/util/github/scalesets/util.go b/util/github/scalesets/util.go
index 15c3a5cf..ac5468bf 100644
--- a/util/github/scalesets/util.go
+++ b/util/github/scalesets/util.go
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ func (s *ScaleSetClient) newActionsRequest(ctx context.Context, method, path str
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get pipeline URL: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	uri, err := actionsURI.Parse(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse path: %w", err)
-	}
-
+	uri := actionsURI.JoinPath(path)
 	q := uri.Query()
 	if q.Get("api-version") == "" {
 		q.Set("api-version", "6.0-preview")
diff --git a/workers/scaleset/scaleset.go b/workers/scaleset/scaleset.go
index 5022217a..5226d981 100644
--- a/workers/scaleset/scaleset.go
+++ b/workers/scaleset/scaleset.go
@@ -671,14 +671,11 @@ Loop:
 			slog.ErrorContext(w.ctx, "error starting listener", "error", err, "consumer_id", w.consumerID)
 			if canceled := w.sleepWithCancel(2 * time.Second); canceled {
 				slog.InfoContext(w.ctx, "worker is stopped; exiting keepListenerAlive")
-				w.mux.Unlock()
 				return
 			}
 			// we failed to start the listener. Try again.
-			w.mux.Unlock()
 			continue
 		}
-		w.mux.Unlock()
 
 		select {
 		case <-w.quit: