diff --git a/database/sql/jobs.go b/database/sql/jobs.go
index d819d4c3..b7dda926 100644
--- a/database/sql/jobs.go
+++ b/database/sql/jobs.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package sql
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
@@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ func (s *sqlDatabase) CreateOrUpdateJob(ctx context.Context, job params.Job) (pa
 				workflowJob.InstanceID = &instance.ID
 			} else {
 				// This usually is very normal as not all jobs run on our runners.
-				slog.DebugContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("failed to get instance by name: %s", job.RunnerName))
+				slog.DebugContext(ctx, "failed to get instance by name", "instance_name", job.RunnerName)
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/runner/pool/pool.go b/runner/pool/pool.go
index 83f9c172..8eca237a 100644
--- a/runner/pool/pool.go
+++ b/runner/pool/pool.go
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ func (r *basePoolManager) HandleWorkflowJob(job params.WorkflowJob) error {
 	// we see events where the lables seem to be missing. We should ignore these
 	// as we can't know if we should handle them or not.
 	if len(job.WorkflowJob.Labels) == 0 {
-		slog.WarnContext(
-			r.ctx, fmt.Sprintf("job has no labels: %s", job.WorkflowJob.Name))
+		slog.WarnContext(r.ctx, "job has no labels", "workflow_job", job.WorkflowJob.Name)
 		return nil
 	}