diff --git a/src/praetor/mod.rs b/src/praetor/mod.rs
index 02b803c..5583431 100644
--- a/src/praetor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/praetor/mod.rs
@@ -739,17 +739,19 @@ mod job {
             }
         }
 
-        pub fn execute(&self, scope: &super::Scope) {
+        pub fn execute(job: NonNull<Self>, scope: &super::Scope) {
             // SAFETY: self is non-null
             unsafe {
-                let (ptr, state) = self.harness_and_state.ptr_and_tag(Ordering::Relaxed);
-                debug_assert_eq!(state, JobState::Pending as usize);
+                let this = job.as_ref();
+                let (ptr, state) = this.harness_and_state.ptr_and_tag(Ordering::Relaxed);
 
+                debug_assert_eq!(state, JobState::Pending as usize);
                 let harness: unsafe fn(*const (), *const Self, scope: &super::Scope) =
                     mem::transmute(ptr.as_ptr());
-                let this = (*self.val_or_this.get()).this;
 
-                harness(this.as_ptr().cast(), (self as *const Self).cast(), scope);
+                let this = (*this.val_or_this.get()).this;
+
+                harness(this.as_ptr().cast(), job.as_ptr(), scope);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1096,9 +1098,9 @@ impl Scope {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    fn execute(&self, job: &Job) {
+    fn execute(&self, job: NonNull<Job>) {
         self.tick();
-        job.execute(self);
+        Job::execute(job, self);
     }
 
     #[cold]
@@ -1125,9 +1127,7 @@ impl Scope {
             if ptr.as_ptr() == &*job as *const _ as *mut _ {
                 return None;
             } else {
-                unsafe {
-                    self.execute(ptr.as_ref());
-                }
+                self.execute(ptr);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1148,9 +1148,7 @@ impl Scope {
                 break;
             };
 
-            unsafe {
-                self.execute(job.as_ref());
-            }
+            self.execute(job);
         }
         // while job isn't done, run other jobs.
         Some(job.wait())
@@ -1279,9 +1277,7 @@ fn worker(ctx: Arc<Context>, barrier: Arc<std::sync::Barrier>) {
     let mut job = ctx.shared.lock().jobs.pop_first();
     loop {
         if let Some((_, job)) = job {
-            unsafe {
-                scope.execute(job.as_ref());
-            }
+            scope.execute(job);
         }
 
         let mut guard = ctx.shared.lock();