diff --git a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/builders/JobBuilder.groovy b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/builders/JobBuilder.groovy
index e23a7a8..00939aa 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/builders/JobBuilder.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/builders/JobBuilder.groovy
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class JobBuilder {
 
         def task = createTask(taskRun, args, env, jobOpts)
         def taskGroup = new TaskGroup(
-                name: "group",
+                name: "nf-taskgroup",
                 tasks: [ task ],
                 reschedulePolicy: taskReschedulePolicy,
                 restartPolicy: taskRestartPolicy
diff --git a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadService.groovy b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadService.groovy
index a04ad2e..f1fa735 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadService.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadService.groovy
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ class NomadService implements Closeable{
                 it.modifyIndex
             }?.last() : null
             TaskState currentState = last?.taskStates?.values()?.last()
-            log.debug "Task $jobId , state=${currentState?.state}"
+            log.debug "[NOMAD] getTaskStatus $jobId , state=${currentState?.state}"
             currentState ?: new TaskState(state: "unknown", failed: true, finishedAt: OffsetDateTime.now())
         }catch(Exception e){
-            log.debug("[NOMAD] Failed to get jobState ${jobId} -- Cause: ${e.message ?: e}", e)
+            log.debug("[NOMAD] getTaskStatus Failed to get jobState ${jobId} -- Cause: ${e.message ?: e}", e)
             new TaskState(state: "unknown", failed: true, finishedAt: OffsetDateTime.now())
         }
     }
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ class NomadService implements Closeable{
                 jobsApi.getJob(jobId, config.jobOpts().region, config.jobOpts().namespace,
                         null, null, null, null, null, null, null)
             }
-            log.debug "[NOMAD] checkIfRunning jobID=$job.ID; status=$job.status"
+            log.debug "[NOMAD] getJobStatus jobID=$job.ID; status=$job.status"
             job.status
         }catch (Exception e){
-            log.debug("[NOMAD] Failed to get jobState ${jobId} -- Cause: ${e.message ?: e}", e)
+            log.debug("[NOMAD] getJobStatus Failed to get jobState ${jobId} -- Cause: ${e.message ?: e}", e)
             "unknown"
         }
     }
diff --git a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadTaskHandler.groovy b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadTaskHandler.groovy
index 87a52b5..0393910 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadTaskHandler.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadTaskHandler.groovy
@@ -72,14 +72,41 @@ class NomadTaskHandler extends TaskHandler implements FusionAwareTask {
         this.exitFile = task.workDir.resolve(TaskRun.CMD_EXIT)
     }
 
+
+//-------------------------------------------------
+//
+// NOTE: From https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/blob/6a41dc7b2f1fdbbc5a20ed267b4ad25fc2a14489/api/jobs.go#L1263-L1287
+//
+//-------------------------------------------------
+//        type JobChildrenSummary struct {
+//            Pending int64
+//            Running int64
+//            Dead    int64
+//        }
+//-------------------------------------------------
+//        type TaskGroupSummary struct {
+//            Queued   int
+//            Complete int
+//            Failed   int
+//            Running  int
+//            Starting int
+//            Lost     int
+//            Unknown  int
+//        }
+//-------------------------------------------------
+
+
     @Override
     boolean checkIfRunning() {
-        if( !jobName ) throw new IllegalStateException("Missing Nomad Job name -- cannot check if running")
+        if( !jobName ) throw new IllegalStateException("[NOMAD] Missing Nomad Job name -- cannot check if running")
         if(isSubmitted()) {
             def state = taskState0()
+
+            log.debug "[NOMAD] checkIfRunning task=$task.name; state=${state?.state}"
+
             // include `terminated` state to allow the handler status to progress
-            if( state && ( ["running","terminated"].contains(state.state))){
-                status = TaskStatus.RUNNING
+            if( state && ( ["running","pending","unknown"].contains(state.state))){
+                this.status = TaskStatus.RUNNING
                 determineClientNode()
                 return true
             }
@@ -89,15 +116,14 @@ class NomadTaskHandler extends TaskHandler implements FusionAwareTask {
 
     @Override
     boolean checkIfCompleted() {
-        if( !jobName ) throw new IllegalStateException("Missing Nomad Job name -- cannot check if running")
+        if( !jobName ) throw new IllegalStateException("[NOMAD] Missing Nomad Job name -- cannot check if running")
+        def isFinished = false
 
         def state = taskState0()
 
-        final isFinished = state && (state.finishedAt != null || state.state == "unknow")
-
-        log.debug "[NOMAD] checkIfCompleted task.name=$task.name; state=${state?.state} completed=$isFinished"
+        log.debug "[NOMAD] checkIfCompleted task=$task.name; state=${state?.state}"
 
-        if (isFinished) {
+        if( state && ( ["dead","complete"].contains(state.state))){
             // finalize the task
             task.exitStatus = readExitFile()
             task.stdout = outputFile
@@ -193,7 +219,7 @@ class NomadTaskHandler extends TaskHandler implements FusionAwareTask {
         if (!status || delta >= 1_000) {
 
             def newState = nomadService.getTaskState(jobName)
-            log.debug "[NOMAD] Check jobState: jobName=$jobName currentState=${state?.state} newState=${newState?.state}"
+            log.debug "[NOMAD] taskState0 jobName=$jobName currentState=${state?.state} newState=${newState?.state}"
 
             if (newState) {
                 state = newState
diff --git a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/NomadDSLSpec.groovy b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/NomadDSLSpec.groovy
index 193f3a5..3e0cb2d 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/NomadDSLSpec.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/NomadDSLSpec.groovy
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class NomadDSLSpec  extends Dsl2Spec{
         }
 
         when:
-        def SCRIPT = '''     
+        def SCRIPT = '''
             process sayHello{
                 container 'ubuntu:22.0.4'
                 input:
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ class NomadDSLSpec  extends Dsl2Spec{
                     """
                     echo '$x world!\'
                     """
-            }       
+            }
             workflow {
                 channel.of('hi!') | sayHello | view
-            } 
+            }
             '''
         and:
         def result = new MockScriptRunner([
diff --git a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/builders/JobBuilderSpec.groovy b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/builders/JobBuilderSpec.groovy
index c515368..3b85196 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/builders/JobBuilderSpec.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/builders/JobBuilderSpec.groovy
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class JobBuilderSpec extends Specification {
         def taskGroup = JobBuilder.createTaskGroup(taskRun, args, env, jobOpts)
 
         then:
-        taskGroup.name == "group"
+        taskGroup.name == "nf-taskgroup"
         taskGroup.tasks.size() == 1
         taskGroup.tasks[0].name == "nf-task"
         taskGroup.tasks[0].config.image == "test-container"
diff --git a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadServiceSpec.groovy b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadServiceSpec.groovy
index 7fa442e..69bef13 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadServiceSpec.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadServiceSpec.groovy
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class NomadServiceSpec extends Specification{
         body.Job.Name == name
         body.Job.Type == "batch"
         body.Job.TaskGroups.size() == 1
-        body.Job.TaskGroups[0].Name == "group"
+        body.Job.TaskGroups[0].Name == "nf-taskgroup"
         body.Job.TaskGroups[0].Tasks.size() == 1
         body.Job.TaskGroups[0].Tasks[0].Name == "nf-task"
         body.Job.TaskGroups[0].Tasks[0].Resources.Cores == 1
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class NomadServiceSpec extends Specification{
         body.Job.Name == name
         body.Job.Type == "batch"
         body.Job.TaskGroups.size() == 1
-        body.Job.TaskGroups[0].Name == "group"
+        body.Job.TaskGroups[0].Name == "nf-taskgroup"
         body.Job.TaskGroups[0].Tasks.size() == 1
         body.Job.TaskGroups[0].Tasks[0].Name == "nf-task"
         body.Job.TaskGroups[0].Tasks[0].Resources.Cores == 1
diff --git a/validation/sun-nomadlab/nextflow.config b/validation/sun-nomadlab/nextflow.config
index 5e5de70..464ada2 100644
--- a/validation/sun-nomadlab/nextflow.config
+++ b/validation/sun-nomadlab/nextflow.config
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ wave {
 fusion {
     enabled = true
     exportStorageCredentials = true
+    logLevel = 'verbose' // 'info' | 'debug'
 }
 
 nomad {
@@ -45,15 +46,15 @@ nomad {
 
         volume = { type "host" name "scratch" }
 
-        constraints = {
-//            attr {
-//                unique = [hostname:'nomad03']
-//                //raw 'platform.aws.instance-type', '=', 'm4.xlarge'
+//         constraints = {
+// //            attr {
+// //                unique = [hostname:'nomad03']
+// //                //raw 'platform.aws.instance-type', '=', 'm4.xlarge'
 
-            node {
-                unique = [name: "nomad03"]
-            }
+//             node {
+//                 unique = [name: "nomad03"]
+//             }
 
-        }
+//         }
     }
 }