diff --git a/app/jobs/application_job.rb b/app/jobs/application_job.rb
index 76d43bdb..4b2de030 100644
--- a/app/jobs/application_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/application_job.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 class ApplicationJob < ActiveJob::Base
-  attr_reader :request_id
+  # This is a little unorthodox, but we want the request_id to be available as an instance variable on the job,
+  # so we add it to the arguments before the job is enqueued and then pull it out in a before_perform callback.
+  # Admittedly, the request_id method mutates the arguments as a side effect of pulling the request_id out.
 
   before_enqueue do
     arguments << { request_id: Current.request_id } if Current.request_id
   end
 
-  around_perform do |job, block|
-    @request_id = job.arguments.pop[:request_id] if job.arguments.last.is_a?(Hash) && job.arguments.last.key?(:request_id)
-    block.call
-  end
+  before_perform :log_job_metadata
 
-  around_perform :log_job_metadata
+  def request_id
+    r_id_hash, rest = arguments.partition { |arg| arg.is_a?(Hash) && arg.key?(:request_id) } unless defined? @request_id
+    self.arguments = rest if rest.any?
+    @request_id = r_id_hash.first[:request_id] if r_id_hash.any?
+    @request_id
+  end
 
   def today
     @today ||= Time.zone.now.strftime('%Y%m%d')
   end
 
   def log_job_metadata
-    logger.with_fields = { activejob_id: job_id, request_id: @request_id }
-    yield
+    logger.with_fields = { activejob_id: job_id, request_id: }
   end
 
   # Log an exception