diff --git a/lib/oxidized/jobs.rb b/lib/oxidized/jobs.rb
index c1008e8d2..e205fad7b 100644
--- a/lib/oxidized/jobs.rb
+++ b/lib/oxidized/jobs.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def increment
       # a) less threads running than the total amount of nodes
       # b) we want less than the max specified number of threads
 
-      want = [(@want + 1), @nodes.size, @max].min
+      @want = [(@want + 1), @nodes.size, @max].min
     end
 
     def work