diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c403ab30..85ecb405 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 7.0.9 2024-10-18
+  * Fixed problem with concurrentJobsGlobal not actually reading from environment variable
+
 ## 7.0.8 2024-09-09
   * ERM-3321 Description can be too long for index, causing mod-agreements error when updating from 6.0.x to later versions or failure on saving agreements with a long description
     * Swap basic GIN indices for GIN indices with trigram operator where they're not already set.
diff --git a/service/gradle.properties b/service/gradle.properties
index b078fbe8..4cfe22de 100644
--- a/service/gradle.properties
+++ b/service/gradle.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ gormVersion=8.0.3
 
 # Application
 appName=mod-agreements
-appVersion=7.0.8
+appVersion=7.0.9
 dockerTagSuffix=
 dockerRepo=folioci
 
diff --git a/service/grails-app/services/org/olf/general/jobs/JobRunnerService.groovy b/service/grails-app/services/org/olf/general/jobs/JobRunnerService.groovy
index a44306ba..b004d139 100644
--- a/service/grails-app/services/org/olf/general/jobs/JobRunnerService.groovy
+++ b/service/grails-app/services/org/olf/general/jobs/JobRunnerService.groovy
@@ -88,13 +88,21 @@ order by pj.dateCreated
   @PostConstruct
   void init() {
     // Set up the Executor
-    if ( grailsApplication.config.concurrentJobsGlobal instanceof Integer && grailsApplication.config.concurrentJobsGlobal > 0 )
-      CONCURRENT_JOBS_GLOBAL = grailsApplication.config.concurrentJobsGlobal;
+    try {
+      def concurrentJobsGlobalConfig = grailsApplication.config.getProperty('concurrentJobsGlobal', int);
+      if (concurrentJobsGlobalConfig > 0) {
+        CONCURRENT_JOBS_GLOBAL = concurrentJobsGlobalConfig;
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      log.error("Failed to read concurrentJobsGlobal from config: ${e}")
+    }
     
+    log.info("Configured jobConcurrency: ${CONCURRENT_JOBS_GLOBAL}")
 		// Base the number of small jobs executable on the limit imposed on the default runner.
 		taskConcurrency = CONCURRENT_JOBS_GLOBAL * 2
-		
-    // SO: This is not ideal. We don't want to limit jobs globally to 1 ideally. It should be 
+		log.info("Configured taskConcurrency: ${taskConcurrency}")
+
+    // SO: This is not ideal. We don't want to limit jobs globally to 1 ideally. It should be
     // 1 per tenant, but that will involve implementing custom handling for the queue and executor.
     // While we only have 1 tenant, this will suffice.
     executorSvc = new ThreadPoolExecutor(
@@ -111,7 +119,7 @@ order by pj.dateCreated
       5,
       TimeUnit.SECONDS, // Makes the above wait time in 'seconds'
       new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>() // Blocking queue
-    )		
+    )
 
     // Raise an event to say we are ready.
     notify('jobs:job_runner_ready')