diff --git a/src/agent/daemon.v b/src/agent/daemon.v
index 0508790..bc74362 100644
--- a/src/agent/daemon.v
+++ b/src/agent/daemon.v
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import log
 import sync.stdatomic
 import build { BuildConfig }
 import client
+import time
 
 const (
 	build_empty   = 0
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ const (
 struct AgentDaemon {
 	logger shared log.Log
 	conf   Config
+mut:
 	images ImageManager
 	// Which builds are currently running; length is same as
 	// conf.max_concurrent_builds
@@ -41,13 +43,33 @@ pub fn (mut d AgentDaemon) run() {
 	for {
 		free_builds := d.update_atomics()
 
-		if free_builds > 0 {
+		// All build slots are taken, so there's nothing to be done
+		if free_builds == 0 {
+			time.sleep(1 * time.second)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Builds have finished, so old builder images might have freed up.
+		d.images.clean_old_images()
+
+		// Poll for new jobs
+		new_configs := d.client.poll_jobs(free_builds) or {
+			d.lerror('Failed to poll jobs: $err.msg()')
+
+			time.sleep(1 * time.second)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Schedule new jobs
+		for config in new_configs {
+			d.start_build(config)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 // update_atomics checks for each build whether it's completed, and sets it to
-// free again if so. The return value is how many fields are now set to free.
+// free again if so. The return value is how many build slots are currently
+// free.
 fn (mut d AgentDaemon) update_atomics() int {
 	mut count := 0
 
@@ -62,3 +84,49 @@ fn (mut d AgentDaemon) update_atomics() int {
 
 	return count
 }
+
+// start_build starts a build for the given BuildConfig object.
+fn (mut d AgentDaemon) start_build(config BuildConfig) bool {
+	for i in 0 .. d.atomics.len {
+		if stdatomic.load_u64(&d.atomics[i]) == agent.build_empty {
+			stdatomic.store_u64(&d.atomics[i], agent.build_running)
+			d.builds[i] = config
+
+			go d.run_build(i, config)
+
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// run_build actually starts the build process for a given target.
+fn (mut d AgentDaemon) run_build(build_index int, config BuildConfig) {
+	d.linfo('started build: $config.url -> $config.repo')
+
+	// 0 means success, 1 means failure
+	mut status := 0
+
+	res := build.build_target(d.client.address, d.client.api_key, d.builder_images.last(),
+		&sb.target) or {
+		d.ldebug('build_target error: $err.msg()')
+		status = 1
+
+		build.BuildResult{}
+	}
+
+	if status == 0 {
+		d.linfo('finished build: $sb.target.url -> $sb.target.repo; uploading logs...')
+
+		build_arch := os.uname().machine
+		d.client.add_build_log(sb.target.id, res.start_time, res.end_time, build_arch,
+			res.exit_code, res.logs) or {
+			d.lerror('Failed to upload logs for build: $sb.target.url -> $sb.target.repo')
+		}
+	} else {
+		d.linfo('an error occured during build: $sb.target.url -> $sb.target.repo')
+	}
+
+	stdatomic.store_u64(&d.atomics[build_index], agent.build_done)
+}
diff --git a/src/build/build.v b/src/build/build.v
index 13d3e45..adec070 100644
--- a/src/build/build.v
+++ b/src/build/build.v
@@ -103,10 +103,23 @@ pub:
 	logs       string
 }
 
+pub fn build_target(address string, api_key string, base_image_id string, target &Target) !BuildResult {
+config := BuildConfig{
+	target_id: target.id
+	kind: target.kind
+	url: target.url
+	branch: target.branch
+	repo: target.repo
+	base_image: base_image_id
+		}
+
+		return build_config(address, api_key, config)
+}
+
 // build_target builds, packages & publishes a given Arch package based on the
 // provided target. The base image ID should be of an image previously created
 // by create_build_image. It returns the logs of the container.
-pub fn build_target(address string, api_key string, base_image_id string, target &Target) !BuildResult {
+pub fn build_config(address string, api_key string, config BuildConfig) !BuildResult {
 	mut dd := docker.new_conn()!
 
 	defer {
diff --git a/src/client/jobs.v b/src/client/jobs.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..281d6ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/jobs.v
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module client
+
+import build { BuildConfig }
+
+pub fn (c &Client) poll_jobs(max int) ![]BuildConfig {
+	data := c.send_request<[]BuildConfig>(.get, '/api/v1/jobs/poll', {
+		'max': max.str()
+	})!
+
+	return data.data
+}