diff --git a/src/agent/cli.v b/src/agent/cli.v
index 063d960..a375f08 100644
--- a/src/agent/cli.v
+++ b/src/agent/cli.v
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import conf as vconf
 
 struct Config {
 pub:
-	log_level             string = 'WARN'
+	log_level string = 'WARN'
+	// Architecture that the agent represents
+	arch                  string
 	api_key               string
 	address               string
 	data_dir              string
diff --git a/src/agent/daemon.v b/src/agent/daemon.v
index bc74362..f060863 100644
--- a/src/agent/daemon.v
+++ b/src/agent/daemon.v
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import sync.stdatomic
 import build { BuildConfig }
 import client
 import time
+import os
 
 const (
 	build_empty   = 0
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ fn agent_init(logger log.Log, conf Config) AgentDaemon {
 }
 
 pub fn (mut d AgentDaemon) run() {
+	// This is just so that the very first time the loop is ran, the jobs are
+	// always polled
+	mut last_poll_time := time.now().add_seconds(-d.conf.polling_frequency)
+
 	for {
 		free_builds := d.update_atomics()
 
@@ -53,16 +58,37 @@ pub fn (mut d AgentDaemon) run() {
 		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()')
+		if time.now() >= last_poll_time.add_seconds(d.conf.polling_frequency) {
+			new_configs := d.client.poll_jobs(d.conf.arch, free_builds) or {
+				d.lerror('Failed to poll jobs: $err.msg()')
+
+				time.sleep(5 * time.second)
+				continue
+			}
+			last_poll_time = time.now()
+
+			// Schedule new jobs
+			for config in new_configs {
+				// TODO handle this better than to just skip the config
+				// Make sure a recent build base image is available for building the config
+				d.images.refresh_image(config.base_image) or {
+					d.lerror(err.msg())
+					continue
+				}
+				d.start_build(config)
+			}
 
 			time.sleep(1 * time.second)
-			continue
 		}
-
-		// Schedule new jobs
-		for config in new_configs {
-			d.start_build(config)
+		// Builds are running, so check again after one second
+		else if free_builds < d.conf.max_concurrent_builds {
+			time.sleep(1 * time.second)
+		}
+		// The agent is not doing anything, so we just wait until the next poll
+		// time
+		else {
+			time_until_next_poll := time.now() - last_poll_time
+			time.sleep(time_until_next_poll)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -108,24 +134,28 @@ fn (mut d AgentDaemon) run_build(build_index int, config BuildConfig) {
 	// 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()')
+	new_config := BuildConfig{
+		...config
+		base_image: d.images.get(config.base_image)
+	}
+
+	res := build.build_config(d.client.address, d.client.api_key, new_config) or {
+		d.ldebug('build_config error: $err.msg()')
 		status = 1
 
 		build.BuildResult{}
 	}
 
 	if status == 0 {
-		d.linfo('finished build: $sb.target.url -> $sb.target.repo; uploading logs...')
+		d.linfo('finished build: $config.url -> $config.repo; uploading logs...')
 
 		build_arch := os.uname().machine
-		d.client.add_build_log(sb.target.id, res.start_time, res.end_time, build_arch,
+		d.client.add_build_log(config.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')
+			d.lerror('Failed to upload logs for build: $config.url -> $config.repo')
 		}
 	} else {
-		d.linfo('an error occured during build: $sb.target.url -> $sb.target.repo')
+		d.linfo('an error occured during build: $config.url -> $config.repo')
 	}
 
 	stdatomic.store_u64(&d.atomics[build_index], agent.build_done)
diff --git a/src/agent/images.v b/src/agent/images.v
index aee2be0..78bf2d0 100644
--- a/src/agent/images.v
+++ b/src/agent/images.v
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ fn new_image_manager(refresh_frequency int) ImageManager {
 	}
 }
 
+pub fn (m &ImageManager) get(base_image string) string {
+	return m.images[base_image].last()
+}
+
 fn (mut m ImageManager) refresh_image(base_image string) ! {
 	// No need to refresh the image if the previous one is still new enough
 	if base_image in m.timestamps
diff --git a/src/build/build.v b/src/build/build.v
index adec070..2d51156 100644
--- a/src/build/build.v
+++ b/src/build/build.v
@@ -104,16 +104,16 @@ pub:
 }
 
 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
-		}
+	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)
+	return build_config(address, api_key, config)
 }
 
 // build_target builds, packages & publishes a given Arch package based on the
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ pub fn build_config(address string, api_key string, config BuildConfig) !BuildRe
 	}
 
 	build_arch := os.uname().machine
-	build_script := create_build_script(address, target, build_arch)
+	build_script := create_build_script(address, config, build_arch)
 
 	// We convert the build script into a base64 string, which then gets passed
 	// to the container as an env var
 	base64_script := base64.encode_str(build_script)
 
 	c := docker.NewContainer{
-		image: '$base_image_id'
+		image: '$config.base_image'
 		env: [
 			'BUILD_SCRIPT=$base64_script',
 			'API_KEY=$api_key',
diff --git a/src/build/queue.v b/src/build/queue.v
index b704926..29036e4 100644
--- a/src/build/queue.v
+++ b/src/build/queue.v
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ pub fn (mut q BuildJobQueue) insert(target Target, arch string) ! {
 			}
 		}
 
-		dump(job)
 		q.queues[arch].insert(job)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/build/shell.v b/src/build/shell.v
index e573d53..c2d0c9b 100644
--- a/src/build/shell.v
+++ b/src/build/shell.v
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 module build
 
-import models { Target }
-
 // escape_shell_string escapes any characters that could be interpreted
 // incorrectly by a shell. The resulting value should be safe to use inside an
 // echo statement.
@@ -23,13 +21,13 @@ pub fn echo_commands(cmds []string) []string {
 }
 
 // create_build_script generates a shell script that builds a given Target.
-fn create_build_script(address string, target &Target, build_arch string) string {
-	repo_url := '$address/$target.repo'
+fn create_build_script(address string, config BuildConfig, build_arch string) string {
+	repo_url := '$address/$config.repo'
 
 	mut commands := [
 		// This will later be replaced by a proper setting for changing the
 		// mirrorlist
-		"echo -e '[$target.repo]\\nServer = $address/\$repo/\$arch\\nSigLevel = Optional' >> /etc/pacman.conf"
+		"echo -e '[$config.repo]\\nServer = $address/\$repo/\$arch\\nSigLevel = Optional' >> /etc/pacman.conf"
 		// We need to update the package list of the repo we just added above.
 		// This should however not pull in a lot of packages as long as the
 		// builder image is rebuilt frequently.
@@ -38,22 +36,22 @@ fn create_build_script(address string, target &Target, build_arch string) string
 		'su builder',
 	]
 
-	commands << match target.kind {
+	commands << match config.kind {
 		'git' {
-			if target.branch == '' {
+			if config.branch == '' {
 				[
-					"git clone --single-branch --depth 1 '$target.url' repo",
+					"git clone --single-branch --depth 1 '$config.url' repo",
 				]
 			} else {
 				[
-					"git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $target.branch '$target.url' repo",
+					"git clone --single-branch --depth 1 --branch $config.branch '$config.url' repo",
 				]
 			}
 		}
 		'url' {
 			[
 				'mkdir repo',
-				"curl -o repo/PKGBUILD -L '$target.url'",
+				"curl -o repo/PKGBUILD -L '$config.url'",
 			]
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/src/client/jobs.v b/src/client/jobs.v
index 281d6ce..30f2531 100644
--- a/src/client/jobs.v
+++ b/src/client/jobs.v
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ module client
 
 import build { BuildConfig }
 
-pub fn (c &Client) poll_jobs(max int) ![]BuildConfig {
+pub fn (c &Client) poll_jobs(arch string, max int) ![]BuildConfig {
 	data := c.send_request<[]BuildConfig>(.get, '/api/v1/jobs/poll', {
-		'max': max.str()
+		'arch': arch
+		'max':  max.str()
 	})!
 
 	return data.data
diff --git a/vieter.toml b/vieter.toml
index d3922a4..9a68ae3 100644
--- a/vieter.toml
+++ b/vieter.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ data_dir = "data"
 pkg_dir = "data/pkgs"
 log_level = "DEBUG"
 default_arch = "x86_64"
+arch = "x86_64"
 
 address = "http://localhost:8000"
 
@@ -11,4 +12,3 @@ global_schedule = '* *'
 api_update_frequency = 2
 image_rebuild_frequency = 1
 max_concurrent_builds = 3
-