diff --git a/binaries/daemon/src/lib.rs b/binaries/daemon/src/lib.rs
index 469de8c7..7f38d5f7 100644
--- a/binaries/daemon/src/lib.rs
+++ b/binaries/daemon/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ use tokio::fs::File;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedSender;
+use tokio::sync::oneshot::Sender;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
 use tokio_stream::{wrappers::ReceiverStream, Stream, StreamExt};
+use tracing::log::error;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 mod coordinator;
@@ -206,8 +208,7 @@ impl Daemon {
         while let Some(event) = events.next().await {
             match event {
                 Event::Coordinator(CoordinatorEvent { event, reply_tx }) => {
-                    let (reply, status) = self.handle_coordinator_event(event).await?;
-                    let _ = reply_tx.send(reply);
+                    let status = self.handle_coordinator_event(event, reply_tx).await?;
 
                     match status {
                         RunStatus::Continue => {}
@@ -258,8 +259,9 @@ impl Daemon {
     async fn handle_coordinator_event(
         &mut self,
         event: DaemonCoordinatorEvent,
-    ) -> eyre::Result<(Option<DaemonCoordinatorReply>, RunStatus)> {
-        let (reply, status) = match event {
+        reply_tx: Sender<Option<DaemonCoordinatorReply>>,
+    ) -> eyre::Result<RunStatus> {
+        let status = match event {
             DaemonCoordinatorEvent::Spawn(SpawnDataflowNodes {
                 dataflow_id,
                 working_dir,
@@ -291,7 +293,10 @@ impl Daemon {
                 }
                 let reply =
                     DaemonCoordinatorReply::SpawnResult(result.map_err(|err| format!("{err:?}")));
-                (Some(reply), RunStatus::Continue)
+                let _ = reply_tx.send(Some(reply)).map_err(|_| {
+                    error!("could not send `SpawnResult` reply from daemon to coordinator")
+                });
+                RunStatus::Continue
             }
             DaemonCoordinatorEvent::AllNodesReady { dataflow_id } => {
                 match self.running.get_mut(&dataflow_id) {
@@ -305,32 +310,39 @@ impl Daemon {
                         );
                     }
                 }
-                (None, RunStatus::Continue)
+                let _ = reply_tx.send(None).map_err(|_| {
+                    error!("could not send `AllNodesReady` reply from daemon to coordinator")
+                });
+                RunStatus::Continue
             }
             DaemonCoordinatorEvent::Logs {
                 dataflow_id,
                 node_id,
             } => {
-                // read file
-                let logs = async {
-                    let log_dir = temp_dir();
-
-                    let mut file = File::open(log_dir.join(log::log_path(&dataflow_id, &node_id)))
-                        .await
-                        .wrap_err("Could not open log file")?;
-
-                    let mut contents = vec![];
-                    file.read_to_end(&mut contents)
-                        .await
-                        .wrap_err("Could not read content of log file")?;
-                    Result::<Vec<u8>, eyre::Report>::Ok(contents)
-                }
-                .await
-                .map_err(|err| format!("{err:?}"));
-                (
-                    Some(DaemonCoordinatorReply::Logs(logs)),
-                    RunStatus::Continue,
-                )
+                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    let logs = async {
+                        let log_dir = temp_dir();
+
+                        let mut file =
+                            File::open(log_dir.join(log::log_path(&dataflow_id, &node_id)))
+                                .await
+                                .wrap_err("Could not open log file")?;
+
+                        let mut contents = vec![];
+                        file.read_to_end(&mut contents)
+                            .await
+                            .wrap_err("Could not read content of log file")?;
+                        Result::<Vec<u8>, eyre::Report>::Ok(contents)
+                    }
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(|err| format!("{err:?}"));
+                    let _ = reply_tx
+                        .send(Some(DaemonCoordinatorReply::Logs(logs)))
+                        .map_err(|_| {
+                            error!("could not send logs reply from daemon to coordinator")
+                        });
+                });
+                RunStatus::Continue
             }
             DaemonCoordinatorEvent::ReloadDataflow {
                 dataflow_id,
@@ -340,7 +352,10 @@ impl Daemon {
                 let result = self.send_reload(dataflow_id, node_id, operator_id).await;
                 let reply =
                     DaemonCoordinatorReply::ReloadResult(result.map_err(|err| format!("{err:?}")));
-                (Some(reply), RunStatus::Continue)
+                let _ = reply_tx
+                    .send(Some(reply))
+                    .map_err(|_| error!("could not send reload reply from daemon to coordinator"));
+                RunStatus::Continue
             }
             DaemonCoordinatorEvent::StopDataflow { dataflow_id } => {
                 let stop = async {
@@ -354,19 +369,25 @@ impl Daemon {
                 let reply = DaemonCoordinatorReply::StopResult(
                     stop.await.map_err(|err| format!("{err:?}")),
                 );
-                (Some(reply), RunStatus::Continue)
+                let _ = reply_tx
+                    .send(Some(reply))
+                    .map_err(|_| error!("could not send stop reply from daemon to coordinator"));
+                RunStatus::Continue
             }
             DaemonCoordinatorEvent::Destroy => {
                 tracing::info!("received destroy command -> exiting");
                 let reply = DaemonCoordinatorReply::DestroyResult(Ok(()));
-                (Some(reply), RunStatus::Exit)
+                let _ = reply_tx
+                    .send(Some(reply))
+                    .map_err(|_| error!("could not send destroy reply from daemon to coordinator"));
+                RunStatus::Exit
+            }
+            DaemonCoordinatorEvent::Watchdog => {
+                let _ = reply_tx.send(Some(DaemonCoordinatorReply::WatchdogAck));
+                RunStatus::Continue
             }
-            DaemonCoordinatorEvent::Watchdog => (
-                Some(DaemonCoordinatorReply::WatchdogAck),
-                RunStatus::Continue,
-            ),
         };
-        Ok((reply, status))
+        Ok(status)
     }
 
     async fn handle_inter_daemon_event(&mut self, event: InterDaemonEvent) -> eyre::Result<()> {