diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61c50b1..3353b66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ oracle-nomad-cluster
 .settings
 /validation/nomad_temp/**
 /validation/nomad
+**/*.tsv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadExecutor.groovy b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadExecutor.groovy
index 96a6b3b..5973aaf 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadExecutor.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadExecutor.groovy
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ class NomadExecutor extends Executor implements ExtensionPoint {
 
     @Override
     TaskHandler createTaskHandler(TaskRun task) {
+        assert task
+        assert task.workDir
+        log.trace "[NOMAD] launching process > ${task.name} -- work folder: ${task.workDirStr}"
         return new NomadTaskHandler(task, this.config, service)
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadService.groovy b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadService.groovy
index b29bf0f..bfc6954 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadService.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadService.groovy
@@ -114,52 +114,38 @@ class NomadService implements Closeable{
     }
 
 
-    String getJobState(String jobId){
+    TaskState getTaskState(String jobId){
         try {
             List<AllocationListStub> allocations = safeExecutor.apply {
                 jobsApi.getJobAllocations(jobId, config.jobOpts().region, config.jobOpts().namespace,
                         null, null, null, null, null, null,
                         null, null)
             }
-            AllocationListStub last = allocations?.sort {
+            AllocationListStub last = allocations ? allocations.sort {
                 it.modifyIndex
-            }?.last()
-            String currentState = last?.taskStates?.values()?.last()?.state
-            log.debug "Task $jobId , state=$currentState"
-            currentState ?: "Unknown"
+            }?.last() : null
+            TaskState currentState = last?.taskStates?.values()?.last()
+            log.debug "Task $jobId , state=${currentState.state}"
+            currentState
         }catch(Exception e){
             log.debug("[NOMAD] Failed to get jobState ${jobId} -- Cause: ${e.message ?: e}", e)
-            "dead"
+            new TaskState(state: "unknow")
         }
     }
 
 
 
-    boolean checkIfRunning(String jobId){
+    String getJobStatus(String jobId){
         try {
             Job job = safeExecutor.apply {
                 jobsApi.getJob(jobId, config.jobOpts().region, config.jobOpts().namespace,
                         null, null, null, null, null, null, null)
             }
             log.debug "[NOMAD] checkIfRunning jobID=$job.ID; status=$job.status"
-            job.status == "running"
+            job.status
         }catch (Exception e){
             log.debug("[NOMAD] Failed to get jobState ${jobId} -- Cause: ${e.message ?: e}", e)
-            false
-        }
-    }
-
-    boolean checkIfDead(String jobId){
-        try{
-            Job job = safeExecutor.apply {
-                jobsApi.getJob(jobId, config.jobOpts().region, config.jobOpts().namespace,
-                        null, null, null, null, null, null, null)
-            }
-            log.debug "[NOMAD] checkIfDead jobID=$job.ID; status=$job.status"
-            job.status == "dead"
-        }catch (Exception e){
-            log.debug("[NOMAD] Failed to get job ${jobId} -- Cause: ${e.message ?: e}", e)
-            true
+            "Unknow"
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadTaskHandler.groovy b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadTaskHandler.groovy
index c5a91ae..63d9931 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadTaskHandler.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/main/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadTaskHandler.groovy
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package nextflow.nomad.executor
 
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import io.nomadproject.client.model.TaskState
 import nextflow.exception.ProcessSubmitException
 import nextflow.exception.ProcessUnrecoverableException
 import nextflow.executor.BashWrapperBuilder
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import nextflow.processor.TaskStatus
 import nextflow.trace.TraceRecord
 import nextflow.util.Escape
 import nextflow.SysEnv
+import org.threeten.bp.OffsetDateTime
 
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ class NomadTaskHandler extends TaskHandler implements FusionAwareTask {
 
     private String clientName = null
 
-    private String state
+    private TaskState state
 
     private long timestamp
 
@@ -72,41 +74,46 @@ class NomadTaskHandler extends TaskHandler implements FusionAwareTask {
 
     @Override
     boolean checkIfRunning() {
-        if(isActive()) {
-            determineClientNode()
+        if( !jobName ) throw new IllegalStateException("Missing Nomad Job name -- cannot check if running")
+        if(isSubmitted()) {
+            def state = taskState0()
+            // include `terminated` state to allow the handler status to progress
+            if( state && ( "running" == state.state || "terminated" == state.state)){
+                status = TaskStatus.RUNNING
+                determineClientNode()
+                return true
+            }
         }
-        nomadService.checkIfRunning(this.jobName)
+        return false
     }
 
     @Override
     boolean checkIfCompleted() {
-        if (!nomadService.checkIfDead(this.jobName)) {
-            return false
-        }
+        if( !jobName ) throw new IllegalStateException("Missing Nomad Job name -- cannot check if running")
 
-        state = taskState0(this.jobName)
+        def state = taskState0()
 
-        final isFinished = [
-                "complete",
-                "failed",
-                "dead",
-                "lost"].contains(state)
+        final isFinished = state && state.finishedAt != null
 
-        log.debug "[NOMAD] checkIfCompleted task.name=$task.name; state=$state completed=$isFinished"
+        log.debug "[NOMAD] checkIfCompleted task.name=$task.name; state=${state?.state} completed=$isFinished"
 
         if (isFinished) {
             // finalize the task
             task.exitStatus = readExitFile()
             task.stdout = outputFile
             task.stderr = errorFile
-            this.status = TaskStatus.COMPLETED
-            if (state == "failed" || state == "lost" || state == "unknown")
+            status = TaskStatus.COMPLETED
+            if ( !state || state.failed ) {
                 task.error = new ProcessUnrecoverableException()
+                task.aborted = true
+            }
 
             if (shouldDelete()) {
                 nomadService.jobPurge(this.jobName)
             }
 
+            updateTimestamps(state?.startedAt, state?.finishedAt)
+            determineClientNode()
             return true
         }
 
@@ -180,13 +187,13 @@ class NomadTaskHandler extends TaskHandler implements FusionAwareTask {
         return ret
     }
 
-    protected String taskState0(String taskName) {
+    protected TaskState taskState0() {
         final now = System.currentTimeMillis()
         final delta = now - timestamp;
         if (!status || delta >= 1_000) {
 
-            def newState = nomadService.getJobState(jobName)
-            log.debug "[NOMAD] Check jobState: jobName=$jobName currentState=$state newState=$newState"
+            def newState = nomadService.getTaskState(jobName)
+            log.debug "[NOMAD] Check jobState: jobName=$jobName currentState=${state?.state} newState=${newState?.state}"
 
             if (newState) {
                 state = newState
@@ -229,4 +236,19 @@ class NomadTaskHandler extends TaskHandler implements FusionAwareTask {
         return result
     }
 
+    void updateTimestamps(OffsetDateTime start, OffsetDateTime end){
+        try {
+            startTimeMillis = start.toInstant().toEpochMilli()
+            completeTimeMillis = end.toInstant().toEpochMilli()
+        } catch( Exception e ) {
+            // Only update if startTimeMillis hasn't already been set.
+            // If startTimeMillis _has_ been set, then both startTimeMillis
+            // and completeTimeMillis will have been set with the normal
+            // TaskHandler mechanism, so there's no need to reset them here.
+            if (!startTimeMillis) {
+                startTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis()
+                completeTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis()
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadServiceSpec.groovy b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadServiceSpec.groovy
index 66f84ad..4bb8427 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadServiceSpec.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-nomad/src/test/nextflow/nomad/executor/NomadServiceSpec.groovy
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class NomadServiceSpec extends Specification{
         mockWebServer.enqueue(new MockResponse()
                 .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"));
 
-        def state = service.getJobState("theId")
+        def state = service.getTaskState("theId")
         def recordedRequest = mockWebServer.takeRequest();
 
         then:
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class NomadServiceSpec extends Specification{
                 """)
                 .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"));
 
-        state = service.getJobState("theId")
+        state = service.getTaskState("theId")
         recordedRequest = mockWebServer.takeRequest();
 
         then:
diff --git a/validation/tower/main.nf b/validation/tower/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c53e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/tower/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nextflow
+
+process sayHello {
+    container   'ubuntu:20.04'
+
+    input:
+    val x
+    output:
+    stdout
+    script:
+    """
+    sleep 10
+    echo '$x world!'
+    """
+}
+
+workflow {
+    Channel.of('Bonjour', 'Ciao', 'Hello', 'Hola') | sayHello | view
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/validation/tower/nextflow.config b/validation/tower/nextflow.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb92b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/tower/nextflow.config
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+plugins {
+    id "nf-nomad@${System.getenv("NOMAD_PLUGIN_VERSION") ?: "latest"}"
+}
+
+process {
+    executor = "nomad"
+}
+
+tower {
+    enabled = true
+    workspaceId = "276172789442513"
+}
+
+nomad {
+
+    client {
+        address = "http://localhost:4646"
+    }
+
+    jobs {
+        deleteOnCompletion = false
+        volume = { type "host" name "scratchdir" }
+    }
+
+}