diff --git a/src/ctrl/ctrl_core.c b/src/ctrl/ctrl_core.c
index 07f828fb..b9b51256 100644
--- a/src/ctrl/ctrl_core.c
+++ b/src/ctrl/ctrl_core.c
@@ -5930,7 +5930,7 @@ ctrl_thread__run(DMN_CtrlCtx *ctrl_ctx, CTRL_Msg *msg)
     B32 spoof_mode = 0;
     CTRL_Spoof spoof = {0};
     DMN_TrapChunkList entry_traps = {0};
-    for(;;)
+    for(U64 run_loop_idx = 0;; run_loop_idx += 1)
     {
       //////////////////////////
       //- rjf: choose low level traps
@@ -5954,7 +5954,10 @@ ctrl_thread__run(DMN_CtrlCtx *ctrl_ctx, CTRL_Msg *msg)
       //- rjf: setup run controls
       //
       DMN_RunCtrls run_ctrls = {0};
-      run_ctrls.priority_thread  = target_thread.dmn_handle;
+      if(run_loop_idx == 0)
+      {
+        run_ctrls.priority_thread = target_thread.dmn_handle;
+      }
       run_ctrls.ignore_previous_exception = 1;
       run_ctrls.run_entity_count = frozen_threads.count;
       run_ctrls.run_entities     = push_array(scratch.arena, DMN_Handle, run_ctrls.run_entity_count);