diff --git a/pdelfin/beakerpipeline.py b/pdelfin/beakerpipeline.py
index a2a7466..849e0bc 100644
--- a/pdelfin/beakerpipeline.py
+++ b/pdelfin/beakerpipeline.py
@@ -236,8 +236,10 @@ async def load_pdf_work_queue(args) -> asyncio.Queue:
 async def process_page(args, session: aiohttp.ClientSession, pdf_s3_path: str, pdf_local_path: str, page_num: int) -> PageResult:
     COMPLETION_URL = "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions"
     MAX_RETRIES = 3
+    
+    attempt = 0
 
-    for attempt in range(1, MAX_RETRIES + 1):
+    while attempt < MAX_RETRIES:
         query = await build_page_query(
             pdf_local_path,
             page_num,
@@ -267,11 +269,20 @@ async def process_page(args, session: aiohttp.ClientSession, pdf_s3_path: str, p
                     output_tokens=base_response_data["usage"].get("completion_tokens", 0)
                 )
         except aiohttp.ClientError as e:
-            logger.warning(f"Client error on attempt {attempt} for {pdf_s3_path}-{page_num}:: {e}")
+            logger.warning(f"Client error on attempt {attempt} for {pdf_s3_path}-{page_num}: {e}")
+            
+            # Now we want to do exponential backoff, and not count this as an actual page retry
+            # Page retrys are supposed to be for fixing bad results from the model, but actual requests to sglang 
+            # are supposed to work. Probably this means that the server is just restarting
+            logger.info(f"Sleeping for 5 seconds on {pdf_s3_path}-{page_num} to allow server restart")
+            await asyncio.sleep(5)
+
         except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
             logger.warning(f"JSON decode error on attempt {attempt} for {pdf_s3_path}-{page_num}: {e}")
+            attempt += 1
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(f"Unexpected error on attempt {attempt} for {pdf_s3_path}-{page_num}:: {e}")
+            logger.warning(f"Unexpected error on attempt {attempt} for {pdf_s3_path}-{page_num}: {e}")
+            attempt += 1
 
         if attempt >= MAX_RETRIES:
             logger.error(f"Failed to process {pdf_s3_path}-{page_num} after {MAX_RETRIES} attempts.")
@@ -429,25 +440,41 @@ async def sglang_server_task(args, semaphore):
 
     atexit.register(_kill_proc)
 
-    last_queue_req = None  # To track transitions
+    last_running_req, last_queue_req = 0, 0 # To track transitions
+    can_release_automatically = False
+    last_semaphore_release = time.time()
     async def process_line(line):
         sglang_logger.info(line)
+
+        match = re.search(r'#running-req: (\d+)', line)
+        if match:
+            last_running_req = int(match.group(1))
+
+            if last_running_req > 0:
+                can_release_automatically = True
         
         # Parse the line and update semaphore if necessary
         match = re.search(r'#queue-req: (\d+)', line)
         if match:
             queue_req = int(match.group(1))
-            logger.info(f"sglang queue req: {queue_req}")
+            logger.info(f"sglang running req: {last_running_req} queue req: {queue_req}")
 
             nonlocal last_queue_req
-            if last_queue_req is not None and last_queue_req != 0 and queue_req == 0:
+            if last_queue_req != 0 and queue_req == 0:
                 # Release the semaphore when queue_req transitions from non-zero to zero
                 if semaphore.locked():
                     semaphore.release()
+                    last_semaphore_release = time.time()
                     logger.info("Semaphore released, allowing a worker to proceed.")
 
             last_queue_req = queue_req
 
+        # And have a semaphore release automatically if there are no running requests for > 30 seconds
+        if last_running_req == 0 and time.time() - last_semaphore_release > 30 and semaphore.locked():
+            semaphore.release()
+            last_semaphore_release = time.time()
+            logger.info("Semaphore released due to timeout, allowing a worker to proceed.")
+
     async def read_stream(stream):
         while True:
             line = await stream.readline()
@@ -465,6 +492,11 @@ async def sglang_server_task(args, semaphore):
     await stderr_task
 
 
+async def sglang_server_host(args, semaphore):
+    while True:
+        await sglang_server_task(args, semaphore)
+
+
 async def sglang_server_ready():
     max_attempts = 300
     delay_sec = 1
@@ -528,7 +560,7 @@ async def main():
     # As soon as one worker is no longer saturating the gpu, the next one can start sending requests
     semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(1)
 
-    sglang_server = asyncio.create_task(sglang_server_task(args, semaphore))
+    sglang_server = asyncio.create_task(sglang_server_host(args, semaphore))
 
     work_queue = await load_pdf_work_queue(args)
     logger.info(f"Work queue prepared with {work_queue.qsize()} items")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d8bbf6..9d9269c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 inference = [
-    "sglang[all]"
+    { git = "https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang.git", rev = "eff468dd5a3d24646560eb044276585f7a11ac3c", subdirectory = "python", extras = ["all"] }
 ]
 
 train = [