diff --git a/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/JobState.scala b/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/JobState.scala
index f2f52775..7f0aa31e 100644
--- a/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/JobState.scala
+++ b/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/JobState.scala
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ object JobState {
     NonEmptyList.of(Waiting, Scheduled, Running, Stuck)
   val inProgress: Set[JobState] = Set(Scheduled, Running, Stuck)
 
+  def isDone(state: JobState): Boolean =
+    done.exists(_ == state)
+
   def parse(str: String): Either[String, JobState] =
     str.toLowerCase match {
       case "waiting"   => Right(Waiting)
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/scheduler/JobTask.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/scheduler/JobTask.scala
index 9a04ad79..fd291d0b 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/scheduler/JobTask.scala
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/scheduler/JobTask.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import cats.implicits._
 import docspell.common.Ident
 import docspell.common.syntax.all._
 
-import io.circe.Decoder
+import io.circe.{Decoder, Encoder, Json}
 
 /** Binds a Task to a name. This is required to lookup the code based on the taskName in
   * the RJob data and to execute it given the arguments that have to be read from a
@@ -24,18 +24,19 @@ import io.circe.Decoder
   */
 case class JobTask[F[_]](
     name: Ident,
-    task: Task[F, String, Unit],
+    task: Task[F, String, Json],
     onCancel: Task[F, String, Unit]
 )
 
 object JobTask {
 
-  def json[F[_]: Sync, A](
+  def json[F[_]: Sync, A, B](
       name: Ident,
-      task: Task[F, A, Unit],
+      task: Task[F, A, B],
       onCancel: Task[F, A, Unit]
   )(implicit
-      D: Decoder[A]
+      D: Decoder[A],
+      E: Encoder[B]
   ): JobTask[F] = {
     val convert: String => F[A] =
       str =>
@@ -45,6 +46,6 @@ object JobTask {
             Sync[F].raiseError(new Exception(s"Cannot parse task arguments: $str", ex))
         }
 
-    JobTask(name, task.contramap(convert), onCancel.contramap(convert))
+    JobTask(name, task.contramap(convert).map(E.apply), onCancel.contramap(convert))
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/scheduler/SchedulerImpl.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/scheduler/SchedulerImpl.scala
index 877364b6..d30c43eb 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/scheduler/SchedulerImpl.scala
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/scheduler/SchedulerImpl.scala
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import docspell.store.queries.QJob
 import docspell.store.queue.JobQueue
 import docspell.store.records.RJob
 
+import io.circe.Json
 import org.log4s.getLogger
 
 final class SchedulerImpl[F[_]: Async](
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ final class SchedulerImpl[F[_]: Async](
           ctx <- Context[F, String](job, job.args, config, logSink, store)
           _ <- t.onCancel.run(ctx)
           _ <- state.modify(_.markCancelled(job))
-          _ <- onFinish(job, JobState.Cancelled)
+          _ <- onFinish(job, Json.Null, JobState.Cancelled)
           _ <- ctx.logger.warn("Job has been cancelled.")
           _ <- logger.fdebug(s"Job ${job.info} has been cancelled.")
         } yield ()
@@ -197,27 +198,32 @@ final class SchedulerImpl[F[_]: Async](
     }
   }
 
-  def onFinish(job: RJob, finalState: JobState): F[Unit] =
+  def onFinish(job: RJob, result: Json, finishState: JobState): F[Unit] =
     for {
-      _ <- logger.fdebug(s"Job ${job.info} done $finalState. Releasing resources.")
+      _ <- logger.fdebug(s"Job ${job.info} done $finishState. Releasing resources.")
       _ <- permits.release *> permits.available.flatMap(a =>
         logger.fdebug(s"Permit released ($a free)")
       )
       _ <- state.modify(_.removeRunning(job))
-      _ <- QJob.setFinalState(job.id, finalState, store)
-      _ <- pubSub.publish1IgnoreErrors(
-        JobDone.topic,
-        JobDone(job.id, job.group, job.task, job.args, finalState)
+      _ <- QJob.setFinalState(job.id, finishState, store)
+      _ <- Sync[F].whenA(JobState.isDone(finishState))(
+        pubSub.publish1IgnoreErrors(
+          JobDone.topic,
+          JobDone(job.id, job.group, job.task, job.args, finishState)
+        )
       )
-      _ <- eventSink.offer(
-        Event.JobDone(
-          job.id,
-          job.group,
-          job.task,
-          job.args,
-          job.state,
-          job.subject,
-          job.submitter
+      _ <- Sync[F].whenA(JobState.isDone(finishState))(
+        eventSink.offer(
+          Event.JobDone(
+            job.id,
+            job.group,
+            job.task,
+            job.args,
+            job.state,
+            job.subject,
+            job.submitter,
+            result
+          )
         )
       )
     } yield ()
@@ -231,45 +237,45 @@ final class SchedulerImpl[F[_]: Async](
 
   def wrapTask(
       job: RJob,
-      task: Task[F, String, Unit],
+      task: Task[F, String, Json],
       ctx: Context[F, String]
   ): Task[F, String, Unit] =
     task
       .mapF(fa => onStart(job) *> logger.fdebug("Starting task now") *> fa)
       .mapF(_.attempt.flatMap {
-        case Right(()) =>
+        case Right(result) =>
           logger.info(s"Job execution successful: ${job.info}")
           ctx.logger.info("Job execution successful") *>
-            (JobState.Success: JobState).pure[F]
+            (JobState.Success: JobState, result).pure[F]
         case Left(ex) =>
           state.get.map(_.wasCancelled(job)).flatMap {
             case true =>
               logger.error(ex)(s"Job ${job.info} execution failed (cancel = true)")
               ctx.logger.error(ex)("Job execution failed (cancel = true)") *>
-                (JobState.Cancelled: JobState).pure[F]
+                (JobState.Cancelled: JobState, Json.Null).pure[F]
             case false =>
               QJob.exceedsRetries(job.id, config.retries, store).flatMap {
                 case true =>
                   logger.error(ex)(s"Job ${job.info} execution failed. Retries exceeded.")
                   ctx.logger
                     .error(ex)(s"Job ${job.info} execution failed. Retries exceeded.")
-                    .map(_ => JobState.Failed: JobState)
+                    .map(_ => (JobState.Failed: JobState, Json.Null))
                 case false =>
                   logger.error(ex)(s"Job ${job.info} execution failed. Retrying later.")
                   ctx.logger
                     .error(ex)(s"Job ${job.info} execution failed. Retrying later.")
-                    .map(_ => JobState.Stuck: JobState)
+                    .map(_ => (JobState.Stuck: JobState, Json.Null))
               }
           }
       })
       .mapF(_.attempt.flatMap {
-        case Right(jstate) =>
-          onFinish(job, jstate)
+        case Right((jstate, result)) =>
+          onFinish(job, result, jstate)
         case Left(ex) =>
           logger.error(ex)(s"Error happened during post-processing of ${job.info}!")
           // we don't know the real outcome here…
           // since tasks should be idempotent, set it to stuck. if above has failed, this might fail anyways
-          onFinish(job, JobState.Stuck)
+          onFinish(job, Json.Null, JobState.Stuck)
       })
 
   def forkRun(
@@ -291,7 +297,7 @@ final class SchedulerImpl[F[_]: Async](
                 ()
             } *>
             state.modify(_.markCancelled(job)) *>
-            onFinish(job, JobState.Cancelled) *>
+            onFinish(job, Json.Null, JobState.Cancelled) *>
             ctx.logger.warn("Job has been cancelled.") *>
             logger.fdebug(s"Job ${job.info} has been cancelled.")
         )
diff --git a/modules/notification/api/src/main/scala/docspell/notification/api/Event.scala b/modules/notification/api/src/main/scala/docspell/notification/api/Event.scala
index 18ff790a..3da27455 100644
--- a/modules/notification/api/src/main/scala/docspell/notification/api/Event.scala
+++ b/modules/notification/api/src/main/scala/docspell/notification/api/Event.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import cats.implicits._
 
 import docspell.common._
 
-import io.circe.{Decoder, Encoder}
+import io.circe.{Decoder, Encoder, Json}
 
 /** An event generated in the platform. */
 sealed trait Event {
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ object Event {
       args: String,
       state: JobState,
       subject: String,
-      submitter: Ident
+      submitter: Ident,
+      result: Json
   ) extends Event {
     val eventType = JobDone
     val baseUrl = None
@@ -220,7 +221,8 @@ object Event {
           "",
           JobState.running,
           "Process 3 files",
-          account.user
+          account.user,
+          Json.Null
         )
       } yield ev
   }
diff --git a/modules/notification/impl/src/main/scala/docspell/notification/impl/context/JobDoneCtx.scala b/modules/notification/impl/src/main/scala/docspell/notification/impl/context/JobDoneCtx.scala
index 2b5c9b24..8ef19754 100644
--- a/modules/notification/impl/src/main/scala/docspell/notification/impl/context/JobDoneCtx.scala
+++ b/modules/notification/impl/src/main/scala/docspell/notification/impl/context/JobDoneCtx.scala
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import docspell.notification.api._
 import docspell.notification.impl.AbstractEventContext
 
 import doobie._
-import io.circe.Encoder
 import io.circe.syntax._
+import io.circe.{Encoder, Json}
 import yamusca.implicits._
 
 final case class JobDoneCtx(event: Event.JobDone, data: JobDoneCtx.Data)
@@ -45,14 +45,23 @@ object JobDoneCtx {
       args: String,
       state: JobState,
       subject: String,
-      submitter: Ident
+      submitter: Ident,
+      result: Json
   )
   object Data {
     implicit val jsonEncoder: Encoder[Data] =
       io.circe.generic.semiauto.deriveEncoder
 
     def apply(ev: Event.JobDone): Data =
-      Data(ev.jobId, ev.group, ev.task, ev.args, ev.state, ev.subject, ev.submitter)
+      Data(
+        ev.jobId,
+        ev.group,
+        ev.task,
+        ev.args,
+        ev.state,
+        ev.subject,
+        ev.submitter,
+        ev.result
+      )
   }
-
 }