diff --git a/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/transcoder/Repository.java b/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/transcoder/Repository.java
index 8fe28ba..128c1ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/transcoder/Repository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/transcoder/Repository.java
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ public class Repository {
   }
 
   // archives files in the ingest directory
-  public void archiveIngest() {
-    File repo = new File(this.archivePath);
-    File[] sourceFiles = repo.listFiles();
-
+  public void archiveIngest(File[] sourceFiles) {
     for (File f : sourceFiles) {
       Path filePath = Path.of(f.toString());
       String filename = filePath.getFileName().toString();
@@ -58,10 +55,7 @@ public class Repository {
   }
 
   // clean up the ingest directory once we're done
-  public void cleanupIngest() {
-    File repo = new File(this.ingestPath);
-    File[] sourceFiles = repo.listFiles();
-
+  public void cleanupIngest(File[] sourceFiles) {
     for (File f : sourceFiles) {
       f.delete();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/transcoder/Transcoder.java b/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/transcoder/Transcoder.java
index 987df64..4474e0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/transcoder/Transcoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/transcoder/Transcoder.java
@@ -32,19 +32,19 @@ public class Transcoder {
 
   // create a periodic timer task and start it
   public void run() {
-    // save source video files
-    this.repo.archiveIngest();
-    // transcode video files to new format
-    this.transcode();
-    // cleanup old video files in ingest
-    this.repo.cleanupIngest();
+    // pull list of files to transcode
+    File[] sourceFiles = this.repo.searchIngest();
+
+    // archive files
+    this.repo.archiveIngest(sourceFiles);
+    // transcode files
+    this.transcode(sourceFiles);
+    // cleanup old files
+    this.repo.cleanupIngest(sourceFiles);
   }
 
   // transcode files in the working directory
-  public void transcode() {
-    // search for files
-    File[] sourceFiles = this.repo.searchIngest();
-
+  public void transcode(File[] sourceFiles) {
     // check if the ingest directory is empty
     if (sourceFiles.length == 0) {
       Logger.logger.info("There is nothing to transcode in ingest.");