diff --git a/coderd/provisionerjobs.go b/coderd/provisionerjobs.go
index 3770cf217d0a0..7d83d3f905cfe 100644
--- a/coderd/provisionerjobs.go
+++ b/coderd/provisionerjobs.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (api *API) provisionerJobLogs(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, job
 	// if we are following logs, start the subscription before we query the database, so that we don't miss any logs
 	// between the end of our query and the start of the subscription.  We might get duplicates, so we'll keep track
 	// of processed IDs.
-	var bufferedLogs <-chan database.ProvisionerJobLog
+	var bufferedLogs <-chan *database.ProvisionerJobLog
 	if follow {
 		bl, closeFollow, err := api.followLogs(actor, job.ID)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ func (api *API) provisionerJobLogs(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, job
 			logger.Debug(context.Background(), "job logs context canceled")
 			return
 		case log, ok := <-bufferedLogs:
-			if !ok {
-				logger.Debug(context.Background(), "done with published logs")
+			// A nil log is sent when complete!
+			if !ok || log == nil {
+				logger.Debug(context.Background(), "reached the end of published logs")
 				return
 			}
 			if logIdsDone[log.ID] {
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ func (api *API) provisionerJobLogs(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, job
 			} else {
 				logger.Debug(ctx, "subscribe encoding log",
 					slog.F("stage", log.Stage))
-				err = encoder.Encode(convertProvisionerJobLog(log))
+				err = encoder.Encode(convertProvisionerJobLog(*log))
 				if err != nil {
 					return
 				}
@@ -369,12 +370,12 @@ type provisionerJobLogsMessage struct {
 	EndOfLogs    bool  `json:"end_of_logs,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func (api *API) followLogs(actor rbac.Subject, jobID uuid.UUID) (<-chan database.ProvisionerJobLog, func(), error) {
+func (api *API) followLogs(actor rbac.Subject, jobID uuid.UUID) (<-chan *database.ProvisionerJobLog, func(), error) {
 	logger := api.Logger.With(slog.F("job_id", jobID))
 
 	var (
 		closed       = make(chan struct{})
-		bufferedLogs = make(chan database.ProvisionerJobLog, 128)
+		bufferedLogs = make(chan *database.ProvisionerJobLog, 128)
 		logMut       = &sync.Mutex{}
 	)
 	closeSubscribe, err := api.Pubsub.Subscribe(
@@ -415,9 +416,9 @@ func (api *API) followLogs(actor rbac.Subject, jobID uuid.UUID) (<-chan database
 						return
 					default:
 					}
-
+					log := log
 					select {
-					case bufferedLogs <- log:
+					case bufferedLogs <- &log:
 						logger.Debug(ctx, "subscribe buffered log", slog.F("stage", log.Stage))
 					default:
 						// If this overflows users could miss logs streaming. This can happen
@@ -439,9 +440,7 @@ func (api *API) followLogs(actor rbac.Subject, jobID uuid.UUID) (<-chan database
 				default:
 				}
 				logger.Debug(ctx, "got End of Logs")
-
-				close(closed)
-				close(bufferedLogs)
+				bufferedLogs <- nil
 				logMut.Unlock()
 			}
 		},
@@ -449,5 +448,9 @@ func (api *API) followLogs(actor rbac.Subject, jobID uuid.UUID) (<-chan database
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	return bufferedLogs, closeSubscribe, nil
+	return bufferedLogs, func() {
+		closeSubscribe()
+		close(closed)
+		close(bufferedLogs)
+	}, nil
 }