diff --git a/src/mind/mod.rs b/src/mind/mod.rs
index 8327a06..ecc4192 100644
--- a/src/mind/mod.rs
+++ b/src/mind/mod.rs
@@ -239,7 +239,13 @@ impl Mind {
         for cmd in cmds {
             match cmd {
                 MindCommand::None => {}
-                MindCommand::Compact => self.check_compaction(),
+                MindCommand::Compact => {
+                    let threshold = compaction_threshold(&self.config.app);
+                    let mut ag = self.agent.lock().await;
+                    if ag.last_prompt_tokens() > threshold {
+                        ag.compact();
+                    }
+                }
                 MindCommand::Score => {
                     let mut s = self.shared.lock().unwrap();
                     if !s.scoring_in_flight {
@@ -317,19 +323,6 @@ impl Mind {
         });
     }
 
-    fn check_compaction(&self) {
-        let threshold = compaction_threshold(&self.config.app);
-        let agent = self.agent.clone();
-        let shared = self.shared.clone();
-        shared.lock().unwrap().compaction_in_flight = true;
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
-            let mut ag = agent.lock().await;
-            if ag.last_prompt_tokens() > threshold {
-                ag.compact();
-            }
-            shared.lock().unwrap().compaction_in_flight = false;
-        });
-    }
 
 
     pub async fn shutdown(&mut self) {