diff --git a/src/main/java/JobServ/ProcessManager.java b/src/main/java/JobServ/ProcessManager.java
index ed68c98..83ea830 100644
--- a/src/main/java/JobServ/ProcessManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/JobServ/ProcessManager.java
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ class ProcessManager {
 
         try {
             ProcessController newProc = new ProcessController(command, this.LOCK_TIMEOUT);
-            // we dont need to lock the map yet
             this.processMap.put(newProc.getPid(), newProc);
-            this.releaseLock(newProc.getPid());
             return newProc.getPid();
 
         } catch (IOException e) {