diff --git a/internal/lefthook/runner/run_jobs.go b/internal/lefthook/runner/run_jobs.go
index 97ee68d4..30ea77cc 100644
--- a/internal/lefthook/runner/run_jobs.go
+++ b/internal/lefthook/runner/run_jobs.go
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ var (
 type domain struct {
 	failed *atomic.Bool
 
-	glob string
-	root string
+	glob     string
+	root     string
+	onlyJobs []string
 }
 
 func (r *Runner) runJobs(ctx context.Context) []Result {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func (r *Runner) runJobs(ctx context.Context) []Result {
 	resultsChan := make(chan Result, len(r.Hook.Jobs))
 
 	var failed atomic.Bool
-	domain := &domain{failed: &failed}
+	domain := &domain{failed: &failed, onlyJobs: r.RunOnlyJobs}
 
 	for i, job := range r.Hook.Jobs {
 		id := strconv.Itoa(i)
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func (r *Runner) runJob(ctx context.Context, domain *domain, id string, job *con
 	}
 
 	if len(job.Run) != 0 || len(job.Script) != 0 {
-		if len(r.RunOnlyJobs) != 0 && !slices.Contains(r.RunOnlyJobs, job.Name) {
+		if len(domain.onlyJobs) != 0 && !slices.Contains(domain.onlyJobs, job.Name) {
 			return skipped(job.PrintableName(id))
 		}
 
@@ -95,13 +96,8 @@ func (r *Runner) runJob(ctx context.Context, domain *domain, id string, job *con
 		inheritedDomain.root = first(job.Root, domain.root)
 		groupName := first(job.Name, "["+id+"]")
 
-		if len(r.RunOnlyJobs) != 0 && slices.Contains(r.RunOnlyJobs, job.Name) {
-			children := make([]string, len(job.Group.Jobs), 0)
-			for _, child := range job.Group.Jobs {
-				children = append(children, child.Name)
-			}
-
-			r.RunOnlyJobs = append(r.RunOnlyJobs, children...)
+		if len(domain.onlyJobs) != 0 && slices.Contains(domain.onlyJobs, job.Name) {
+			inheritedDomain.onlyJobs = []string{}
 		}
 
 		return r.runGroup(ctx, groupName, &inheritedDomain, job.Group)