diff --git a/beat/web/backend/schedule.py b/beat/web/backend/schedule.py
index dd3c0e0975e2831310890e4a71f419a7e1839c0f..dc0236d201e4e38826c92ef035aae65d837ba09b 100644
--- a/beat/web/backend/schedule.py
+++ b/beat/web/backend/schedule.py
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ def schedule():
        (taking into consideration blocking as executed on step 3) and leave the
        job split on the list if there is a free slot, otherwise remove it.
 
+
+    Returns:
+
+      list: The list of splits assigned at this scheduling iteration
+
     '''
 
     # updates jobs with split errors, cancel experiments if problems occur
@@ -201,6 +206,8 @@ def schedule():
         if availability <= 0: continue
         whitelist[worker] = availability
 
+    assigned_splits = []
+
     for batch in splits_to_consider:
 
         if not batch: continue #empty list
@@ -217,6 +224,7 @@ def schedule():
                 if avail >= required_cores:
                     logger.info("Assigning `%s' to worker `%s'", split, c)
                     split.schedule(c) #assign job split to worker
+                    assigned_splits.append(split)
                     whitelist[c] -= required_cores
                     logger.debug("`%s' cores available: %d", c, whitelist[c])
                     assigned = True
@@ -231,6 +239,8 @@ def schedule():
                         job, c0)
                     del whitelist[c0]
 
+    return assigned_splits
+
 
 def process(split, environments, cpulimit=None):
     '''Process assigned job splits using beat.core