diff --git a/arq/main.py b/arq/main.py
index 66fc3873..38102dce 100644
--- a/arq/main.py
+++ b/arq/main.py
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ async def shutdown(self):
     def _bind_concurrent(self):
         for attr_name in dir(self.__class__):
             v = getattr(self.__class__, attr_name)
-            if isinstance(v, Concurrent):
-                setattr(self, attr_name, v.bind(self))
+            isinstance(v, Concurrent) and v.bind(self)
 
     async def enqueue_job(self, func_name: str, *args, queue: str=None, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -128,30 +127,30 @@ class Concurrent:
     """
     __slots__ = ['_func', '_dft_queue', '_self_obj']
 
-    def __init__(self, func, dft_queue=None, self_obj=None):
-        if self_obj is None:
+    def __init__(self, *, func, dft_queue=None, self_obj=None):
+        self._self_obj = self_obj
+        # if we're already bound we assume func is of the correct type and skip repeat logging
+        if not self.bound:
             if not inspect.iscoroutinefunction(func):
                 raise TypeError('{} is not a coroutine function'.format(func.__qualname__))
 
             main_logger.debug('registering concurrent function %s', func.__qualname__)
         self._func = func
         self._dft_queue = dft_queue
-        self._self_obj = self_obj
 
-    def bind(self, obj: object) -> object:
+    def bind(self, obj: object):
         """
-        Equivalent of binding a normal function to an object.
-
-        A new instance of Concurrent needs to exist for each function it's bound to.
+        Equivalent of binding a normal function to an object. A new instance of Concurrent is created and then
+        the reference on the parent object updated to that.
 
         :param obj: object to bind the function to eg. "self" in the eyes of func.
-        :return: instance of Concurrent, self if it's not yet bound, otherwise a new instance
         """
-        if self._self_obj is None:
-            self._self_obj = obj
-            return self
-        else:
-            return Concurrent(func=self._func, dft_queue=self._dft_queue, self_obj=obj)
+        new_inst = Concurrent(func=self._func, dft_queue=self._dft_queue, self_obj=obj)
+        setattr(obj, self._func.__name__, new_inst)
+
+    @property
+    def bound(self):
+        return self._self_obj is not None
 
     async def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return await self.defer(*args, **kwargs)