diff --git a/src/jobs/remove_slow.py b/src/jobs/remove_slow.py
index fda583a..43b3438 100644
--- a/src/jobs/remove_slow.py
+++ b/src/jobs/remove_slow.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async def remove_slow(settingsDict, BASE_URL, API_KEY, NAME, deleted_downloads,
             if 'downloadId' in queueItem and 'size' in queueItem and 'sizeleft' in queueItem and 'status' in queueItem:
                 if queueItem['downloadId'] not in alreadyCheckedDownloadIDs:
                     alreadyCheckedDownloadIDs.append(queueItem['downloadId']) # One downloadId may occur in multiple queueItems - only check once for all of them per iteration
-                    if queueItem['usenet']: # No need to check for speed for usenet, since there users pay for speed
+                    if queueItem['protocol'] == 'usenet': # No need to check for speed for usenet, since there users pay for speed
                         continue
                     if queueItem['sizeleft'] == 0: # Skip items that are finished downloading but are still marked as downloading. May be the case when files are moving
                         logger.debug('remove_slow/skipping completed item marked as downloading: %s (Speed: %d KB/s, KB now: %s, KB previous: %s, Diff: %s, In Minutes: %s', \