diff --git a/src/rex.job/src/rex/job/workers/job_queuer.py b/src/rex.job/src/rex/job/workers/job_queuer.py
index 966d63977..5a1ee6a79 100644
--- a/src/rex.job/src/rex/job/workers/job_queuer.py
+++ b/src/rex.job/src/rex/job/workers/job_queuer.py
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@
 ))
 '''
 
+# Note that we only change the status to queued if it is still new.
+# This is to avoid a race condition where the job may already be completed/failed.
 HTSQL_UPDATE_NEW = '''
-/job[$job]{
+/job[$job].filter(status='new'){
         id(),
         'queued' :as status,
     }