diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/API/JSON/v1/Newsletters.php b/mailpoet/lib/API/JSON/v1/Newsletters.php
index caa123f46b..5fe7bd29e8 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/API/JSON/v1/Newsletters.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/API/JSON/v1/Newsletters.php
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class Newsletters extends APIEndpoint {
 
     // if there are paused tasks unpause them
     if ($newsletter->getStatus() === NewsletterEntity::STATUS_ACTIVE) {
-      $queues = $newsletter->getQueues();
+      $queues = $newsletter->getUnfinishedQueues();
       foreach ($queues as $queue) {
         $task = $queue->getTask();
         if ($task && $task->getStatus() === ScheduledTaskEntity::STATUS_PAUSED) {
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Entities/NewsletterEntity.php b/mailpoet/lib/Entities/NewsletterEntity.php
index 92bf8fffe0..c280cf6855 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Entities/NewsletterEntity.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Entities/NewsletterEntity.php
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ class NewsletterEntity {
   /**
    * @return Collection<int, SendingQueueEntity>
    */
-  private function getUnfinishedQueues(): Collection {
+  public function getUnfinishedQueues(): Collection {
     $criteria = new Criteria();
     $expr = Criteria::expr();
     $criteria->where($expr->neq('countToProcess', 0));
diff --git a/mailpoet/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/NewslettersTest.php b/mailpoet/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/NewslettersTest.php
index 603f270e9e..098f8e9be5 100644
--- a/mailpoet/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/NewslettersTest.php
+++ b/mailpoet/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/NewslettersTest.php
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ class NewslettersTest extends \MailPoetTest {
         SendingQueueWorker::TASK_TYPE,
         ScheduledTaskEntity::STATUS_PAUSED,
       );
-    (new SendingQueueFactory())->create($scheduledTask1, $this->postNotification);
+    $queue = (new SendingQueueFactory())->create($scheduledTask1, $this->postNotification);
+    $queue->setCountToProcess(1);
     $segment = $this->segmentRepository->createOrUpdate('Segment 1');
     $this->createNewsletterSegment($this->postNotification, $segment);