diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
index b804291122..a3fbfa9cb0 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
@@ -21,13 +21,10 @@ class SendingQueue {
     $this->mailer_task = ($mailer_task) ? $mailer_task : new MailerTask();
     $this->newsletter_task = ($newsletter_task) ? $newsletter_task : new NewsletterTask();
     $this->timer = ($timer) ? $timer : microtime(true);
-    // abort if execution limit is reached
-    CronHelper::enforceExecutionLimit($this->timer);
-    // abort if mailing is paused or sending limit has been reached
-    MailerLog::enforceExecutionRequirements();
   }
 
   function process() {
+    $this->enforceSendingAndExecutionLimits();
     foreach(self::getRunningQueues() as $queue) {
       // get and pre-process newsletter (render, replace shortcodes/links, etc.)
       $newsletter = $this->newsletter_task->getAndPreProcess($queue);
@@ -44,8 +41,6 @@ class SendingQueue {
         self::BATCH_SIZE
       );
       foreach($subscriber_batches as $subscribers_to_process_ids) {
-        // abort if execution limit is reached
-        CronHelper::enforceExecutionLimit($this->timer);
         $found_subscribers = SubscriberModel::whereIn('id', $subscribers_to_process_ids)
           ->whereNull('deleted_at')
           ->findMany();
@@ -72,8 +67,7 @@ class SendingQueue {
         if($queue->status === SendingQueueModel::STATUS_COMPLETED) {
           $this->newsletter_task->markNewsletterAsSent($newsletter);
         }
-        // abort if sending limit has been reached
-        MailerLog::enforceExecutionRequirements();
+        $this->enforceSendingAndExecutionLimits();
       }
     }
   }
@@ -120,8 +114,6 @@ class SendingQueue {
         $prepared_subscribers_ids = array();
         $statistics = array();
       }
-      // abort if sending limit has been reached
-      MailerLog::enforceExecutionRequirements();
     }
     if($processing_method === 'bulk') {
       $queue = $this->sendNewsletters(
@@ -157,13 +149,20 @@ class SendingQueue {
     StatisticsNewslettersModel::createMultiple($statistics);
     // update the sent count
     $this->mailer_task->updateSentCount();
-    // abort if sending limit has been reached
-    if($queue->count_to_process) {
-      MailerLog::enforceExecutionRequirements();
+    // enforce execution limits if queue is still being processed
+    if($queue->status !== SendingQueueModel::STATUS_COMPLETED) {
+      $this->enforceSendingAndExecutionLimits();
     }
     return $queue;
   }
 
+  function enforceSendingAndExecutionLimits() {
+    // abort if execution limit is reached
+    CronHelper::enforceExecutionLimit($this->timer);
+    // abort if sending limit has been reached
+    MailerLog::enforceExecutionRequirements();
+  }
+
   static function getRunningQueues() {
     return SendingQueueModel::orderByAsc('priority')
       ->whereNull('deleted_at')
diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Newsletter.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Newsletter.php
index 3a940a07fd..9cd1c94638 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Newsletter.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Newsletter.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Newsletter {
   }
 
   function getAndPreProcess($queue) {
-    $newsletter = $queue->newsletter()->findOne();
+    $newsletter = $queue->newsletter()->whereNull('deleted_at')->findOne();
     if(!$newsletter) {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php b/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
index 07a4e6648e..966906a0ca 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use Codeception\Util\Fixtures;
 use Codeception\Util\Stub;
 use MailPoet\API\Endpoints\Cron;
 use MailPoet\Config\Populator;
-use MailPoet\Cron\CronHelper;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\SendingQueue as SendingQueueWorker;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\Tasks\Mailer as MailerTask;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\Tasks\Newsletter as NewsletterTask;
@@ -56,25 +55,96 @@ class SendingQueueTest extends MailPoetTest {
     expect($sending_queue_worker->timer)->equals($timer);
   }
 
-  function testItEnforcesExecutionLimitBeforeStart() {
-    $timer = microtime(true) - CronHelper::DAEMON_EXECUTION_LIMIT;
+  function testItEnforcesExecutionLimitsBeforeQueueProcessing() {
+    $sending_queue_worker = Stub::make(
+      new SendingQueueWorker(),
+      array(
+        'processQueue' => Stub::never(),
+        'enforceSendingAndExecutionLimits' => Stub::exactly(1, function() {
+          throw new \Exception();
+        })
+      ), $this);
+    $sending_queue_worker->__construct();
     try {
-      $sending_queue_worker = new SendingQueueWorker($timer);
-      self::fail('Maximum execution time limit exception was not thrown.');
+      $sending_queue_worker->process();
+      self::fail('Execution limits function was not called.');
     } catch(\Exception $e) {
-      expect($e->getMessage())->equals('Maximum execution time has been reached.');
     }
   }
 
-  function testItEnforcesExecutionLimitDuringProcessing() {
-    try {
-      $sending_queue_worker = $this->sending_queue_worker;
-      $sending_queue_worker->timer = microtime(true) - CronHelper::DAEMON_EXECUTION_LIMIT;
-      $sending_queue_worker->process();
-      self::fail('Maximum execution time limit exception was not thrown.');
-    } catch(\Exception $e) {
-      expect($e->getMessage())->equals('Maximum execution time has been reached.');
-    }
+  function testItEnforcesExecutionLimitsAfterSendingWhenQueueStatusIsNotSetToComplete() {
+    $sending_queue_worker = Stub::make(
+      new SendingQueueWorker(),
+      array(
+        'enforceSendingAndExecutionLimits' => Stub::exactly(1, function() { })
+      ), $this);
+    $sending_queue_worker->__construct(
+      $timer = false,
+      Stub::make(
+        new MailerTask(),
+        array(
+          'send' => function() { }
+        )
+      )
+    );
+    $sending_queue_worker->sendNewsletters(
+      $this->queue,
+      $prepared_subscribers = array(),
+      $prepared_newsletters = false,
+      $prepared_subscribers = false,
+      $statistics[] = array(
+        'newsletter_id' => 1,
+        'subscriber_id' => 1,
+        'queue_id' => $this->queue->id
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
+  function testItDoesNotEnforceExecutionLimitsAfterSendingWhenQueueStatusIsSetToComplete() {
+    // when sending is done and there are no more subscribers to process, continue
+    // without enforcing execution limits. this allows the newsletter to be marked as sent
+    // in the process() method and after that execution limits will be enforced
+    $queue = $this->queue;
+    $queue->status = SendingQueue::STATUS_COMPLETED;
+    $sending_queue_worker = Stub::make(
+      new SendingQueueWorker(),
+      array(
+        'enforceSendingAndExecutionLimits' => Stub::never()
+      ), $this);
+    $sending_queue_worker->__construct(
+      $timer = false,
+      Stub::make(
+        new MailerTask(),
+        array(
+          'send' => function() { }
+        )
+      )
+    );
+    $sending_queue_worker->sendNewsletters(
+      $queue,
+      $prepared_subscribers = array(),
+      $prepared_newsletters = array(),
+      $prepared_subscribers = array(),
+      $statistics[] = array(
+        'newsletter_id' => 1,
+        'subscriber_id' => 1,
+        'queue_id' => $queue->id
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
+  function testItEnforcesExecutionLimitsAfterQueueProcessing() {
+    $sending_queue_worker = Stub::make(
+      new SendingQueueWorker(),
+      array(
+        'processQueue' => function() {
+          // this function returns a queue object
+          return (object)array('status' => null);
+        },
+        'enforceSendingAndExecutionLimits' => Stub::exactly(2, function() { })
+      ), $this);
+    $sending_queue_worker->__construct();
+    $sending_queue_worker->process();
   }
 
   function testItDeletesQueueWhenNewsletterIsNotFound() {
@@ -92,6 +162,21 @@ class SendingQueueTest extends MailPoetTest {
     expect($queue)->false(false);
   }
 
+  function testItDeletesQueueWhenNewsletterIsTrashed() {
+    // queue exists
+    $queue = SendingQueue::findOne($this->queue->id);
+    expect($queue)->notEquals(false);
+
+    // trash newsletter
+    Newsletter::findOne($this->newsletter->id)
+      ->trash();
+
+    // queue no longer exists
+    $this->sending_queue_worker->process();
+    $queue = SendingQueue::findOne($this->queue->id);
+    expect($queue)->false(false);
+  }
+
   function testItCanProcessSubscribersOneByOne() {
     $sending_queue_worker = new SendingQueueWorker(
       $timer = false,