diff --git a/apiserver/bll/task/task_bll.py b/apiserver/bll/task/task_bll.py
index a7a93aa..100988e 100644
--- a/apiserver/bll/task/task_bll.py
+++ b/apiserver/bll/task/task_bll.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from redis import StrictRedis
 from six import string_types
 
 import apiserver.database.utils as dbutils
-from apiserver.apierrors import errors
+from apiserver.apierrors import errors, APIError
 from apiserver.apimodels.tasks import TaskInputModel
 from apiserver.bll.queue import QueueBLL
 from apiserver.bll.organization import OrgBLL, Tags
@@ -453,11 +453,7 @@ class TaskBLL:
                     "__", "."
                 )
                 raw_updates[value_iteration_field] = {
-                    "$cond": [
-                        condition,
-                        iter_value,
-                        f"${value_iteration_field}",
-                    ]
+                    "$cond": [condition, iter_value, f"${value_iteration_field}",]
                 }
 
             for metric_key, metric_data in last_scalar_events.items():
@@ -525,8 +521,8 @@ class TaskBLL:
         status_reason: str,
     ):
         try:
-            cls.dequeue(task, company_id)
-        except errors.bad_request.InvalidQueueOrTaskNotQueued:
+            cls.dequeue(task, company_id, silent_fail=True)
+        except APIError:
             # dequeue may fail if the queue was deleted
             pass
 
diff --git a/apiserver/tests/automated/test_queues.py b/apiserver/tests/automated/test_queues.py
index 0be90a1..c6625e2 100644
--- a/apiserver/tests/automated/test_queues.py
+++ b/apiserver/tests/automated/test_queues.py
@@ -81,6 +81,18 @@ class TestQueues(TestService):
         self.assertQueueTasks(res.queue, [task])
         self.assertTaskTags(task, system_tags=[])
 
+    def test_dequeue_not_queued_task(self):
+        # queue = self._temp_queue("TestTempQueue")
+        task_name = "TempDevTask"
+        task = self._temp_task(task_name)
+        self.api.tasks.edit(task=task, status="queued")  # , execution={"queue": queue})
+        res = self.api.tasks.get_by_id(task=task)
+        self.assertEqual(res.task.status, "queued")
+
+        self.api.tasks.dequeue(task=task)
+        res = self.api.tasks.get_by_id(task=task)
+        self.assertEqual(res.task.status, "created")
+
     def test_dequeue_from_deleted_queue(self):
         queue = self._temp_queue("TestTempQueue")
         task_name = "TempDevTask"