diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/com/bakdata/conquery/models/worker/ShardNodeInformation.java b/backend/src/main/java/com/bakdata/conquery/models/worker/ShardNodeInformation.java
index e369c9819b..fe15ed6524 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/com/bakdata/conquery/models/worker/ShardNodeInformation.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/com/bakdata/conquery/models/worker/ShardNodeInformation.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import com.bakdata.conquery.io.mina.MessageSender;
 import com.bakdata.conquery.io.mina.NetworkSession;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public class ShardNodeInformation extends MessageSender.Simple<MessageToShardNod
 	@JsonIgnore
 	@Getter
 	private final Set<JobManagerStatus> jobManagerStatus = new HashSet<>();
-
+	private final AtomicBoolean full = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 	private LocalDateTime lastStatusTime = LocalDateTime.now();
 
 	public ShardNodeInformation(NetworkSession session, int backpressure) {
@@ -57,10 +58,6 @@ private String getLatenessMetricName() {
 	 * Calculate the time in Milliseconds since we last received a {@link JobManagerStatus} from the corresponding shard.
 	 */
 	private long getMillisSinceLastStatus() {
-		if(getJobManagerStatus().isEmpty()){
-			return -1;
-		}
-
 		return lastStatusTime.until(LocalDateTime.now(), ChronoUnit.MILLIS);
 	}
 
@@ -71,10 +68,6 @@ public void awaitClose() {
 		SharedMetricRegistries.getDefault().remove(getLatenessMetricName());
 	}
 
-	public long calculatePressure() {
-		return jobManagerStatus.stream().mapToLong(status -> status.getJobs().size()).sum();
-	}
-
 	public void addJobManagerStatus(JobManagerStatus incoming) {
 		lastStatusTime = LocalDateTime.now();
 
@@ -82,25 +75,35 @@ public void addJobManagerStatus(JobManagerStatus incoming) {
 			// replace with new status
 			jobManagerStatus.remove(incoming);
 			jobManagerStatus.add(incoming);
-		}
 
-		if (calculatePressure() < backpressure) {
-			synchronized (jobManagerSync) {
-				jobManagerSync.notifyAll();
+
+			final long pressure = calculatePressure();
+			final boolean isFull = pressure > backpressure;
+
+			full.set(isFull);
+
+			if (!isFull) {
+				synchronized (jobManagerSync) {
+					jobManagerSync.notifyAll();
+				}
 			}
 		}
+
+
+	}
+
+	private long calculatePressure() {
+		return jobManagerStatus.stream().mapToLong(status -> status.getJobs().size()).sum();
 	}
 
 	public void waitForFreeJobQueue() throws InterruptedException {
-		if (jobManagerStatus.isEmpty()) {
+		if (!full.get()) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if (calculatePressure() >= backpressure) {
-			log.trace("Have to wait for free JobQueue (size = {})", jobManagerStatus.size());
-			synchronized (jobManagerSync) {
-				jobManagerSync.wait();
-			}
+		synchronized (jobManagerSync) {
+			log.trace("Have to wait for free JobQueue");
+			jobManagerSync.wait();
 		}
 	}
 }