diff --git a/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py b/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py
index 76d67dd9a..ca7606b07 100644
--- a/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py
+++ b/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def set_run_dir(self, run_dir):
 
     def generate_query_command(self, job_id):
         return rf"""
-status=$(squeue -h -o "%t" -j {job_id})
+status=$(squeue -h -o "%t" -j {job_id} 2>/dev/null)
 if [ -z "$status" ]; then
     status=$(sacct -j {job_id} -o state -X -n | xargs)
 fi