diff --git a/src/Models/QueueJobModel.php b/src/Models/QueueJobModel.php
index 4f77a52..a086fad 100644
--- a/src/Models/QueueJobModel.php
+++ b/src/Models/QueueJobModel.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public function getFromQueue(string $name, array $priority): ?QueueJob
     {
         // For SQLite3 memory database this will cause problems
         // so check if we're not in the testing environment first.
-        if ($this->db->database !== ':memory:') {
+        if ($this->db->database !== ':memory:' && $this->db->connID !== false) {
             // Make sure we still have the connection
             $this->db->reconnect();
         }