diff --git a/include/maintainer.php b/include/maintainer.php
index d0dc50c..ec151f5 100644
--- a/include/maintainer.php
+++ b/include/maintainer.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class queuedEntries
         if($oVersion->objectGetState() == 'queued')
         {
           $this->aVersions[] = $oVersion->objectGetId();
-        } else // version isn't queued
+        } else if($oVersion->objectGetState() == 'accepted') // version isn't queued
         {
           // add the unqueued version to the list of versions to check for queued data
           $aVersionsToCheck[] = $oVersion->iVersionId;
diff --git a/unit_test/test_maintainer_notify.php b/unit_test/test_maintainer_notify.php
index 0f46bf8..d7feabc 100644
--- a/unit_test/test_maintainer_notify.php
+++ b/unit_test/test_maintainer_notify.php
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ class notifyContainer
     // and will skip over queued entries that depend on this version
     if(!$bTestAsMaintainer)
     {
-      $sVersionUnqueue = "update appVersion set queued='?' where versionId = '?'";
-      $hResult = query_parameters($sVersionUnqueue, 'false', $this->iVersionId);
+      $sVersionUnqueue = "update appVersion set state='?' where versionId = '?'";
+      $hResult = query_parameters($sVersionUnqueue, 'accepted', $this->iVersionId);
     }
 
     // debug printing