diff --git a/search2/indexing/indexerCore.inc.php b/search2/indexing/indexerCore.inc.php
index 48d9a19..dacf03e 100755
--- a/search2/indexing/indexerCore.inc.php
+++ b/search2/indexing/indexerCore.inc.php
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ abstract class Indexer
 	    $docsInIndex = $index->getDocumentsInIndex();
 
 	    // we are only interested in documents that are active
-	    $sql = "SELECT count(*) as docsInQueue FROM index_files i inner join documents d on i.document_id = d.id where d.status_id=1";
+	    $sql = "SELECT count(*) as docsInQueue FROM index_files i inner join documents d on i.document_id = d.id where (i.status_msg is null or i.status_msg = '') and d.status_id=1";
 	    $docsInQueue = DBUtil::getOneResultKey($sql, 'docsInQueue');
 
 	    $sql = "SELECT count(*) as errorsInQueue FROM index_files i inner join documents d on i.document_id = d.id  where (i.status_msg is not null or i.status_msg <> '') and d.status_id=1";