diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_lock_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_lock_service.py
index b9c0de028..156bf990e 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_lock_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_lock_service.py
@@ -46,29 +46,17 @@ class ProcessInstanceLockService:
         cls, process_instance_id: int, queue_entry: ProcessInstanceQueueModel, additional_processing_identifier: str | None = None
     ) -> None:
         ctx = cls.get_thread_local_locking_context(additional_processing_identifier=additional_processing_identifier)
-        ctx["locks"][process_instance_id] = queue_entry
+        ctx["locks"][process_instance_id] = queue_entry.id
 
     @classmethod
-    def lock_many(
-        cls, queue_entries: list[ProcessInstanceQueueModel], additional_processing_identifier: str | None = None
-    ) -> list[int]:
-        ctx = cls.get_thread_local_locking_context(additional_processing_identifier=additional_processing_identifier)
-        new_locks = {entry.process_instance_id: entry for entry in queue_entries}
-        new_lock_ids = list(new_locks.keys())
-        ctx["locks"].update(new_locks)
-        return new_lock_ids
-
-    @classmethod
-    def unlock(cls, process_instance_id: int, additional_processing_identifier: str | None = None) -> ProcessInstanceQueueModel:
-        queue_model = cls.try_unlock(process_instance_id, additional_processing_identifier=additional_processing_identifier)
-        if queue_model is None:
+    def unlock(cls, process_instance_id: int, additional_processing_identifier: str | None = None) -> int:
+        queue_model_id = cls.try_unlock(process_instance_id, additional_processing_identifier=additional_processing_identifier)
+        if queue_model_id is None:
             raise ExpectedLockNotFoundError(f"Could not find a lock for process instance: {process_instance_id}")
-        return queue_model
+        return queue_model_id
 
     @classmethod
-    def try_unlock(
-        cls, process_instance_id: int, additional_processing_identifier: str | None = None
-    ) -> ProcessInstanceQueueModel | None:
+    def try_unlock(cls, process_instance_id: int, additional_processing_identifier: str | None = None) -> int | None:
         ctx = cls.get_thread_local_locking_context(additional_processing_identifier=additional_processing_identifier)
         return ctx["locks"].pop(process_instance_id, None)  # type: ignore
 
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_queue_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_queue_service.py
index 569d47088..35ddeb759 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_queue_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_queue_service.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance import ProcessInstanceModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance_event import ProcessInstanceEventType
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance_queue import ProcessInstanceQueueModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.error_handling_service import ErrorHandlingService
+from spiffworkflow_backend.services.process_instance_lock_service import ExpectedLockNotFoundError
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.process_instance_lock_service import ProcessInstanceLockService
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.process_instance_tmp_service import ProcessInstanceTmpService
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.workflow_execution_service import WorkflowExecutionServiceError
@@ -40,9 +41,12 @@ class ProcessInstanceQueueService:
 
     @classmethod
     def _enqueue(cls, process_instance: ProcessInstanceModel, additional_processing_identifier: str | None = None) -> None:
-        queue_entry = ProcessInstanceLockService.unlock(
+        queue_entry_id = ProcessInstanceLockService.unlock(
             process_instance.id, additional_processing_identifier=additional_processing_identifier
         )
+        queue_entry = ProcessInstanceQueueModel.query.filter_by(id=queue_entry_id).first()
+        if queue_entry is None:
+            raise ExpectedLockNotFoundError(f"Could not find a lock for process instance: {process_instance.id}")
         current_time = round(time.time())
         if current_time > queue_entry.run_at_in_seconds:
             queue_entry.run_at_in_seconds = current_time