diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
index e63a576c8..681339030 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.routes.user import verify_token
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.authorization_service import AuthorizationService
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.error_handling_service import ErrorHandlingService
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.file_system_service import FileSystemService
-from spiffworkflow_backend.services.git_service import GitService, GitCommandError
+from spiffworkflow_backend.services.git_service import GitCommandError
+from spiffworkflow_backend.services.git_service import GitService
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.message_service import MessageService
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.process_instance_processor import (
     ProcessInstanceProcessor,
@@ -985,7 +986,7 @@ def _get_process_instance(
     name_of_file_with_diagram = None
     if process_identifier:
         spec_reference = SpecReferenceCache.query.filter_by(
-            identifier=process_identifier
+            identifier=process_identifier, type="process"
         ).first()
         if spec_reference is None:
             raise SpecReferenceNotFoundError(
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
index 1925fff06..1e548a766 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
@@ -743,11 +743,9 @@ class ProcessInstanceProcessor:
                 "bpmn_file_full_path_from_bpmn_process_identifier: bpmn_process_identifier is unexpectedly None"
             )
 
-        spec_reference = (
-            SpecReferenceCache.query.filter_by(identifier=bpmn_process_identifier)
-            .filter_by(type="process")
-            .first()
-        )
+        spec_reference = SpecReferenceCache.query.filter_by(
+            identifier=bpmn_process_identifier, type="process"
+        ).first()
         bpmn_file_full_path = None
         if spec_reference is None:
             bpmn_file_full_path = (