diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/tasks_controller.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/tasks_controller.py
index 49734a849..64c22c5b3 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/tasks_controller.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/tasks_controller.py
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ def _interstitial_stream(process_instance: ProcessInstanceModel) -> Generator[st
         if ready_engine_task_count == 0:
             break  # No more tasks to report
 
+    spiff_task = processor.next_task()
     task = ProcessInstanceService.spiff_task_to_api_task(processor, processor.next_task())
     if task.id not in reported_ids:
         try: