diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/tasks_controller.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/tasks_controller.py
index 2a610e38..2105952d 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/tasks_controller.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/tasks_controller.py
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ def _render_instructions_for_end_user(task_model: TaskModel, extensions: Optiona
 
 
 def _interstitial_stream(process_instance: ProcessInstanceModel) -> Generator[str, Optional[str], None]:
-
     def get_reportable_tasks() -> Any:
         return processor.bpmn_process_instance.get_tasks(
             TaskState.WAITING | TaskState.STARTED | TaskState.READY | TaskState.ERROR
@@ -404,10 +403,6 @@ def _interstitial_stream(process_instance: ProcessInstanceModel) -> Generator[st
         return_hash[return_type] = entity
         return f"data: {current_app.json.dumps(return_hash)} \n\n"
 
-    # do not do any processing if the instance is not currently active
-    if process_instance.status not in ProcessInstanceModel.active_statuses():
-        yield render_data("unrunnable_instance", process_instance)
-        return
 
     processor = ProcessInstanceProcessor(process_instance)
     reported_ids = []  # A list of all the ids reported by this endpoint so far.
@@ -430,6 +425,10 @@ def _interstitial_stream(process_instance: ProcessInstanceModel) -> Generator[st
                 yield render_data("task", task)
                 reported_ids.append(spiff_task.id)
             if spiff_task.state == TaskState.READY:
+                # do not do any processing if the instance is not currently active
+                if process_instance.status not in ProcessInstanceModel.active_statuses():
+                    yield render_data("unrunnable_instance", process_instance)
+                    return
                 try:
                     processor.do_engine_steps(execution_strategy_name="one_at_a_time")
                     processor.do_engine_steps(execution_strategy_name="run_until_user_message")
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
index 48bb02ff..7b2f0efb 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
@@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ export default function ProcessInstanceListTable({
         }
 
         buttonElement = (
-          <Button kind='secondary' href={interstitialUrl}>
+          <Button kind="secondary" href={interstitialUrl}>
             {buttonText}
           </Button>
         );