diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e00a864..27baffe8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ bugs in actually-released versions.
 - The conversion from a known path prefix to a variable is now done in a case-insensitive way. This means that if the variable `{storage}` has value `S:\Flamenco`, a path `s:\flamenco\project\file.blend` will be recognised and stored as `{storage}\project\file.blend`.
 
   This happens uniformly, regardless of the platform. So also on Linux, which has a case-sensitive filesystem, this matching is done in a case-insensitive way. It is very unlikely that a Flamenco configuration has two separate variables, for paths that only differ in their case.
-- Fix issue where jobs could get stuck in `pause-requested` state.
+- Fix issue where jobs could get stuck in `pause-requested` state. Such jobs are now also detected at startup of the Manager, and sent to `paused` when possible.
 
 
 ## 3.6 - released 2024-12-01
diff --git a/internal/manager/task_state_machine/task_state_machine.go b/internal/manager/task_state_machine/task_state_machine.go
index 4eb150af..35a551b4 100644
--- a/internal/manager/task_state_machine/task_state_machine.go
+++ b/internal/manager/task_state_machine/task_state_machine.go
@@ -662,7 +662,11 @@ func (sm *StateMachine) CheckStuck(ctx context.Context) {
 	sm.mutex.Lock()
 	defer sm.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	stuckJobs, err := sm.persist.FetchJobsInStatus(ctx, api.JobStatusCancelRequested, api.JobStatusRequeueing)
+	stuckJobs, err := sm.persist.FetchJobsInStatus(ctx,
+		api.JobStatusCancelRequested,
+		api.JobStatusRequeueing,
+		api.JobStatusPauseRequested,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("unable to fetch stuck jobs")
 		return
diff --git a/internal/manager/task_state_machine/task_state_machine_test.go b/internal/manager/task_state_machine/task_state_machine_test.go
index eeedad26..5f325969 100644
--- a/internal/manager/task_state_machine/task_state_machine_test.go
+++ b/internal/manager/task_state_machine/task_state_machine_test.go
@@ -447,7 +447,11 @@ func TestCheckStuck(t *testing.T) {
 	// task3 := taskOfSameJob(task2, api.TaskStatusSoftFailed)
 	job.Status = api.JobStatusRequeueing
 
-	mocks.persist.EXPECT().FetchJobsInStatus(ctx, api.JobStatusCancelRequested, api.JobStatusRequeueing).
+	mocks.persist.EXPECT().FetchJobsInStatus(ctx,
+		api.JobStatusCancelRequested,
+		api.JobStatusRequeueing,
+		api.JobStatusPauseRequested,
+	).
 		Return([]*persistence.Job{job}, nil)
 	mocks.persist.EXPECT().CountTasksOfJobInStatus(ctx, job, api.TaskStatusCompleted).Return(1, 3, nil)