diff --git a/rowers/views.py b/rowers/views.py
index fdcb429e..8b5d4f7a 100644
--- a/rowers/views.py
+++ b/rowers/views.py
@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@ def kill_async_job(request,id='aap'):
     if settings.DEBUG:
         job = celery_result.AsyncResult(id)
         job.revoke()
-        remove_asynctask(request,id)
     else:
         try:
-            cancel_job(id)
+            cancel_job(id,connect=redis_connection)
         except NoSuchJobError:
             pass
             
+    remove_asynctask(request,id)
     url = reverse(session_jobs_status)
 
     return HttpResponseRedirect(url)