diff --git a/app/services/views.py b/app/services/views.py
index 9193afe7866bebfbc44dabce79be57b8659cd908..c062909f19b5f5d9e6c69dc9168e730314a10e4a 100644
--- a/app/services/views.py
+++ b/app/services/views.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def ocr():
                                                         "--skip-binarisation"],
                                                "lang": new_ocr_job_form.language.data,
                                                "version": new_ocr_job_form.version.data}),
-                      status="queued",
+                      status="submitted",
                       title=new_ocr_job_form.title.data)
         db.session.add(ocr_job)
         db.session.commit()
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def nlp():
                       service_args=json.dumps({"args": [],
                                                "lang": new_nlp_job_form.language.data,
                                                "version": new_nlp_job_form.version.data}),
-                      status="queued",
+                      status="submitted",
                       title=new_nlp_job_form.title.data)
         db.session.add(nlp_job)
         db.session.commit()