diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity.ex
index 6b0799a14..f48e34042 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity.ex
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity do
   @moduledoc """
   Worker which purges expired activity.
   """
-
-  use Oban.Worker, queue: :slow, max_attempts: 1, unique: [period: :infinity]
+  @queue :background
+  use Oban.Worker, queue: @queue, max_attempts: 1, unique: [period: :infinity]
 
   import Ecto.Query
 
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity do
   end
 
   def get_expiration(id) do
+    queue = Atom.to_string(@queue)
+
     from(j in Oban.Job,
       where: j.state == "scheduled",
-      where: j.queue == "slow",
+      where: j.queue == ^queue,
       where: fragment("?->>'activity_id' = ?", j.args, ^id)
     )
     |> Pleroma.Repo.one()
diff --git a/test/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity_test.exs b/test/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity_test.exs
index 0372f54ca..040ff6a51 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity_test.exs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivityTest do
     user = Pleroma.User.get_by_ap_id(activity.actor)
     Pleroma.Repo.delete(user)
 
-    assert {:error, :user_not_found} =
+    assert {:cancel, :user_not_found} =
              perform_job(Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity, %{activity_id: activity.id})
   end
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivityTest do
                expires_at: DateTime.add(DateTime.utc_now(), 3601)
              })
 
-    assert {:error, :activity_not_found} =
+    assert {:cancel, :activity_not_found} =
              perform_job(Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity, %{activity_id: "some_if"})
   end
 end