diff --git a/app/jobs/invoices/refresh_draft_job.rb b/app/jobs/invoices/refresh_draft_job.rb
index c38659fadcc..c22fdb6a1bf 100644
--- a/app/jobs/invoices/refresh_draft_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/invoices/refresh_draft_job.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ module Invoices
   class RefreshDraftJob < ApplicationJob
     queue_as 'invoices'
 
-    unique :until_executed, on_conflict: :log
+    unique :until_executed, on_conflict: :log, lock_ttl: 6.hours
 
     def perform(invoice)
+      # if this has already been set to false, we can skip the job
+      return unless invoice.ready_to_be_refreshed?
+
       ::Invoices::RefreshDraftService.call(invoice:)
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/jobs/invoices/refresh_draft_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/invoices/refresh_draft_job_spec.rb
index aa7657a363e..0c0b231ba21 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/invoices/refresh_draft_job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/invoices/refresh_draft_job_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe Invoices::RefreshDraftJob, type: :job do
-  let(:invoice) { create(:invoice) }
+  let(:invoice) { create(:invoice, ready_to_be_refreshed: true) }
   let(:result) { BaseService::Result.new }
 
   let(:refresh_service) do
@@ -20,6 +20,24 @@
     expect(refresh_service).to have_received(:call)
   end
 
+  it 'does not delegate to the RefreshDraft service if the ready_to_be_refreshed? is false' do
+    allow(Invoices::RefreshDraftService).to receive(:new).with(invoice:).and_return(refresh_service)
+    allow(refresh_service).to receive(:call)
+
+    invoice.update ready_to_be_refreshed: false
+    described_class.perform_now(invoice)
+
+    expect(Invoices::RefreshDraftService).not_to have_received(:new)
+    expect(refresh_service).not_to have_received(:call)
+  end
+
+  it 'has a lock_ttl of 6.hours' do
+    # When there's lots of draft invoices to be refreshed, we might end up enqueueing multiple of them.
+    # This will block all queues with lower prio than the `invoices` queue. (e.g. wallets). This is undesirable,
+    # so we bump the lock_ttl for this job to 6 hours
+    expect(described_class.new.lock_options[:lock_ttl]).to eq(6.hours)
+  end
+
   context 'when there was a tax fetching error in RefreshDraft service' do
     let(:integration_customer) { create(:anrok_customer, customer: invoice.customer) }
     let(:response) { instance_double(Net::HTTPOK) }