diff --git a/src/AutoScaler.php b/src/AutoScaler.php
index 7c3be16e..9946edbc 100644
--- a/src/AutoScaler.php
+++ b/src/AutoScaler.php
@@ -95,9 +95,15 @@ protected function numberOfWorkersPerQueue(Supervisor $supervisor, Collection $t
         $timeToClearAll = $timeToClear->sum();
 
         return $timeToClear->mapWithKeys(function ($timeToClear, $queue) use ($supervisor, $timeToClearAll) {
-            return $timeToClearAll > 0 && $supervisor->options->autoScaling()
-                    ? [$queue => (($timeToClear / $timeToClearAll) * $supervisor->options->maxProcesses)]
-                    : [$queue => $supervisor->options->maxProcesses / count($supervisor->processPools)];
+            if ($timeToClearAll > 0 &&
+                $supervisor->options->autoScaling()) {
+                return [$queue => (($timeToClear / $timeToClearAll) * $supervisor->options->maxProcesses)];
+            } elseif ($timeToClearAll == 0 &&
+                      $supervisor->options->autoScaling()) {
+                return [$queue => $supervisor->options->minProcesses];
+            }
+
+            return [$queue => $supervisor->options->maxProcesses / count($supervisor->processPools)];
         })->sort();
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Feature/AutoScalerTest.php b/tests/Feature/AutoScalerTest.php
index af920660..a54af322 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/AutoScalerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/AutoScalerTest.php
@@ -51,18 +51,66 @@ public function test_balance_stays_even_when_queue_is_empty()
 
         $scaler->scale($supervisor);
 
+        $this->assertEquals(4, $supervisor->processPools['first']->totalProcessCount());
+        $this->assertEquals(4, $supervisor->processPools['second']->totalProcessCount());
+
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(3, $supervisor->processPools['first']->totalProcessCount());
+        $this->assertEquals(3, $supervisor->processPools['second']->totalProcessCount());
+
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(2, $supervisor->processPools['first']->totalProcessCount());
+        $this->assertEquals(2, $supervisor->processPools['second']->totalProcessCount());
+
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $supervisor->processPools['first']->totalProcessCount());
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $supervisor->processPools['second']->totalProcessCount());
+    }
+
+    public function test_balancer_assigns_more_processes_on_busy_queue()
+    {
+        [$scaler, $supervisor] = $this->with_scaling_scenario(10, [
+            'first' => ['current' => 1, 'size' => 50, 'runtime' => 50],
+            'second' => ['current' => 1, 'size' => 0, 'runtime' => 0],
+        ]);
+
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(3, $supervisor->processPools['first']->totalProcessCount());
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $supervisor->processPools['second']->totalProcessCount());
+
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+
         $this->assertEquals(5, $supervisor->processPools['first']->totalProcessCount());
-        $this->assertEquals(5, $supervisor->processPools['second']->totalProcessCount());
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $supervisor->processPools['second']->totalProcessCount());
+
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(7, $supervisor->processPools['first']->totalProcessCount());
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $supervisor->processPools['second']->totalProcessCount());
+
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+        $scaler->scale($supervisor);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(9, $supervisor->processPools['first']->totalProcessCount());
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $supervisor->processPools['second']->totalProcessCount());
     }
 
-    public function test_balancing_a_single_queue_assigns_it_the_max_workers()
+    public function test_balancing_a_single_queue_assigns_it_the_min_workers_with_empty_queue()
     {
         [$scaler, $supervisor] = $this->with_scaling_scenario(5, [
-            'first' => ['current' => 4, 'size' => 0, 'runtime' => 0],
+            'first' => ['current' => 2, 'size' => 0, 'runtime' => 0],
         ]);
 
         $scaler->scale($supervisor);
-        $this->assertEquals(5, $supervisor->processPools['first']->totalProcessCount());
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $supervisor->processPools['first']->totalProcessCount());
     }
 
     public function test_scaler_will_not_scale_past_max_process_threshold_under_high_load()