diff --git a/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/shared.py b/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/shared.py
index 02162308..8ce33ada 100644
--- a/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/shared.py
+++ b/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/shared.py
@@ -77,22 +77,18 @@ def execute_tasks(
             if error_log_file is not None:
                 task_dict["error_log_file"] = error_log_file
             if cache_directory is None:
-                _execute_task_without_cache(
-                    interface=interface, task_dict=task_dict, future_queue=future_queue
-                )
+                _execute_task_without_cache(interface=interface, task_dict=task_dict)
             else:
                 _execute_task_with_cache(
                     interface=interface,
                     task_dict=task_dict,
-                    future_queue=future_queue,
                     cache_directory=cache_directory,
                     cache_key=cache_key,
                 )
+            _task_done(future_queue=future_queue)
 
 
-def _execute_task_without_cache(
-    interface: SocketInterface, task_dict: dict, future_queue: queue.Queue
-):
+def _execute_task_without_cache(interface: SocketInterface, task_dict: dict):
     """
     Execute the task in the task_dict by communicating it via the interface.
 
@@ -100,7 +96,6 @@ def _execute_task_without_cache(
         interface (SocketInterface): socket interface for zmq communication
         task_dict (dict): task submitted to the executor as dictionary. This dictionary has the following keys
                           {"fn": Callable, "args": (), "kwargs": {}, "resource_dict": {}}
-        future_queue (Queue): Queue for receiving new tasks.
     """
     f = task_dict.pop("future")
     if not f.done() and f.set_running_or_notify_cancel():
@@ -108,16 +103,12 @@ def _execute_task_without_cache(
             f.set_result(interface.send_and_receive_dict(input_dict=task_dict))
         except Exception as thread_exception:
             interface.shutdown(wait=True)
-            _task_done(future_queue=future_queue)
             f.set_exception(exception=thread_exception)
-        else:
-            _task_done(future_queue=future_queue)
 
 
 def _execute_task_with_cache(
     interface: SocketInterface,
     task_dict: dict,
-    future_queue: queue.Queue,
     cache_directory: str,
     cache_key: Optional[str] = None,
 ):
@@ -128,7 +119,6 @@ def _execute_task_with_cache(
         interface (SocketInterface): socket interface for zmq communication
         task_dict (dict): task submitted to the executor as dictionary. This dictionary has the following keys
                           {"fn": Callable, "args": (), "kwargs": {}, "resource_dict": {}}
-        future_queue (Queue): Queue for receiving new tasks.
         cache_directory (str): The directory to store cache files.
         cache_key (str, optional): By default the cache_key is generated based on the function hash, this can be
                                   overwritten by setting the cache_key.
@@ -155,16 +145,11 @@ def _execute_task_with_cache(
                 f.set_result(result)
             except Exception as thread_exception:
                 interface.shutdown(wait=True)
-                _task_done(future_queue=future_queue)
                 f.set_exception(exception=thread_exception)
-                raise thread_exception
-            else:
-                _task_done(future_queue=future_queue)
     else:
         _, _, result = get_output(file_name=file_name)
         future = task_dict["future"]
         future.set_result(result)
-        _task_done(future_queue=future_queue)
 
 
 def _task_done(future_queue: queue.Queue):
diff --git a/tests/test_mpiexecspawner.py b/tests/test_mpiexecspawner.py
index 1811cbae..9a9b861f 100644
--- a/tests/test_mpiexecspawner.py
+++ b/tests/test_mpiexecspawner.py
@@ -443,13 +443,13 @@ def test_execute_task_failed_no_argument(self):
         q.put({"fn": calc_array, "args": (), "kwargs": {}, "future": f})
         q.put({"shutdown": True, "wait": True})
         cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
+        execute_tasks(
+            future_queue=q,
+            cores=1,
+            openmpi_oversubscribe=False,
+            spawner=MpiExecSpawner,
+        )
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            execute_tasks(
-                future_queue=q,
-                cores=1,
-                openmpi_oversubscribe=False,
-                spawner=MpiExecSpawner,
-            )
             f.result()
         q.join()
 
@@ -459,13 +459,13 @@ def test_execute_task_failed_wrong_argument(self):
         q.put({"fn": calc_array, "args": (), "kwargs": {"j": 4}, "future": f})
         q.put({"shutdown": True, "wait": True})
         cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
+        execute_tasks(
+            future_queue=q,
+            cores=1,
+            openmpi_oversubscribe=False,
+            spawner=MpiExecSpawner,
+        )
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            execute_tasks(
-                future_queue=q,
-                cores=1,
-                openmpi_oversubscribe=False,
-                spawner=MpiExecSpawner,
-            )
             f.result()
         q.join()
 
@@ -533,13 +533,15 @@ def test_execute_task_cache_failed_no_argument(self):
         f = Future()
         q = Queue()
         q.put({"fn": calc_array, "args": (), "kwargs": {}, "future": f})
+        q.put({"shutdown": True, "wait": True})
         cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
+        execute_tasks(
+            future_queue=q,
+            cores=1,
+            openmpi_oversubscribe=False,
+            spawner=MpiExecSpawner,
+            cache_directory="executorlib_cache",
+        )
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            execute_tasks(
-                future_queue=q,
-                cores=1,
-                openmpi_oversubscribe=False,
-                spawner=MpiExecSpawner,
-                cache_directory="executorlib_cache",
-            )
+            f.result()
         q.join()